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bruce.mchendry

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Adobe Reader vs Pro and error
« on: December 07, 2016, 08:47:10 AM »
Hello,
I have a user that recently got a new laptop and has both Adobe Reader and Acrobat Pro. For reference we have users that leverage both ICN and the desktop thick client ( v9.5). We have found ICN works ok but with larger files the thick client is better. Anway, she is getting an error when opening PDF files. It's a plugins error that ARSPDF32.API can not be loaded. By default her PDF file association will be to use Adobe Reader. Should it be set to Acrobat Pro instead ? If so is it possible to have the CMOD client use Acrobat Pro but leave the PDF association to Reader for all other files ? I have some users that don't like Acrobat Pro being default for every PDF. Thanks in advance.
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Bruce

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Re: Adobe Reader vs Pro and error
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2016, 01:31:19 PM »
I think that's a limitation of Windows -- you can only set it to send files of a specific file extension to one program.

Does your browser support viewing PDFs natively, or can you use a browser-add-on to view PDFs inside the client?  That might give you the best of both worlds.

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Re: Adobe Reader vs Pro and error
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2016, 01:39:01 PM »
Excellent idea Justin, I will look at that and appreciate the response. Cheers