Tip for much faster opening PDF

[ovm]

A much better alternative for PDF reading is FoxitReader.
Opens PDF fast, no install (just run the program) and... it is free

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

gr mario

[yosik]

Thanks for the link.
Yossi

[Stan Hamers]

Hello Mario OVM,
Can I run this program also directly from the CD, without installing on the computer?
Do you have a small example or a project where this is programmed, so I can see, how to integrate it in my project.
Already thanks a lot.

[ovm]

Hoi Stan,

yes, you can run the program directly from CD. Without installing it first.

Just run the program from your project like:

File.Run("AutoPlay\\reader\\foxitreader.exe", "name.pdf", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, false);


Please read the End User License Agreement in case you want to distribute the program with your CD.
A simple email is enough to get instructions for free distribution.

(Foxit software also have a forum. Read the thread about compressing the program with UPX-it. It will load even faster from CD)

gr mario

[tsbpd]

I've used with a AMS project on JumpDrives along with OpenOffice.org (http://www.OpenOffice.org) (word, spreadsheet, etc., alternative that will run without an install.)

As Mario mentioned, Please read the End User License Agreement in case you want to distribute the program with your CD.

Tim

[Stan Hamers]

Hallo Mario OVM
:yes Bedankt / Thank you very much for your example.
I will check the forum and the End User License Agreement.

Gr.
Stan

[Stan Hamers]

Hallo Mario OVM
:yes Bedankt / Thank you very much for your example.
So I have to make an extra separate map in “Autoplay” where I put in the program to run it from the CD?
I will check the forum and the End User License Agreement.

Gr.
Stan

[duncan_ellison]

This looks pretty good and works better for me when I display in a web object than acrobat, but ......

a) does anyone know how to print a pdf directly from foxit ?

I used simply used File.Print("IR2110_spec_sheet.pdf") under acrobat, but doesn't seem to work under Foxit.

b) If I make Foxit the default pdf viewer I can open pdf files under foxit in a web object. But I can't presume to make this change on my end-user's machines. How can I open a pdf with foxit within a web object programatically ?

(I'm trying to make a pop-up window appear on top of the existing one when the user hits a button to view the pdf of the product he's looking at)

[ovm]

It was not my purpose to change this forum into a forum for FoxitReader.
So please use the Foxit forum for Foxit questions.

Use this forum for direct APMS related questions.

gr mario

[Corey]

Either way is no problem, feel free to ask/answer questions here if you wish to. :yes

[ovm]

a) does anyone know how to print a pdf directly from foxit ?
I used simply used File.Print("IR2110_spec_sheet.pdf") under acrobat, but doesn't seem to work under Foxit.

b) If I make Foxit the default pdf viewer I can open pdf files under foxit in a web object. But I can't presume to make this change on my end-user's machines. How can I open a pdf with foxit within a web object programatically?

a) Foxit Reader doesn't support automatically printing for now.

b) How do you do that with Acrobat Reader? This function can be disabled in AR.

[Intrigued]

I use, when needed, Flash paper 2 (costs) for my replacement needs with regards to Acrobat Reader docs. My end-users can print, zoom in and out, and highlight the text/copy to clipboard. (Version 2 needed for all stated features)

Load time? Quick!

:yes

[duncan_ellison]

OK - so I've established that I can use Foxit to display, but not to print from AMS.

Thanks for the input guys, it wasn't my intention to hijack the thread.

[Corey]

No such thing as a hijacked thread in this forum, we like for people to go off on whatever tangent strikes their fancy. It broadens the scope of the forum and ends up in some pretty interesting discoveries. :) :yes

[duncan_ellison]

In that case .... does anyone know how to solve this one ?

I have a web object which is blank and not visible "floating" over a page. When the user presses a button, if fire off :

Web.LoadURL("PDF Window", "TA2020_spec_sheet.pdf");
Web.SetVisible("PDF Window", true);

which works fine except that I get all the Adobe toolbars and paragraph tabs which detracts from the presentation somewhat.

If I use Foxit to load the pdf, I get a nice clean display with no toolbars etc, but I can't find a way to drive the foxit reader from within a web object.

The whole idea is to use a floating window rather than jump to another page so that the user doesn't lose track of where he is in the navigation.

[ovm]

but I can't find a way to drive the foxit reader from within a web object.

What do you mean with this?

[duncan_ellison]

OVM, I mean that I have a web object with a blank URL, which is invisible when the page loads.

When the user presses a button, I fire off :

Web.LoadURL("PDF Window", "TA2020_spec_sheet.pdf");
Web.SetVisible("PDF Window", true);

Since Adobe Acrobat is registered as the default PDF viewer, the above document just opens up in the web object. Nice, but you get all the usual Adobe start up crap and then the adobe toolbars at the edge of the window - distracting.

If I run Foxit to open the document, it's quick and doesn't have the toolbar stuff or the splash screens.

However, I don't want to force the user to register Foxit as his default viewer, so I want to run Foxit from its .exe and load the document into the web object "on the fly".

I realise that a separate page could easilly be arranged to do this, but the whole point is that the user does not have to navigate away (and back) from the page he's on.

[Philo]

looks like the license agreement does not allow that.

3. CONDITIONS: To be licensed to use Foxit PDF Reader, You must:
a) Not modify any part of Foxit PDF Reader;
b) Agree to release Foxit from all liability caused directly or indirectly
by using Foxit PDF Reader;
c) Not controlling Foxit PDF Reader from other application, except launching
Foxit PDF Reader;

You may have to pay for the dll version to achieve what you want

[duncan_ellison]

Well, I did see that as well, but I don't see how this breaches the license as all I am trying to do is launch it from AMS

[Philo]

does lauching it and telling it to open a specific file count as controlling it?

[duncan_ellison]

Well, if that's acheived via a published command line interface, I would say not, but I guess only Foxit could say what their position would be.

[yosik]

I have 2 suggestions:
1. Why not use flash paper instead and have a flash object in AMS ?
2. If you NEED to remain with PDF, why not launch Foxit as an external program with File.Run action and position and size that external window as you want?

Yossi