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Matt - 11 May 2006 17:41 GMT

I've got my shell command as below:
Call fHandleFile(Application.CurrentProject.path & "\Documents\Maps\" &
DLookup("[txtMapPath]", "qryMaps") & ".pdf", WIN_NORMAL)

Where qryMaps.txtMapPath displays the filename (ie. "District_01"). I can
select multiple districts, up to 32 to merge to various documents at the same
time. How can I open muliple pdf files using the shell method?

When I select two or more districts (with check boxes) only the first one's
pdf file will open.

Thanks,

matt

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Douglas J Steele - 11 May 2006 18:43 GMT

You sure? Look under the Window menu: I think you'll find that they're all
open in the same instance of Acrobat Reader. At least, that's what I found
when I just tried three consecutive invocations.

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> I've got my shell command as below:
> Call fHandleFile(Application.CurrentProject.path & "\Documents\Maps\" &
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Matt - 11 May 2006 19:02 GMT

Not for me, i'm still only getting the first one.

> You sure? Look under the Window menu: I think you'll find that they're all
> open in the same instance of Acrobat Reader. At least, that's what I found
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> > matt

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