Example:
Getting the version of Acrobat that is installed

In this example, we'll get the full path to the user's PDF viewer, and then get the version from that file's built-in version resource information.

Here's what the action list looks like:

First, we use a "File - Get Default Viewer" action to get the full path to the user's default viewer for PDF files, and store it in a variable called %AcrobatReaderPath%.

Then we use a "File - Get Information" action to get the version information for that file, and store the version in a variable called %AcrobatReaderVersion%.

Here's a link to the finished example, as an AutoPlay Media Studio 4.0 actions XML file that you can import into an action list:

Getting_the_version_of_Acrobat_that_is_installed.zip

(Note: save this file to your hard drive and use a tool like WinZip to extract the XML file)