Launch PDF's into Acrobat

[Sivakatirswami]

Aloha, Ken

Yes, that really does help.

Looks like his is an install-from-cd model. In my case I'll just push  
the user to Adobe's site if they need to install.

What about the app-->doc pre-binding? i.e. to prevent the dread "I  
don't know what application to use to open this document?"

I know on Mac it will be automatic if the user installs an  
application...but every now and then  we still see the "I don't know  
the doc type... please choose an application..." in instances where the  
resource fork of a PDF gets wiped and the prebinding to .pdf extension  
is failing... rare, but it happens. You can tell because the doc.pdf  
has no unique-to-my-mama-app icon- (saved from an email attachment,  
downloaded from the net... i haven't figure out the exact recipe for  
this loss of creator type, when even the extension is correct. What  
about on Windows?

I guess we're asking is: how do we get Revolution to ensure the  
app-->doc binding for PDFs? On each platform?

Thanks
Sivakatirswami


On May 13, 2005, at 4:20 PM, Ken Ray wrote:

> On 5/13/05 7:54 PM, "Sivakatirswami" <katir at hindu.org> wrote:
>> Anyway, this would make a great "recipe" to add to others like XML
>> Demo... PDF's are here to stay and will continue to be a defacto
>> standard for data presentation. I think someone must already has this
>> totally wired and functional. Possibly can all be done in a single
>> script... if you have it, we would appreciate seeing that.
>
> Here's Hugh Senior's script from the Scripter's Scrapbook that tests  
> to see
> if Acrobat is installed and offers to install it (note, it uses Hugh's
> 'smartAnswer' answer dialog replacement, but you can use one of your  
> own). I
> haven't tested it myself, but here it is:
>
>
> on openPDF pFile
>   if isAcrobatInstalled()<>"true" then
>     askInstallAcrobat
>   else ... (launch file pFile)  -- insert your code here
> end openPDF
>
> on askInstallAcrobat
>   put "Acrobat Reader is needed to preview and print this document. Do  
> you
> want to install the Acrobat Reader on your computer now?" into tStr
>   get smartAnswer("Adobe Acrobat Reader needs  
> installing",tStr,"Yes","No")
>   if it="Yes" then installAcrobat
> end askInstallAcrobat
>
> on installAcrobat
>   global g_Volume
>   set the cursor to watch
>   set the itemDel to "/"
>   if the platform is "MacOS" then put g_Volume&"/MM pdf/Acrobat/Reader
> Installer" into tAcroPath
>   else put g_Volume&"/MM pdf/Acrobat/Acrd4enu.exe" into tAcroPath
>   launch tAcroPath
> end installAcrobat
>
> function isAcrobatInstalled
>   get word 1 to -2 of
> queryRegistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document\sh 
> ell\o
> pen\command\")
>   return it<>""
> end isAcrobatInstalled
>
> HTH,
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>
>
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