ES: run external app

[rombanks]

Hello fellows,

I wonder if there is a way in ES to launch an external application (e.g., Acrobat) with a specified path to the PDF file?

I read about cross-DOM functions in the JS tools guide, but it's not clear where is the shared start up folder where a script with a call to acrobat.open should be put.

Do you have any input on that?

Thank you!

[Klaus Göbel · Accepted solution]

Hi rombanks

have a look at the Javascript tools file (around page 52):

execute()

fileObj.execute ()

Opens this file using the appropriate application, as if it had been double-clicked in a file browser.

You can use this method to run scripts, launch applications, and so on.

Returns true immediately if the application launch was successful.

This works for me:

var cFileName = YourPath + "/FM2015_mifref.pdf";
var cFile = new File (cFileName);


if (cFile.exists)
    {
    cFile.execute();
    }
else
    {
     alert ("File not found : " + cFileName);
     }

[rombanks]

Hi Klaus,

Thank you very much for your input! I just did not realize that I had to define the file as an object. I thought a variable with the filename/path is enough.

Thanks for your help!