How to call up documents?

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Dear all,

first of all: sorry if this is no correct English - I am no native speaker…

So - I´d like to add a button to a form and a view that calls up a *.pdf file which is stored on a shared drive. I checked the manual (Red Book) but have to admit that there´s still a big question mark in my brain…

Forgot something: the button should not always call up the same document but an individual one which is connected to a specific record / selection in the view or which corresponds to the form which is open…

Any help or example of such a command would be VERY much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Stefan

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Subject: How to call up documents?

To run Acrobat, you can use Shell in LotusScript or @Command([Execute];… in formula language. Look in the Designer Help database for details.Details of the command depend on your Windows setup. Sometimes you can specify ACRORD32. Sometimes you can specify START. Sometimes you only need to specify the PDF file. For more information, search these forums. Other people have asked the same question.

To make the button open different PDFs, you must get the path and name of the PDF from the selected Notes document. This depends on your application. If you need more help with this, please explain your application in more detail.