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 (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
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
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.

[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!

[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.

[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.