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Unable To Open PDF with a space in the File Name

PrateekMehan — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:48:00 GMT

Hi, I am unable to open a PDF which is having a space between its name. Ex: "PD Test.pdf" with error: "There was an error opening the document , the file cannot be found" If I do this manually, it works fine. I think the issue is due to a white space character. Does anyone know how to escape white space characters.? Or any help with above would be appreciated. If the same PDF without a space in its name, launches easily.

Prateek what are you using to

DexterWhelan1 — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:09:00 GMT

Prateek what are you using to 'open' a PDF file in Blueprism? Is it an Action in Blueprism or is it some bespoke code you made yourself or...?

Thanks bastiaan both of this

PrateekMehan — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:11:00 GMT

Thanks bastiaan both of this work fine.

Hi Dexter,

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:29:00 GMT

Hi Dexter, You can use ""Start Process"" action in ""Utility - Enviroment"". Write full path of the application as Application input (for example to open a PDF file write smthng like ""C:\[%ProgramData%]\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"") and write the related file path as Arguments input. It works for me 🙂

Yea Dexter same as gokhan

PrateekMehan — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:02:00 GMT

Yea Dexter same as gokhan mentioned.

If you are pushing the file…

RasmusSeverinse — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:30:00 GMT

If you are pushing the file path from a data item, make sure it is qualified as text in quotation marks. For instance, if you refer to a data item [File path] in arguments, you could change this to """"""""&[File path]&"""""""" in order to maintain the quotation marks required by the Arguments. Evaluate your expression to check that the quotation marks persist when pushing. This solved the problem for me.