Is there anyway to store a PDF file in a Pan X database? Or even link to it on my hard drive? Thanks
Doug Canning
Yes to the second part of the question. You can use the filecatalog statement / function to import the contents of a folder with PDF files as file paths into Panorama X, and you can then the openanything statement to open that path.
…and, if it’s useful for your purposes you can preview the PDF from within your PanX database in a web browser object. Prefix the file path with"file://" to view it in the browser. I like to add code to my browser object to open the file in Preview if the user double clicks on the web object, using “openanything” as per KJM’s reply.
Thanks, will give it a go
One more consideration, you can drag a PDF from the Desktop to an active cell or text editor and Panorama will enter the full file path. It sure makes it easy and eliminates typos or other errors.