How about skip OLE and directly load the PDF in the WebBrowser control:  https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022/objects_and_controls/WebBrowser_control.html

Thanks Armeen,

I have tried the WebBrowser control and it works in that I can view the PDF file. However, the document size is unexpected. Furthermore there are buttons on-screen which control zoom and resize. I'll need to research to control all that. Seems like a good alternative if I cannot find an Acrobat solution.

Hi Larry,

This setting is in Acrobat itself and so when viewing the document via Acrobat Reader it will or will not display the banner depending upon the setting.  You need to open Adobe Reader and click on Edit, then Preferences and then highlight the Documents category. Where you change this setting can be seen in the picture below:

HTH...regards,

Mark

See this link:

https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/open-file-to-view?limitstart=0#reply-8250

regards.

Hi.

I attach a simple application that I wrote some time ago for testing purposes. Feel free to test it and see if it can help you.

There are two windows: a) one working Adobe Acrobat Browser Control, b) second using webbrowser control.

For webbrowser control I have some additional controls that normally should affect how your document will be displayed. I don't remember if all those settings worked in PB 2021, but I remember that many of them did worked in PB 2022 (webbrowser control is updated in that release).

Andreas.

Hi Larry,

Sorry, thought you were wondering where to change this in the GUI. Notwithstanding Miguel's reply for the moment (and he does have a valid point to take into consideration), yes, you can change this setting in the Registry. The key is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVDisplay and the value name is iPDFAPolicy (your exact key may differ depending on version etc.). Currently it's likely set to 2 but if you change it to 0 that would have the same effect as doing so through the GUI.

However, there are some things to consider here in using this approach: 1) when you make this change, if you have Adobe Reader open at the time, my understanding is that this will not take effect until Adobe is closed and then re-opened but you should test this to know for sure 2) there may be other unintended consequences by changing this value (beyond just preventing the banner from being shown) and so you may wish to find more info on that first and, of course, 3) Miguel's point which, as mentioned, is an important one. As well, there may be Group Policy issues that prevent your PB application from changing these values anyway.  The application may need escalated permissions, run in admin mode etc.

Again, HTH...regards,

Mark

Thanks Armeen.

That is what I am currently doing. However, the usual programs in use (Acrobat or Web Browser) take over the whole screen. The point of my question is to control the reader within my own window.

Thanks Andreas, I will look at this.