help..how can design a script check acrobat reader has install from windows series

[dindinisgoodman]

Dear All

How can design a script check acrobat reader has install from windows series
(2000 XP VISTA)

EX:
when i click button >
first, autoplay media studio can check has any acrobat reader/write version has install to windows OS

if yes , open pdf file
if not , show a IE error message.


Please help me, I don't know how can do

thanks

[Ulrich]

Why don't you use Project > Dependencies > Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Ulrich

[dindinisgoodman]

Why don't you use Project > Dependencies > Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Ulrich

HI Ulrich

because I use 3 different language page , if i use [Project > Dependencies > Adobe Acrobat Reader] , it's only show english message box.

and my customers hope me can show 3 differnet languages error message from htm page.
so, when customers click [user manual] button , the software can check
has acrobat install in the windows , if YES continue and open PDF manual
if NOT show error htm page

so , I'm dejected and time 's urgent.
How can i do or how can write a script ?



Please help me .
Thank you again!

[Ulrich]

This is actually very easy. Take a look at the code below, and try to understand what I am doing. Transform this code into a function, if you will, returning appropriate result codes to display corresponding localized messages for each situation. And once you understood, remove the dialogs which show on every step what is being done.

-- Check for registered .pdf handler
res = Registry.DoesKeyExist(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, ".pdf");
if res then
    -- there is an application registered to handle pdf documents
    Dialog.Message("Registry", "Class .pdf known", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
    default = Registry.GetValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, ".pdf", "", true);
    Dialog.Message("Default PDF handler", default, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
    -- see if registered default document handler wasn't uninstalled already
    command = Registry.GetValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, default.."\\shell\\open\\command", "", true);
    Dialog.Message("PDF Command", command, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
    -- try to find the document handler (strip the argument "%1" from command)
    file = String.Mid(command, 1, String.ReverseFind(command, " ", false));
    Dialog.Message("PDF Application", file, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
    -- remove quotes
    file = String.Replace(file, "\"", "", false);
    -- try to open document handler
    attributes = File.GetAttributes(file);
    if (attributes ~= nil) then
        Dialog.Message("PDF Application", "Registered PDF handler installed", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
    else
        Dialog.Message("PDF Application", "Registered PDF handler could not be found", MB_OK, MB_ICONSTOP, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
    end
else
    -- no application registered to handle pdf documents
    Dialog.Message("Registry", "Class .pdf unknown", MB_OK, MB_ICONSTOP, MB_DEFBUTTON2);
end

The code was tested against FoxReader 2, Adobe Acrobat 4 and 5 and should work with more recent versions as well.

Ulrich

[dindinisgoodman]

HI Ulrich

I'm thank you again, you save my life
I try the function is fine,

thank you and have a good day !

This is actually very easy. Take a look at the code below, and try to understand what I am doing. Transform this code into a function, if you will, returning appropriate result codes to display corresponding localized messages for each situation. And once you understood, remove the dialogs which show on every step what is being done.


The code was tested against FoxReader 2, Adobe Acrobat 4 and 5 and should work with more recent versions as well.

Ulrich

[arb]

because I use 3 different language page , if i use [Project > Dependencies > Adobe Acrobat Reader] , it's only show english message box.

I think you can type your warrning message in 3 different languages just in Dependencies/Dialog and after that you can use '_AcrobatReaderVer' variable to work with. I did this to some of my projects already.

[dindinisgoodman]

I think you can type your warrning message in 3 different languages just in Dependencies/Dialog and after that you can use '_AcrobatReaderVer' variable to work with. I did this to some of my projects already.

I do not understand how do use '_AcrobatReaderVer' for check acrobat!
could you let me know how use '_AcrobatReaderVer'?

[RizlaUK]

you can use the same adobe script that AMS uses, simply go to the dependencies folder of your AMS install and find the adobe .det file, unpack it with winrar and view the code in the lua file and use it in your project without needing the dependencie check