PDF, "missing technologies" ???

[patrick6]

I have been embedding a pdf file onto a CD. Several people have complained that when they click on the link it gives them a "missing technologies" box saying adobe 5.0 or higher could not be found.
I did not set it to check for this and the three people who have contacted me so far all have 6.01 on their pc's...

Any ideas?

[Ted Sullivan]

When you say you "embedded" a PDF file, do you mean in a web object?

It's possible that your PDF file is encoded to a higher version of PDF than what the user has installed, and the Acrobat Reader ActiveX is notifying them of that fact.

Without more information and/or a screenshot, it's hard to tell.

[patrick6]

Hi Ted, I have the .PDF in the program using a file.open command and the .pdf stored in the doc folder.

Patrick

[Ted Sullivan]

From what you described, it is a message being presented by Adobe Acrobat, not AMS50. The PDF file is encoded to a more recent version of the PDF spec than what the user has installed and Acrobat is letting them know.

[Bruce]

You could just place the reader.exe on the CD and view your PDF via that viewer. The only problem is "Acrobat 6 does not run on Win95 or Win98 first edition, so you may want to consider also having Acrobat 5 on the cd as well and have it run if the user is running 95 or 98 first edition" And of course... don't forget the rambling unicow.dll
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