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And I'll agree with Mark, 100%. Do *not* build solutions around PDF.OCX. 1. It is not supported 2. There is *no* guarantee that it will continue to be available and/or function the same way with subsequnet releases. Already, there are some issues between Acrobat 5 and Acrobat 6. lori > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Storer > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:19 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [PDFdev] Acrord32.exe remains in NT process list > for severalseconds > > > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > "DANGER WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!" > > As has been mentioned on numerous occasions on this list, the > PDF.OCX is not ment for our use. Adobe created it > specifically for internet browser support, and does not > support 3rd party development. No docs, no behaviors that > might change radically from one release to another... digital > mine field. > > So any development you do with it is just begging to be > broken in the next release, whenever that might be. The next > point-release of Acrobat could easily break your software, > leaving you with some Unhappy end users (clients, customers, > whatever you call them). > > > Okay, you've been warned. > > > There's at least one win32 system call you can make to force > a process to terminate. How to call this from a VB app, and > what side-effects it might have on the OCX I'll leave as the > dreaded "excercise for the reader". > > But I really recommend looking elsewhere for your PDF display > tech. If you review the list's archives, you'll find a > number of suggestions. > > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/archives/1996_200304/pdfdev > /search/index. > asp > > Searching for "PDF.OCX" turned up 102 hits. Enjoy. > > --Mark Storer > Software Engineer > Cardiff Software > #include <disclaimer> > typdef std::disclaimer<Cardiff> Discard; > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:57 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PDFdev] Acrord32.exe remains in NT process list > for several > > seconds > > > > > > > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > We have a VB app that runs on a Citrix server and uses the PDF.OCX to > display the PDF within our application. We add the control to the > form at runtime. When our user clicks the application button that > displays the PDF > in our form, then exits the reader form, then goes back in, the pdf > re-displays as blank pages. If the user exits the reader > form, then waits > long enough for the acrord32.exe process to kill itself from > the NT process > list (about 15 seconds) then goes back in, the PDF > re-displays correctly. > > Is there a way to have acrord32.exe kill itself immediately after the > calling form is unloaded? Or is there a setting that will allow the > subsequent displays to behave properly even if the user re-displays > the PDF before acrord32.exe unloads? Any input appreciated. > > Thanks, > Chris > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
