topic Launch/Macro to Open PDF document in QlikView

Launch/Macro to Open PDF document

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:59:12 GMT

I have to open the PDF document based on the User selection

If I select Customer 123450 and I have stored customer file 123450.PDF in the shared drive

Created new button and Using Launch

application -I have pointed the file to open the adobe reader.exe

Parameter -calling the variable $(vCustomer)

Variable vCustomer has the value of 123450

when I hit the button Adobe reader is opening - I am getting error message

"There was an error opening this document .This file cannot be found"

Advance Thanks for help

Launch/Macro to Open PDF document

rwunderlich — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:08:31 GMT

It sounds like you are not creating a complete pathname to the document in the parameter field. Put your parameter in a textobject to see if the substitution of vCustomer makes a complete filename.

I usually find it easiest to just put the filename in the Application field and rely on the .pdf file association to open Reader.

-Rob

Launch/Macro to Open PDF document

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:54 GMT

Rob hope you can help,

I'm trying to open a pdf document which is stored on the server via the QV html plugin.

I'm using a button with the Lauch/Export option

Application = AcroRd32.exe

Parameters = path and pdf filename

This works fine in developer, but via IE, QV is looking for the pdf file on the users' local drive.

Any suggestions on how I could get QV or Adobe to look at the file on the server

Launch/Macro to Open PDF document

rwunderlich — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:24:33 GMT

Specify the path to the PDF file using UNC syntax.

\\ServerName\ShareName\dir\myfile.pdf

That should work for both developer and server.

-Rob