Viewers for PDF, PS, and DVI ⇒ Close specific pdf file

[adams]

Hi!

I'm trying to, in some way, make Notepad++ close a specific pdf file opened in Adobe Acrobat 9 before typesetting it (because of file lock, you know all this...)
I am actually using SumatraPDF from time to time so please don't tell me to quit using adobe, I like it (call me stupid but I do ).

The best way until now is to kill acrobat.exe (using taskkill command) but that means closing all open pdf files which is not good. Can this be done using DDE? How? (I know winedt can do this, right?)
Any help appreciated!

[T3.]

Well, find out whether Notepad++ speaks DDE and you will have your answer.

[adams]

Well, find out whether Notepad++ speaks DDE and you will have your answer.

Hi! I guess it don't but I've found some different DDE-programs (such as DDERun http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ddecommandline.php) which I think should be possible to launch/run from a bat-file. The thing is that I don't really find any good documentation or examples. Another problem is that Acrobat page states that server should be acroview, and I don't have any file named acroview (I guess its the file that is supposed to interpret the commands sent by any other application).

As you see I've got a lot of problems/questions...
Is there any other way to close a specific file?

[T3.]

The last time I checked, none of the command line DDE clients I could find actually worked. Let me know if you find one.

Is there any other way to close a specific file?

Sure, depends how much effort you're willing to put into it. Write a DDE client yourself and problem solved. Or ask Adobe to finally fix this file locking silliness (but I wouldn't hold your breath on this one).

Cheers,

Tomek