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One caveat. This will not work if your main interface is HTML - as far as I know you cannot force using the PDF browser plugin from the CD without an install. ======================================== Max Khesin, software developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [check out our image compression software at www.cvisiontech.com, JBIG2-PDF compression @ www.cvisiontech.com/cvistapdf.html] ----- Original Message ----- From: "JRB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [PDF-Forms] PDF Exe File PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rosie Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:36 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [PDF-Forms] PDF Exe File >> >> >> >> PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | >> http://www.pdfzone.com/ >> __________________________________________________________________ >> >> Does anyone have or know where I can find a PDF Exe file for >> both a mac >> and PC that would allow the user to put in a CD and the PDF just opens >> in whatever version of Acrobat they have? >> >> Rosie Carpenter >> C.P.G. Inc >> 1-800-541-8270 (ext. 3036) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Le mercredi, 25 juin 2003, � 15:56 Europe/Paris, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit : > > PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > I think that what you need is not a PDF exe file but a means to have > the > user's computer to open the PDF document when the CD is inserted. I > had to > create a similar solution for work and I discovered that even within > Windows > systems, there are some issues -- some versions of Windows (95/98) > needed > one method and other versions of Windows needed another method. In the > end, > I had to purchase (for about $20 USD) a little program which, when the > CD > was inserted, ran a program which opened the file of interest. > However, you > are interested in a common solution for both Windows and Macs -- I > don't > know if that is possible, you may have to create two different CDs. > > HTH, > > Jules > This is not true, you can put a Windows and a Mac autorun on the same CD, but bear in mind that most users disable this function from their OS, especially Mac users... If you don't want to see your final users to install Reader, you can provide an installed version on the CD-Rom. Simply copy the folder of an installed Reader 5.x, one for Mac OS, one for Windows. Reader can run from the CD-Rom on both platforms. -- JR www.abracadabraPDF.net To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
