Questions tagged [adobe-reader]

Adobe Reader is a free application for viewing, printing and filling PDF documents.

Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader) is the free version of of the Adobe Acrobat family by Adobe Systems to view, print and fill files in Portable Document Format (PDF)

For more information see the "Adobe Acrobat" article on Wikipedia.

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Handling response after PDF AcroForms HTTP-POST

I want to inform the user that his HTML Form submission from a PDF file has been successful (or not). Now when I used the browser-plugin with adobe reader I could get a HTML response displayed withing the browser. In the case of using the standalone…
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Adobe Reader: Prevent PDF from being viewed with "enhance thin lines option"

I have included several vector graphics in a pdf that contain small lines. When viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, those small lines are made artificially thickened than they should actually appear, resulting in very strange looking lines. After…
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Open PDF to Bookmark/Named Destination?

I'm trying to open a PDF to a specific bookmark using python. So far, I'm able to run the following command in Command Prompt and get exactly what I want (last is the name of a named destination inside the PDF test.pdf) "C:\Program Files…
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Detect whether adobe reader is installed using VB code

I want to detect whether adobe reader is installed using VB6. Also if detected that it's not installed, what would be the best solution?
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printing pdf without spawning adobe reader?

Presently I'm using the following lines of c# code to automatically print a pdf file to a mobile printer: string defFile = (Path.Combine(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath, tkt_no + "_DEF.pdf")); string rwPrinter = ""; …
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Network error while opening PDF within IE browser

Adobe Reader's browser plugin in Internet Explorer(all versions) displays the following message while rendering some Pdf's "A network error occurred while accessing this document on the Internet. Would you like to close the document or reload…
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Tcpdf - Enable Scrolling

Is there any class in tcpdf that make Page Display -> Enable Scrolling default options (When i open it in adobe reader), please help, i lost half of day on this. I found this class, but not what I need. // set pdf viewer…
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How to add text object to existing pdf

I have a source pdf which I am modifying by adding text objects. I am using "Incremental Updates" which is mentioned in the PDF specification. But while adding text objects using this method I am making some mistakes due to which the pdf doesn't…
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Reset printer to the default one in Adobe Reader JavaScript API

I have a PDF file with some scripting inside. The scripts are allowed to change the printer to which the document is being printed (because we have dedicated printer for barcodes and other printer for regular documents). The problem is, I have no…
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Adobe Reader cannot open .pdf file created using mPDF in Zend Framework

I'm trying to generate a .pdf file using mPDF in a Zend Framework application, from the output of the action. Here is the code of my action: public function testAction() { $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(); …
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ShellExecute Adobe Reader XI Security Warning Dialog Settings

I have a program which shells (using ShellExecute) Adobe Reader to open an FDF with a linked PDF on a mapped drive. The program inserts registry settings to setup the trusted locations prior to calling Reader. This worked fine up to version X but…
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How can I Open PDF files (window default program Adobe Reader) through Delphi 2009?

So basically when I try to open up PDF files that are windows defaulted to open with Adobe Reader nothing happens. If I set the default program to Internet Explorer it works.. Here is my code var openDialog : TOpenDialog; // Open dialog…
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Adobe ActiveX loads blank thumbnailed PDF's

I'm using the AcroPDF ActiveX Library through Delphi XE2 All I do is call myPDFThing.LoadFile('Peter''s 2011 State Taxes.pdf'); and I get: There are a few seemingly useless options for adobe reader ActiveX control, but none of them fix this…
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VB.Net Printing a PDF using FoxIt Reader or Adobe Reader

I am having an issue with both Adobe Reader and FoxIt Reader when trying to print a PDF document. Both issues are different but a solution to either one will allow me to fix my issue. The issue I am having with Adobe Reader when trying to print…
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Changing EXE name based on compilation constant

I have a project in VB.NET 2010 (compiling to x86, .NET 2.0 runtime) that I want to compile into two separate EXEs - a "lite" version and a "full" version. Unfortunately I cannot make two separate projects as it uses the Adobe Reader COM control -…
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