How do I add the Adobe PDF reader activex control to a form?

In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form, but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
window.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Rob Harrington

Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting with
version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF document
within that.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com


"Rob Harrington" Rob wrote in message
...
In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in
a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried
to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form,
but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
window.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Rob Harrington

Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up as
one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
documentation?

-Rob Harrington

"Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:

Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting with
version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF document
within that.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com


"Rob Harrington" Rob wrote in message
...
In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in
a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried
to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form,
but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
window.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Rob Harrington

I figured out how to turn on the web browser control and I added it to my
form, but when I try webBrowser3.Navigate = "www.mydomain.com" I get an error
that this method is not supported. I don't see a SRC or URL method - how to I
send a URL to my control?

-Rob

"Rob Harrington" wrote:

Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up as
one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
documentation?

-Rob Harrington

"Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:

Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting with
version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF document
within that.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com


"Rob Harrington" Rob wrote in message
...
In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file (stored in
a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control, but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then tried
to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the form,
but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in another
window.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Rob Harrington

What happens if you try

webBrowser3.Navigate = "http://www.mydomain.com"

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no private e-mails, please)


"Rob Harrington" wrote in message
...
I figured out how to turn on the web browser control and I added it to my
form, but when I try webBrowser3.Navigate = "www.mydomain.com" I get an
error
that this method is not supported. I don't see a SRC or URL method - how
to I
send a URL to my control?

-Rob

"Rob Harrington" wrote:

Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up
as
one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
documentation?

-Rob Harrington

"Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:

Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting
with
version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF
document
within that.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com


"Rob Harrington" Rob wrote in
message
...
In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and
selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file
(stored in
a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control,
but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then
tried
to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the
form,
but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF
document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in
another
window.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Rob Harrington

Navigate is the correct method. You need to use the http:// protocol, or for
local files, you need the full qualified path.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com


"Rob Harrington" wrote in message
...
I figured out how to turn on the web browser control and I added it to my
form, but when I try webBrowser3.Navigate = "www.mydomain.com" I get an
error
that this method is not supported. I don't see a SRC or URL method - how
to I
send a URL to my control?

-Rob

"Rob Harrington" wrote:

Thank you Arvin. Where do I find the browser control? it doesn't show up
as
one of the available activeX controls. Can you point me to an example or
documentation?

-Rob Harrington

"Arvin Meyer MVP" wrote:

Early Adobe ActiveX did this, but Adobe made it more difficult starting
with
version 5.0. You might try using an IE browser control and open PDF
document
within that.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com


"Rob Harrington" Rob wrote in
message
...
In Access 2007 - I clicked activex controls on the design tab and
selected
PDF reader. I tried entering the URL that points to my PDF file
(stored in
a
SharePoint document library) in the src property for this control,
but it
doesn't stick. It blanks out my entry as soon as I hit enter. I then
tried
to
set the src property programattically in the onload event for the
form,
but
there is no src property listed for this control when I am in the VB
editor.

Am I going about this wrong. I want to embed the display of a PDF
document
in my form without having to click the link and have it open in
another
window.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Rob Harrington