on 1/29/03 11:33 AM, Kyle Smeby at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No worries. I've spent too much time working with the PDF format and > Adobe's piss-poor implementation of all things PDF to be surprised when > something doesn't work for it. I try not to blame us developers when > it comes to any form of Acrobat, especially in any cross-platform sense. > >> Unfortunately, there is currently no solution that is available from >> Adobe to allow PDF Xtra to be embedded into a Director movie in Mac OS >> X. PDF Xtra for OSX is a major undertaking and is currently limited by Adobe's inability to support embedded PDF documents on Mac OSX. None of the web browsers (or any other sort of application) currently supports embedded PDFs on Mac OSX and the PDF Xtra is not the only one suffering from this limitation. > Of all the Xtras out there I think the PDF Xtra is the one I would most > like to see Macromedia buy and incorporate into Director. Just because > it is such a large undertaking I think it would benefit from having the > support of a big company like Macromedia who could get more help from > (potentially) Apple and (less likely) Adobe. I believe that to Apple and especially Macromedia, this would not be something that they would spend any real time on developing. Not worth it financially. This is directly from Integration: "PDF Xtra is a major product for us and we are spending significant R&D efforts to try and find a viable OS X strategy for it. We are also in frequent communication with various groups at Adobe to find a suitable solution." > keep fighting the good fight, > > kyle I believe that considering the fact that Acrobat 5 has been on the market for almost 2 years now, I'd would think that Acrobat 6 is not too far away and thus my guess is that they want to combine OSX support with Acrobat 6 (to minimize development efforts but also to speed up migration to version 6). So, though there is no specific date for an upcoming PDF Xtra/OSX, I'm sure that Integration will be one of the first companies to support embedded PDFs on Mac OSX. It wouldn't get the time or effort it deserves from Apple or Macromedia. L8R, John =================================================== John R. Sweeney Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Interactive Multimedia Developer/ Digital Media Specialist OnDemand - Interactive, Inc. 847.651.4469 (cell) 847.310.5959 (office/fax) =================================================== [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
