View pdf in ms access form

Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Open PDF in Form. Thread starter bonekrusher Start date Jan 25, Local time Today, Joined Nov 19, Messages Thought this could be useful.

The following code will open a PDF inside a form. Insert the PDF activeX control and name it "viewer". Make sure you add the Adobe OLE reference "adobe" , if not the code will be undefined. Code: Copy to clipboard. The first hurdle we have to get around is the fact that with the Web Browser control we are dealing with is in fact automating Internet Explorer IE and as such, it does not have native PDF capabilities like pretty much all modern web browsers Yay Microsoft!

So what is one to do? The same thing we have always done, that is, install Adobe Reader. Once you have it properly installed, we are then ready to implement it within Access itself, read on! Below is an example html page that will display a PDF. So we have to always deal with a dynamically created HTML page.

Although there are a couple ways to display other type of files: Word documents, Excel Workbooks, … these only work with online files and cannot work with local files! I am still investigating if I can figure out any workarounds and will post back should I manage to do so. Your email address will not be published. Skip to main content. Looking For Assistance or Customizations? What's new New posts New profile posts Latest activity. Members Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts.

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Local time Today, Joined Mar 24, Messages Hi I want to display a pdf file on a form. Local time Today, Joined Jan 14, Messages 15, Use a web browser control. This sample database, in that link, does exactly what I need. I downloaded in my pc and db works just fine, when I transfer the code to my own database, I get the below error Dim fd As Office. Please help.