What is the best way to open a PDF at end of the install?

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Sheri_Steeves
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What is the best way to open a PDF at end of the install?

Postby Sheri_Steeves » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:21 am

Hello,

We need to provide an option to open a PDF file at the end of our install and we were going to use the following command to open the PDF:

Run Program $WINDIR$\explorer.exe $TARGETDIR$\Help\quickstartguide.pdf


Is there a better way to open a PDF file from the installer?

Thanks,

Sheri

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Re: What is the best way to open a PDF at end of the install

Postby FrancescoT » Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:56 pm

Dear Sheri,

Generally it's enough to use your approach.

Alternatively and if the the application accepts command line parameters, you could execute the application directly with passing the file-name to open.
In this case you should consult the application vendor documentation to verify the available options.

Hope this helps you.

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