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How to determine which version of Acrobat reader is installed.

hantouan
Registered: Feb 29 2008
Posts: 4

Hey all,

I would like to ask if there is a way to determine programmatically which version of Arcobat Reader is installed, rather than seeking through the registry or program files\adobe folder.

Thanx in advance.

hantouan.

My Product Information:
Reader 8.1.2, Windows
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
If within the PDF:

use the "app.platform" property to get the OS platform
use the "app.viewerType" property to see the Acrobat/Reader product
use the "app.viewerVersion" property to get the version major and minor number

Outside of the PDF, one would need to search a registry or the files, but with increased security this approach is becoming limited.

George Kaiser

hantouan
Registered: Feb 29 2008
Posts: 4
I forgot to mention that I would like to identify the version of acrobat reader using C++ code (I'm developing on Microsoft Visual Studio).

hantouan