PDF not open while publish in iis 5.1

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Hello Friends,

i am right now in big trouble. i have web application for order management. when i click on Shipped button my order shipped and create one PDF file and store in one folder and directly open for print this PDF. this are working fine in localhost. when i publish this in IIS 5.1 my pdf not working. it create in folder but not open directly.

here is code for that :-

C#

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/test/FedExShipPDF/793947412770.pdf");

Posted 30-Oct-12 2:35am

Yatin chauhan

Updated 30-Oct-12 2:40am

sinhasourabh

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sinhasourabh · Answer 1 · 2012-10-30T02:50:00

Solution 1

Yatin, Its very natural and basic.
If your execute Process.Start on server it will start your PDF on your server not on your client.
Please go to your server open task manager , in processes tab check how many adobe arcobat reader process is running.

Assumption : acrobat reader is installed on your server

Posted 30-Oct-12 2:50am

sinhasourabh

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Yatin chauhan 30-Oct-12 8:56am

sir i know that .. in task manager acrobate32.exe start. but PDF not open. in the same way when run this code in local machine then its work fine and direct open the PDF... where i am wrong??

[no name] 30-Oct-12 9:19am

Most of the time on servers when you run process.start it runs as non desktop interactive. You need to try this one. (i have posted it as another solution)

sinhasourabh · Answer 2 · 2012-10-30T03:20:00

Solution 2

C#

public void OpenWithStartInfo()
      {
          ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("acrobate32.exe");
          startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized;                  Process.Start(startInfo);

          startInfo.Arguments = "YourPDFPath";
          Process.Start(startInfo);

      }

Posted 30-Oct-12 3:20am

sinhasourabh

Updated 30-Oct-12 3:43am

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Yatin chauhan 30-Oct-12 9:38am

i have write this code and its give the error so me add this line
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

now my pdf open in local but still it give error like
"The specified executable is not a valid Win32 application."

[no name] 30-Oct-12 9:41am

pls share your new code...

Yatin chauhan 30-Oct-12 9:42am

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(pdfPath);
startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized;
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo);
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

[no name] 30-Oct-12 9:46am

TRy this ...

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(acrobate32.exe);
startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized;
startInfo.Arguments = pdfPath;

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo);
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

Yatin chauhan 30-Oct-12 9:52am

it give error like :-

The Process object must have the UseShellExecute property set to false in order to use environment variables.

[no name] 30-Oct-12 9:56am

I guess.. u know what should be done here.
startInfo.UseShellExecute = true;

Yatin chauhan 30-Oct-12 9:59am

its give error like :-

"The system cannot find the file specified"

[no name] 30-Oct-12 10:01am

Typo .. try AcroRd32.exe
or
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
make sure you are providing correct path

Yatin chauhan 30-Oct-12 10:07am

yes i get that error. and change this like same.now its work fine in local system and open this ..but i publish this on my IIS 5.1 again same probelm there is no any action ...