Thanks Leonard, in other words - you admit that Adobe introduced a Bug in Reader 7 and 8 which hasnt been fixed yet, since in Adobe Reader 6 and below it worked fine...?
Regards --- Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have many bugs in our software (I hope that > doesn't shock anyone) > and we don't put out public information about any of > them...Why would > you expect this particular item to merit such > treatment. To be > honest, you are the first one to report it out of > the MILLIONS of > users of Acrobat & Reader and as such it's not a > high priority item. > > Leonard > > On Oct 9, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Harakiri wrote: > > > First off, it seems you acknowledge that there is > > indeed a problem but havent made a technote yet or > any > > public information regarding this bug ? > > > > Second, the problem occurs on any windows browser > > (opera, mozilla, internet explorer). I dont know > what > > test combination you had but on any WinXP SP2 > machine > > with either mozilla, opera or IE as default > browser > > the error occurs.. > > > > Furthermore the error does NOT occure with Adobe > > Reader 6 - how can it be a Windows Problem if it > works > > in Adobe 6 and below on the same machine but not > with > > Adobe 7 and Adobe 8 ? This is definitly a bug in > Adobe > > Reader not in windows. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > --- Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> As far as we can tell here, the problem is NOT > >> Acrobat but the > >> Windows OS and your browser of choice. > >> > >> Trying this on Mac OS X or with different browser > >> (aka other than IE > >> 6) or with Vista yield no such problems. > >> > >> Leonard Rosenthol > >> Adobe Systems > >> > >> > >> On Oct 8, 2007, at 5:25 AM, Harakiri wrote: > >> > >>> Im wondering why nobody has replied to this > issue > >> yet > >>> within the last week. Is nobody using URL Links > in > >> PDF > >>> messages ? > >>> > >>> Anyone from Adobe on this list who could point > out > >> the > >>> issue to their own development team ? > >>> > >>> I now have to create a service similary to > >> tinyurl.com > >>> to create redirects for URLs which are to > long... > >>> > >>> > >>> --- Harakiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> i found out that Adobe introduced a bug with > >> Reader > >>>> 7 > >>>> and 8. Every URL annotation you create with > more > >>>> then > >>>> 233 characters will produce a "error > >> communicating > >>>> with web-browser", the url you click within a > PDF > >>>> document will not be opened. > >>>> > >>>> This doesnt seem to be an itext issue as i can > >>>> reproduce it with Acrobat 8 Professional. > >>>> > >>>> Just take the following example : > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > http://itext.ugent.be/library/com/lowagie/examples/objects/anchors/ > >> > >>> AHref.java > >>>> > >>>> and use an url longer then 233 characters. > >>>> > >>>> i.e. 234 characters : > >>>> > >>>> > >>> http://www.google.com/search? > >>> > >> > > > q=11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 > >> > >>> > >> > > > 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 > >> > >>> > >> > > > 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 > >>>> > >>>> The link will open successfully in Adobe Reader > 6 > >>>> but > >>>> not in 7 and 8 - no matter what external > Browser > >> you > >>>> use. I tested this on multiple machines with > >>>> firefox/internet explorer as default browser - > >> Adobe > >>>> Reader always returned this error. > >>>> > >>>> I looked up the PDF Reference and there was no > >>>> indication for a maximum URI length, which > leads > >> me > >>>> to > >>>> believe that this is Adobes fault not following > >>>> their > >>>> own standard. > >>>> > >>>> Anyone has any experience with this ? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > >> > >>> ______________ > >>>> Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! > >> Small > >>>> Business gives you all the tools to get online. > >>>> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>> --- > >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > >>>> Defy all challenges. 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