I concur...this is a browser issue. Open the browser settings and configure it to open PDFs instead of downloading them.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:32 PM Jeff Coatsworth < [email protected]> wrote: > Isn't that behaviour governed by the browser? > > > ________________________________ > From: Framers <framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth= > [email protected]> on behalf of Ken Poshedly < > [email protected]> > Sent: March 12, 2020 4:29 PM > To: Framers List > Subject: [Framers] Acrobat glitches > > OK Gang, > > While not directly a FrameMaker problem, it IS Adobe-related and I don't > know how to fix it. > > Up until Tuesday of this week, all pdf files that I accessed -- whether > they are on my on terminal or online -- automatically opened in Adobe > Acrobat 9 Professional (which I legitimately own). > > On Tuesday morning, my son emailed me an I-9 form as a pdf file that > required electronic completion. (It is from a prospective employer for him > and he was not computer-literate enough to handle it.) That file would not > open in my Acrobat app, probably because it was created with a much newer > version of Acrobat (or similar tool). Instead, I got an Adobe Acrobat error > box stating "Invalid enumerated value" faults on several lines. > > So I downloaded Adobe Reader DC so that at least I could open the I-9 > file. So far, so good. I was then able to electronically complete the form > (name and address data). Great. So I closed out Adobe Reader but left it > installed. > > Later that day while trying to open an online pdf file that I needed to > access, I discovered that instead of letting me view the file, my system > now downloads the file (into my Downloads folder) where I can open it in my > Acrobat 9 Professional application. > > This is NOT what I want, I just wanted to VIEW it online. So I figured the > new Adobe Reader installation somehow affected things, so I uninstalled > Reader. But that didn't help. As a matter of fact, I then began getting a > error box when I opened any pdf file in Acrobat telling me that my license > had expired and I needed to uninstall and then reinstall Acrobat (or else > consult with my IT administrator). > > I then uninstalled Acrobat 9, then re-installed it. Well, the expired > license error box no longer pops up, but my system still refuses to open > online pdf files for me to view but only downloads them (and I can then > open them in Acrobat). > > I also have FrameMaker 10 installed, but that has NEVER been a problem and > it is not part of this mess. > > So what gives? What was changed and how can I set things back to the way > they were before that danged Reader app was installed and uninstalled so > that I can view online pdf files? > -- Ken in Atlanta > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
