Jeff wrote:
Philippe Lang wrote:
I'm trying to launch the opening of a PDF document from
within ruby, under Windows XP. Adobe Acrobat shows up, but no
document appears. Does anyone see the error, or maybe has another
better (cross-platform) method?Not cross-platform, but try this:
filename = "myfile.pdf"
`start #{filename}`
If it's hard to see in your browser, I'm using the "backtick"
not the apostrophe, which will induce a system call. I'm
assuming Acrobat is installed as your handler for .pdf files.Jeff
softiesonrails.com
Works great, thanks a lot! I'll keep on trying the OLE way of doing things: printing in the background could be useful too.
Cheers,
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Philippe Lang
Attik System