The PDF object lets you display a PDF File (*.pdf) on the page or dialog, just like it would appear in the Adobe Reader application or web browser. It does this by taking advantage of the Adobe Reader ActiveX control installed with the commonly used Adobe Reader application.
Specifically, it embeds this PDF browser control directly into your AutoPlay application at run time. This essentially "borrows" the Acrobat Reader rendering engine—which is the part of Adobe Reader that deals with showing .pdf pages on a computer screen—and uses it to display and navigate PDF files in your application.
The end result is pretty much the same as what you would see when viewing PDF files through Acrobat Reader, except that the Acrobat Reader program interface is not visible. Therefore it looks like the PDF file is built right into your application. You can use it to display local files directly off a CD-ROM, user's hard drive, or hosted on the Internet.
The PDF object will only work if version 8.0 or newer of the Adobe Reader ActiveX control is installed on the user's system. It is installed with version 8.0 or newer of either the free Adobe Reader application, or one of the Adobe Acrobat professional products.
Note: You can configure the detection of the Adobe Reader control by going to Project > Dependencies.
Tip: You can add a PDF object by choosing Object > PDF from the menu.