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                  | Title | Open a PDF file in an Adobe Reader control within an application in Visual Basic 6 | 
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 | Description | This example shows how to open a PDF file in an Adobe Reader control within an application in Visual Basic 6. | 
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 | Keywords | PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic 6 | 
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 | Categories | Windows, Files and Directories | 
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 |  | This only works if you have Adobe Reader installed. Then: 
 
On the Toolbox, right-click and select Components.
Select the "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Browser Control Type Library 1.0" and click OK.
Add a PDF reader to the form.
 
Now you can use the reader control's src property to open the PDF file.
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                | pdfReader.src = txtFile.Text |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |