Open a PDF using VBA in Excel

Question

I\'m trying to open all appropriate PDFs found in the same directory as my Excel workbook using VBA. I\'ve added the Adobe Acrobat xx.x Type Library reference to the projec

Answer 1

Here is a simplified version of this script to copy a pdf into a XL file.

Sub CopyOnePDFtoExcel()

    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim PDF_path As String

    PDF_path = "C:\Users\...\Documents\This-File.pdf"


    'open the pdf file
    ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink PDF_path

    SendKeys "^a", True
    SendKeys "^c"

    Call Shell("TaskKill /F /IM AcroRd32.exe", vbHide)

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")

    ws.Activate
    ws.Range("A1").ClearContents
    ws.Range("A1").Select
    ws.Paste

    Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub