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Main Board => Discussions => Language => Topic started by: edjack on April 23, 2020, 01:21:23 PM
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Trying to open a pdf file on a server connected through windx.
A simple command like: OPEN (1)"C:\data\file.pdf" gets an error 12.
It may be trying to open on the local work station...
How do we force it to open on the server?
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Not certain what you are asking?
Are you trying to open/create a new PDF file on the server or just trying to open an existing PDF file on the server?
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Open and existing file on the server
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If we use "SYSTEM_HELP FILE.pdf" will it try to open on the server or on the client.
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If the goal is open a PDF file that currently exists on the host server so you can view the contents then when running on WindX, you need to send a copy of the file to the workstation, then you can use SYSTEM_HELP to launch the default PDF viewer.
Now technically if the PDF file on the host is in a location on the server that can be directly accessed using a UNC, then you can just pass the UNC to the SYSTEM_HELP directive.
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I was trying to avoid copying it to the local drive... But i think this will work best.
Thanks