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Rich, First, you need to know that Adobe's licence requires that you distribute only "the most current" version of the software. Whether there is a special dispensation for Windows 3.1 users (shudder!)... maybe. If you want to be true to the letter of the agreement, it would be best to ask. Secondly, you are correct - you need only include one example of each version of Reader. Windows NT and Windows XP, for example, use the same installer. Duff Johnson Document Solutions, Inc. www.document-solutions.com >I am moving from distributing manuals in a paper format to distributing >them in a PDF format on a CD. For those customers who do not have access to >the internet, I want to include the ability to install the Acrobat Reader >from the CD. For example, a lab in China may have a computer connected to >one of our instruments, but that computer may not be connected to the >internet. > >I am exclusively in a MS Windows environment. When I visited the Adobe >website, I noticed that there are several versions of the Acrobat Reader >available: > >Windows 95 (9.9 MB file size, Reader 5.05) >Windows 98 (9.9 MB file size, Reader 5.05) >Windows 98 SE (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) >Windows ME (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) >Windows XP (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) >Windows NT (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) >Windows 2000 (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) >Windows 3.1 (4.8 MB file size, Reader 3.01) > >However, it appears to me that there might actually be only three versions >of the Reader: 5.05 (9.9 MB), 6.0 (15.3 MB), and 3.01 (4.8). If this is >true, the production costs for duplication the CDs would be lower if I only >had to include three versions of the Reader on the CD ROM, instead of >placing all eight versions on the CD. > >My question is, if I place on my CD the Windows 95 Reader and the Windows >XP Reader and the Windows 3.1 Reader, will they also install on and work >properly on the other versions of Windows, or do I have to place all eight >Reader versions on the CD? In this scenario, I would place a listing of all >the Windows versions on the screen under "Install Acrobat Reader" and the >user would click on their particular version of Windows, which would point >to a 5.05 Reader, or a 6.0 Reader, or the 3.01 Reader installation >executable. Will this work? To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
