RE: [PDF-Forms] PDF Exe File

[Rosie Carpenter]

Thank you very much JR

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JR:

I am a little unclear as to what exactly you mean. If you mean that an

autorun.exe program can be put on the same CD that runs under both Mac and

Windows OS, that is news to me. If you mean to say that the autorun facility

is available to both, most certainly I agree. However, my (Windows only)

experience is that the autorun.inf file was designed only to run an

application, not to open a file. For example, if you had a PDF file that you

wanted to open, you could not put open=filename.pdf in the autorun.inf file

because not all Windows versions will run it which was the problem I

encountered here at work - some versions of Windows would work, some

wouldn't. The proper method to use autorun.inf is to have it run an

application such as run=application.exe (the syntax may not be correct but

that is the general idea). The application can then be prompted to open a

particular file.

Agreed! Many users have their autoinsert notification disabled so whatever

method you may use, they would all fail. You could then have a ReadMe.txt

file in the root of the CD that states, "Open filename.pdf in your copy of

Acrobat Reader". Providing the installed files also is very good too.

Jules

For any-Windows-version compatibility, you simply needs the basic autorun.inf file pointing to the Acrobat Reader executable file installed on the CD-Rom (using your "proper method" ).

Since Reader (as the full Acrobat) automaticaly execute any .js file contained in its "_javascript_" subfolder at startup, you simply have to add a text file, named with a .js extension, in the Reader's _javascript_ subfolder to launch your 1st PDF file automaticaly.

A text file containing something like that :

app.openDoc("D:\myFile.pdf");

Regardless of Windows version...

On Mac OS you simply have to select your PDF file as "Autoplayed" in the burning software, Mac OS automaticaly manage files/soft creator, and files paths.

This require to burn the CD from a Mac, I don't know if Windows softwares provides this function.

And the CD-Rom must be burned in "Hybrid" format (both ISO 9660/Joliet and HFS/HFS+).

There are 2 nicely detailled how-to-do files at :

http://abracadabrapdf.net/parking/AutorunMac.pdf

(30 Kb)

and

http://abracadabrapdf.net/parking/AutorunWin.pdf

(40 Kb)

But, obviously, when running a pre-installed Reader (4 or 5) from a CD-Rom you can't expect nothing from PDF browser, nor than QuickTime on Windows platforms...

;-))

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JR

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