Close Acrobat Reader in Application

Hi,
I have an application which among other things prints a PDF file from within.
I run adobe reader with /h and /t options to run it in a minimized window and print the document automatically.
The problem is that the Adobe window stays open. I can't find an option to close it when the printing of the document is finished.
Is there a way to do it?
Thanks in advance.
Col.

Hi ColDouglass,
You can display and print a PDF file with Acrobat and Adobe Reader from the command line. These commands are unsupported, but have worked for some developers. There is no documentation for these commands other than what is listed here: http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/htm l/wwhelp.htm?context=Acrobat10…
In command line printing approach using Acrobat/ Reader to print the PDF, the Adobe Reader can print a PDF from a command line but it has some drawbacks. The most important drawback is that the Reader does not close itself after printing the PDF.
Regards,
Rave

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