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I recently sold all my computers except for one Mac, one PC, and a server. I had too many machines to maintain, and don't have the luxury of owning a machine for every software iteration. I loaded Reader 6 after installing AB Pro and, frankly, haven't had any sort of problem - not that I would recommend it for the faint-at-heart. Rich -----Original Message----- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:26 PM To: Rich Sprague Cc: 'Dov Isaacs'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF] Acrobat 5 Reader loading error NO, it is more than that. There are all sorts of other system settings associated with MIME types and COM modules and on and on and on. It just isn't worth it to hack around like that. My recommendations are based on the reality of what we see in the field when users try to do this. Sometimes more is lost in time (and its value in $$$$) than it would have cost to buy an extra computer! - Dov At 4/14/2004 06:22 PM, Rich Sprague wrote: >Thanks, Dov, > >Issue one: different versions of Reader and AB. This makes sense. > >Issue two: with Windows XP I can control which application opens PDFs >through TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS > FILE TYPES. > >Rich > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:14 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: Rich Sprague >Subject: RE: [PDF] Acrobat 5 Reader loading error > >Two issues ... > >If both Reader and Acrobat of the same version number are concurrently >installed, you cannot control which one opens documents in the browser >or via double-clicks. > >If both Reader and Acrobat of different versions are concurrently >installed, there may be other conflicts than just "what opens the file." > >And finally, if you have two different versions of Acrobat (the full >product installed), you also have problems with the AdobePDF PostScript >printer driver instance and the plumbing used to connect the driver to >the Distiller. > >For situations in which a producer of PDF really needs to emulate "end user" >environments with different versions of Reader, the best solution is >either separate computer systems (old versions of Reader on those >almost-ready-to-discard systems, stripped of all software other than >the operating system and Adobe Reader / Acrobat Reader) or >dual/multiple boot systems in which you boot from "minimally-configured," >small disk partitions to try out documents on old versions. > > - Dov > > >At 4/14/2004 05:57 PM, Rich Sprague wrote: > >>Dov, >> >>I know it's not recommended to have Reader and AB on the same system, >>but I do and it works perfectly for me. >> >>What is your/Adobe's rationale for the recommendation? >> >>Rich To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
