How to programmatically get Acrobat Reader to switch to the "Read Mode (Ctrl-H)" mode

[#1]

Hello.

I'm trying to use OLE Automation for Acrobat Reader in my application on VFP. There are no problems anywhere, but I came across a question that I can not find the answer to: How do I programmatically get Acrobat Reader to enter the "Read Mode (Ctrl-H)" mode?

AdobeApp = createObject ('AcroExch.App')

AdobeDoc = createObject ('AcroExch.AVDoc')

AdobeDoc.open (AdobeFileName, '')

AdobeForm = createObject ('AFormAut.App')

AdobeFields = AdobeForm.fields

AdobeApp.Show

AdobeDoc.BringToFront ()

? go into Read Mode (Ctrl-H)

Thanked in advance for help

[#2]

Hello.

I'm trying to use OLE Automation for Acrobat Reader in my application on VFP. There are no problems anywhere, but I came across a question that I can not find the answer to: How do I programmatically get Acrobat Reader to enter the "Read Mode (Ctrl-H)" mode?

AdobeApp = createObject ('AcroExch.App')

AdobeDoc = createObject ('AcroExch.AVDoc')

AdobeDoc.open (AdobeFileName, '')

AdobeForm = createObject ('AFormAut.App')

AdobeFields = AdobeForm.fields

AdobeApp.Show

AdobeDoc.BringToFront ()

? go into Read Mode (Ctrl-H)

Thanked in advance for help

[#3]

Deployed using the JS Console Arcodat and the command app.listMenuItems ()
The result is a working code:

AdobeApp = createObject ('AcroExch.App')
AdobeDoc = createObject ('AcroExch.AVDoc')
AdobeDoc.open (AdobeFileName, '')
AdobeForm = createObject ('AFormAut.App')
AdobeFields = AdobeForm.fields

AdobeApp.Show
AdobeDoc.BringToFront ()
AdobeApp.MenuItemExecute ("ReadingMode")

Thanks to all.

[#4]

It will not work with Acrobat Reader.

[#5]

I debugged my application for two days.
AdobeApp.Show caused the launch of Acrobat Reader DC, everything was fine.
After I received a list of menu commands from the Acrobat js console, AdobeApp.Show began to call Acrobat. The default pdf-file handler is Acrobat Reader.

What could have happened?

[#6]

Test it on a system with Acrobat Reader only.

[#7]

I started it on a virtual machine where Acrobat is not installed, but Reader is present.
The application throws an error when running AdobeApp = createObject ('AcroExch.App').

[#8]

Correct – because Reader doesn’t expose that object.

[#9]

Did you read the documentation in the Acrobat SDK?

[#10]

Oh sure. And I can not understand what happened to me.

For two days I am writing a program for copying data from VPF to a prepared pdf form. When the form was opened, the Reader DC was loaded from the VPF. I wanted to slightly change the view of the Reader and for this I went to Acrobat Pro to find out the name of the menu item (View-> Read Mode Ctrl-H) in the js console. I do not understand, but after some time Acrobat Pro was downloaded instead of Reader.

I could not make a mistake, because they have different interfaces and I would have rushed to it yesterday.

[#11]

Sorry, but I made a mistake with Reader.
Probably overheated.