How to Open PDF at specific page or named destination using C ShellExecute Command-CodePudding

I am trying to open a .pdf at a specific named destination using ShellExecute(), but I couldn't figure out how the parameters should be formatted. The paramater I am using here is pagew.

Has anyone tried this before? I found a couple of answers, but they were not helpful as I need.

PS: opening just the .pdf works fine.

int main()
{
    std::string url = "\"C:/Users/asura/Downloads/asuras.pdf\"";
    std::wstring stemp = std::wstring(url.begin(), url.end());
    LPCWSTR sw = stemp.c_str();

    std::string action = "open";
    std::wstring atemp = std::wstring(action.begin(), action.end());
    LPCWSTR actiont = atemp.c_str();
    //1 INTRODUCTION

    string strPageDestination = "/A \"page=52\" \"pdf\"";
    std::wstring pagetemp = std::wstring(strPageDestination.begin(), strPageDestination.end());
    LPCWSTR pagew = pagetemp.c_str();
    //The line below works fine, it opens pdf with default pdf opener at first page.
    //ShellExecute(NULL, actiont, sw, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

    //The line below attempting to open file at specific page number doesn't work
    ShellExecute(NULL, actiont, sw, pagew, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
    return 0;
}

CodePudding user response：

In comments, you state:

I am using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC as default viewer.

According to

Acrobat can be a lot fussier about the syntax when called direct you place the /Action before the file name

"C:\SandBox\apps\PDF\Adobe\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /A page=52 "C:\Users\asura\Downloads\asuras.pdf"