Another solution, installing Sumatra ( http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) which is WAY smaller and adding the path:
C:\PROGRA~1\SUMATR~1\SUMATR~1.EXE to the viewer field. On Feb 9, 2008 5:46 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Following what was said on: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg57937.html > > I decided to use "pdfview.exe" instead of "pdfviewwin.exe". It works fine, > but there's the nagging problem of UAC always asking me for confirmation to > run pdfview.exe, as it is not registered. > > At least, now I can see the PDF output. > > > On Feb 9, 2008 5:06 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I > > added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as > > follows: > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe > > > > after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about 49% > > of the processor used. Then if I add quotation marks to the path like: > > > > "c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe" > > > > it works just fine, but when I close and reload LyX, the path is moved > > to the editor field (instead of the viewer field), check marks for the > > document format and the vectorial graphic format are cleared and both > > quotation marks are put at the end of the path, rendering the document > > format unusable (and, of course, it doesn't get shown in the "View" menu): > > > > c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe"" > > > > So, can it be a LyX related problem, more than an installer related one? > > > > > > On Feb 9, 2008 4:08 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you very much for your answer. FYI, I'm using Vista 32bit > > > version. > > > > > > Before I start, I need to know if pdf updating works four you when > > > > you install LyX using the > > > > standard installer. > > > > > > > > > > I have never used the standard installer, so I can't answer your > > > question. > > > > > > On Feb 9, 2008 2:07 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Julio Rojas schrieb: > > > > > > > > > Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering > > > > PDF's using > > > > > any method (translation from error in spanish): > > > > > > > > > > *The folder > > > > > c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ > > > > doesn't > > > > > exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it? > > > > > > > > The path (back)slashes are strange. I'm not able to figure out where > > > > this is set. > > > > I'm using a Delphi program to update the PDF view. It seems that the > > > > path handling is changed on > > > > Vista 64bit (I got reports that it works on Vista 32bit). I'll have > > > > a look for a newer Delphi > > > > compiler or try to rewrite it using C++ or a python script. > > > > > > > > Before I start, I need to know if pdf updating works four you when > > > > you install LyX using the > > > > standard installer. > > > > > > > > thanks and regards > > > > Uwe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > Julio Rojas > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Julio Rojas > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > > Julio Rojas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ------------------------------------------------- Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
