PdfXchange Editor use local Manual

MilesAhead · Jun 20, 2014

Hi. I'm hoping someone uses PdfXchange Editor and knows the trick to get F1 to use the local manual file instead of going onto the web.

It has a Help subdirectory. Copying the manual there does nothing. Also I see no setting in Preferences or anything in the online FAQ.

MilesAhead · Jun 20, 2014

According to their forum, it's not possible. Weird.

mikolajek · Jun 23, 2014

They have a PDF manual. If it hasn't been installed automatically you can get it by using Live Update feature.

Of course it won't load under F1 but it's definitely local

MilesAhead · Jun 23, 2014

I have the manual. I guess I need to make an ahk script paragraph to detect the program as the active window and open the manual pdf when I press F1. Clunky but that's how macros are.

MilesAhead · Jun 23, 2014

For any ahk script lovers using PdfXChange Editor

Change the path as necessary. Also I renamed the pdf manual "help.pdf".
If it doesn't find the file it passes on the F1 to bring up help in the browser

Just add the paragraph below to your general purpose ahk script

Code:

; PdfXChange Editor
#IfWinActive #IfWinActive ahk_class PXE:{C5309AD3-73E4-4707-B1E1-2940D8AF3B9D}
F1::
  If FileExist("C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor\Help\help.pdf")
    Run,"C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor\Help\help.pdf"
  else
    Send {F1}
return
#IfWinActive

Edit: I changed the #IfWinActive to use the class for the window to get away from the title changing with the active document.

PdfXchange Editor use local Manual

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