Launch Adobe from Autocad Menu

[DustyC]

I have looked at previous solutions on this topic but none of them work in my environment. I have a pulldown menu choice that will launch Adobe 8.0 reader.
The macro code is : start acrord32 ^m
This sequence works, but I can't put in any file path to our server or the local drives to open a target pdf file.
For example: start acrord32 O:\cty_files\rules.pdf ^m
Autocad stops at O:, entering a return opens the reader program but generates an error "file doesn't exist. error opening file.
If I manually type the sequence in at the command line
start acrord32 O:\cty_files\rules.pdf
it works just fine.
What am I missing?
Thanks for any replies.

[jsowinski]

Hi-
I use the startapp function. Here is what I use to launch a windows application in AutoCAD.
(startapp "C:/Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 7.0/Reader/AcroRd32.exe" "C:/MyFile.pdf")
If you do use this you'll have to write out the path of the executable file. You can use Excel and Word with this routine as well. Look in AutoCAD help for more information on startapp. Good luck.

Jim

[Anonymous]

You need to put the path to the app

Something like this:

(startapp "C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 7.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe"
"O:\\cty_files\\rules.pdf")

[DustyC]

Thanks. I typed this into the macro section on the CUI pull down entry and it didn't work. I guess it is a 2 step process. Load the defined function and then call up the command only with the macro.

[DustyC]

Thanks, I tried that sequence also. It doesn't work on my system. I guess it requires some background configuration.

[Anonymous]

DustyC said the following on 8/24/2007 1:54 PM:
> I have looked at previous solutions on this topic but none of them
> work in my environment. I have a pulldown menu choice that will
> launch Adobe 8.0 reader.

Try this method, which makes no assumptions regarding which application
to use, where it's located, or the presence of a properly defined .PGP file.

http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com/2005/11/launch-pdf-from-autocad.html



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[Anonymous]

Here are some tips:
http://jtbworld.blogspot.com/2007/08/start-windows-application-within.html

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"DustyC" wrote in message news:5700433@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have looked at previous solutions on this topic but none of them work in
my environment. I have a pulldown menu choice that will launch Adobe 8.0
reader.
The macro code is : start acrord32 ^m
This sequence works, but I can't put in any file path to our server or the
local drives to open a target pdf file.
For example: start acrord32 O:\cty_files\rules.pdf ^m
Autocad stops at O:, entering a return opens the reader program but
generates an error "file doesn't exist. error opening file.
If I manually type the sequence in at the command line
start acrord32 O:\cty_files\rules.pdf
it works just fine.
What am I missing?
Thanks for any replies.

[DustyC]

Thanks R.K.
That Lisp routine works. Nice idea too, it works with any file that is associated in windows.

[vipinm]

Hi,

Forget everything, try this ...

(defun c:acrord32()
(command "start" "acrord32")
(princ)
)