Launch PDF's into Acrobat

[Sivakatirswami]

Excellent, thanks Sarah... very helpful


On May 16, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

>> In this case, they may have simply no idea how pick the application 
>> that would be used as their default PDF viewer... I think you meant 
>> "I really [hate] the programs that open an application if it isn't 
>> the one I would normally use."  Right, point well taken, I think we 
>> all find that behavior somehow "abusive" in a subtle way.
> Yes, that's what I meant :-)
>>
>> So, then, (he scratches his head, pulls his whiskers) if not Acrobat, 
>> but "my PDF default" what is the solution?
> I think for Windows, you need to query the registry, but for Mac OS X, 
> you need to look in the users Library -> Preferences folder and check 
> the file called:  com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
>
> Searching for PDF, I find an entry that lists a bundle signature of 
> "prvw" and using the AppleScript below, I can see that this refers to 
> "Preview.app"
>
> tell application "Finder"
> 	return the name of application file id "prvw"
> end tell
>
> HTH,
> Sarah
>
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