hi all just tried to upgrade to acrobat reader 7, and guess what it does not seem to like my app?
I uninstalled it ans reinstalled acrobat reader 5 and it works fine, does this mean my app will not work on peoples computers running a newer version of acrobat reader ?
Arma
I would guess it will still work fine for reading PDF
I have a computer that has version 5 on it and I have not yet found a PDF it can not read.
I think the problem is that the acrobat reader activex has changed his name or identifier or something from version 5 to version 7, so they act as if they were different activeX's. If you build your app using the adobe activex v7, it will work properly in PCs that have this version installed.
Recently I had this issue, I build an app using a version of the activex, and later at home (a PC with another version of the activex) the app acted like the necessary activex was not installed. I installed at home the same version which I used to build the app, and it all worked fine.
Hope this poor English of mine can help you
Greetings!
I'm developing using the Adobe Reader activex and your post provoked me to panic and download Reader 8 (I've been using the Reader 6 active x so far).
It seems to work fine with my app, same range of custom actions working as before, as you would expect since Adobe's API reference docs remain unchanged.
Irritating interface 'developments' have caused a few interface alterations but otherwise seamless. Perhaps version 7 had a few quirks?
Rick
when i had version 7 installed, i tried to re build my app and the active x object went from a red one to a green one ( the object icon in the objects list window ) so it seemed to configure its self ok but it just would not load the pdf files the app needed, all it did was freeze all the buttons on the frame untill i licked the close pdf button on the frame than all the other buttons worked ok again.
Rick how did you change or what procedure did you use to get MMF2 to recognise the version 8 ?
Did you just install version 8 then re run your app and double click the active x icon ? or what else did you have to do to get it working.
Arma
No magic I'm afraid. I originally had Reader 6 and used that in my app frame.
I then uninstalled Reader 6 and tried to open my app to see if it would work since I have Acrobat Professional 7 installed. No joy, it just failed to open with the activex carrying frame present.
So I installed Reader 8 and after a couple of restarts my app simply opened with the same red icon i get with Reader 6, and works fine.
You could try Reader 8 which is the latest version. However it has several significant interface changes from previous versions that makes it hard to shell Acrobat consistantly on user machines. Even if you disrtibute the latest version they may opt, on installation of Reader 8, to view files with an old version if they have it installed.
I checked out commercial pdf reader dlls for my current project but the cheapest was $1500 + $15.00 per unit sold. Works great in MMF BTW (damn!).
What I would really really love is an Acrobat Reader extension, or better still (also..) a pdf making extension. This could make document presentation and printing fly in MMF and Adobe seem to encourage spreading of the pdf format.
Rick
Well i tried reader 8.0, no joy at all the pdf files just would not open. Tried version 7 same thing. Versions 6 and 5 sometimes the screen would become corrupt ( it was supposed to be in front of everything else but when buttons activated in the pdf the backgrounds showed through making it look real messy )
So have had to revert back to version 4.0 this works a treat on my machine every time.
These probs are they MMF2 probs or Adobe probs or Active -x probs ?
If its active x probs can the guys at clicktem fix it ? same thing goes for if its a MMF2 prob can it be fixed ?
Hope someone can find these things out and do something about them because ill bet most people will be using newer versions of acrobat reader then 4.0, meaning any app made thats gonna run on these machine there is potential for problems.
Arma
odd
As a quickie what about using the Vitalize plug in and opening the PDF in an external window?
Arma
Are you trying to open the same pdf file each time? If so how does it open in Reader itself? Is the corruption only when U use the activex control in MMF? I am developing a commercial app around the Reader control and getting a little worried now!
I tried my app on my laptop with Reader 5 installed. It opened in MMF but when run there was no document loaded in the Reader activex area. On checking I found that the code to load and display the file was corrupted in the event editor with the load file mixed up with the setview commands. It looks like the arrangement of the custom actions for the object is ordered differently in Reader 5. A quick edit and it was up and running again. I suspect (but haven't checked)that if I saved it in this state and transferred back to my main machine (with Reader 8 installed) then the code would rescramble in response to the Reader 8 environment it finds itself in.
Try reinstalling Reader 8, and make sure you check to use it to view pdf's if it pops up a dialogue upon finding you have more than one version of Reader installed. Check that your pdf opens in Reader itself, then check if it opens in your app. If not check your code is still intact, and I would also build a quick test app to confirm what you find. Please let me know how you get on.
I am on the verge of spending a few hundred euros for a 3rd party control so if any extension developer is listening and is interested in making something for MMF please get in touch.
Rick
will try both of the suggestions tonight when i get back from work.
Jeff if you hae time today could you expand on what i have to do to use the vitalize plugin to open the pdf files.
Richard no on the app frames i have the option of opening many diferent pdf files, closing the pds and also printing them.
They all work flawlessly with version 4.I only ever have one version of pdf reader installed previous installations are removed before installing a newer version and a shut down and restart is also done to make sure.
Have to go to work now will post my machine specs etc when i get back.
Arma
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