Question

I have a .pdf help file and would like to launch it from my C++/CLI application.

Currently I do the following:

System::Diagnostics::Process::Start("iexplore", "C:\\MyPdf.pdf");

…which works but has the irritating side effect of opening it in internet explorer. Is there a way to launch it in whatever the Windows currently uses to open .pdf files?

Answer 1

This will let the system decide which viewer to use..

 System::Diagnostics::Process::Start("C:\\MyPdf.pdf");