[reportlab-users] open pdf

[Tim Roberts]

sudhakar samukham wrote:

>

>    I generated pdf using reportlab,upto here its ok,

> the pdf is generated at specified location but when

> want see the output in pdf ,I need to go the specified

>  location then open it manually by clicking on pdf.

>

> Here what i need is that when i run my script the pdf should

> open automatically instead of not doing any manual opening.


Which operating system?  On Windows, you can just say:
    os.system( "start c:\\path\\to\\file\\document.pdf" )
or
    subprocess.Popen( 'c:\\path\\to\\file\\document.pdf' )

Remember, however, that your script cannot overwrite the file while
Acrobat has it open.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.