Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?

[Peyton Todd]

And thanks again, Sean, for your reference to brainjar, which perfectly solves 
the problem that I described. Now if I could just figure a simple way to get my 
1,000+ little documents as simple 's into the I'd be building web page. 
If the image map idea I suggested in my most recent e-mail does not prove 
simple enough, maybe it won't be so bad to have a  template with the 
right number of rows and columns, and copy-and-paste most contents of the 
current Word table cells into it, followed by some tweaks. 'Filled-out  
tags for each of the four kinds of icons could have their own little 'txt' file 
for copying-and-pasting as well...
From: W. Sean Harrison <sharri...@alienetworks.com>

 To: discussion@acfug.org; Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net> 
 Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 12:39 PM
 Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?
   
'sharrison' = 'Sean Harrison'. :)  
Glad this list is still around!
-S
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net> wrote:

First, my thanks to everyone for the help so far...
Your answers have shown me that attempts to suppress the location bar in HTML 
windows, even when feasible, are swimming upstream against a strong current, so 
are best avoided.
The 'brainjar' code suggested by sharrison (Steve? Sam?) works beautifully!  
Just about all I had to do was download the GIF images for the window buttons, 
and put a  tag containing one of my videos inside the 'client area' of 
one of the windows. If you'd like to see it, download the folder at the Dropbox 
link below and run vindemo.html. Then click on Window 1, which is where I put 
my  tag. 
Vindemo

|   |
|   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
| VindemoShared with Dropbox |
|  |
| View on www.dropbox.com | Preview by Yahoo |
|  |
|   |


Getting all my little icons and descriptions to take the place of the existing 
"Window 1 - Window 2 - Window 3" interface may be a fairly big job, though, 
since they vary a lot in which icons and how many, and in various font changes 
within the descriptions. So I'll be looking into ways to streamline it.
I'll also look into "dialogs" as an alternative.
On balance, though, although I like the look of this HTML+Javascript interface 
much better than the one using PDFs (which overwrites my sub-titles among other 
problems), I have hundreds of these little documents to prepare, and if I 
cannot streamline the process just mentioned, I may have to go with the PDF 
approach after all, since it will combine the WYSIWYG capabilities of Microsoft 
Word and Adobe Acrobat to make each one go much quicker. 
So I'll be looking into the 'security hole' issue I described earlier. As to 
that, Dawn, the problem is not so much with Acrobat itself as with Acrobat 
Reader, since that's what would play the media for end users. Adobe has already 
pulled the rug out from under me once due to security considerations (the 
dangers of legacy media). It's not that I need the media to be file-type 
agnostic for its own sake, but rather that the strange restriction of choices 
presented by the Sound Tool vs. Button interfaces are a red flag suggesting 
that the current capacities my not last forever. To repeat: even though PDFs 
will be around forever, that doesn't mean that what Adobe permits one to do 
with them will be - as my earlier experience has painfully showed me!
I'll let you know how it works out.
Peyton

  From: Arun Nallan <arun.nal...@gmail.com>
 To: discussion@acfug.org; Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net> 
 Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 10:47 PM
 Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?
  
Peyton,
Don't think these days there is a way to do that. Due to security, they had 
disabled it.
http://stackoverflow.com/ questions/15926105/hiding-the- 
address-bar-of-a-browser  has answered it 

Unfortunately, you have to rely on JavaScript/ CSS way of managing the DIV tags 
hide/ show --> Also, may have to make an AJAX call to the video HTML and render 
the response in the DIV.  But this is not the way you want the solution to be - 
Not sure what other workarounds are available.



Thanks,
Arun Nallan


409 363 0587

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net> wrote:

Hello Everyone,
I, too, amglad to know this list still exists, since I have a question. To 
identifymyself briefly, I’m a former member of the group, now retired, so I no 
longerwrite Cold Fusion code. My question concerns a research project that 
Ipresented to the group a few years ago, when members were asked to 
describetheir work regardless of its relevance to Cold Fusion. The project is 
about thespeech of a hearing child of deaf parents, and I’m hoping one of you 
withknowledge of HTML and Javascript can help me choose between two ways of 
presentingthe data.  I apologizefor the great detail of this post, but I can 
get to my question right awaybefore going into all that detail: Doe

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?

[W. Sean Harrison]

'sharrison' = 'Sean Harrison'. :)

Glad this list is still around!

-S

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net> wrote:

> First, my thanks to everyone for the help so far...
>
> Your answers have shown me that attempts to suppress the location bar in
> HTML windows, even when feasible, are swimming upstream against a strong
> current, so are best avoided.
>
> The 'brainjar' code suggested by sharrison (Steve? Sam?) works
> beautifully!  Just about all I had to do was download the GIF images for
> the window buttons, and put a  tag containing one of my videos
> inside the 'client area' of one of the windows. If you'd like to see it,
> download the folder at the Dropbox link below and run vindemo.html. Then
> click on Window 1, which is where I put my  tag.
>
> Vindemo
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2b643nmwt8hv2rd/AAA7pzIKNTTnr8jhnfSqYbjLa?dl=0>
>
>
> [image: image]
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2b643nmwt8hv2rd/AAA7pzIKNTTnr8jhnfSqYbjLa?dl=0>
>
>
>
>
>
> Vindemo
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2b643nmwt8hv2rd/AAA7pzIKNTTnr8jhnfSqYbjLa?dl=0>
> Shared with Dropbox
> View on www.dropbox.com
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2b643nmwt8hv2rd/AAA7pzIKNTTnr8jhnfSqYbjLa?dl=0>
> Preview by Yahoo
>
>
> Getting all my little icons and descriptions to take the place of the
> existing "Window 1 - Window 2 - Window 3" interface may be a fairly big
> job, though, since they vary a lot in which icons and how many, and in
> various font changes within the descriptions. So I'll be looking into ways
> to streamline it.
>
> I'll also look into "dialogs" as an alternative.
>
> On balance, though, although I like the look of this HTML+Javascript
> interface much better than the one using PDFs (which overwrites my
> sub-titles among other problems), I have hundreds of these little documents
> to prepare, and if I cannot streamline the process just mentioned, I may
> have to go with the PDF approach after all, since it will combine the
> WYSIWYG capabilities of Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat to make each one
> go much quicker.
>
> So I'll be looking into the 'security hole' issue I described earlier. As
> to that, Dawn, the problem is not so much with Acrobat itself as with
> Acrobat *Reader*, since that's what would play the media for end users.
> Adobe has already pulled the rug out from under me once due to security
> considerations (the dangers of legacy media). It's not that I need the
> media to be file-type agnostic for its own sake, but rather that the
> strange restriction of choices presented by the Sound Tool vs. Button
> interfaces are a red flag suggesting that the current capacities my not
> last forever. To repeat: even though PDFs will be around forever, that
> doesn't mean that what Adobe permits one to do with them will be - as my
> earlier experience has painfully showed me!
>
> I'll let you know how it works out.
>
> Peyton
>
> ------
> *From:* Arun Nallan <arun.nal...@gmail.com>
> *To:* discussion@acfug.org; Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 9, 2016 10:47 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?
>
> Peyton,
>
> Don't think these days there is a way to do that. Due to security, they
> had disabled it.
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15926105/hiding-the-
> address-bar-of-a-browser  has answered it
>
> Unfortunately, you have to rely on JavaScript/ CSS way of managing the DIV
> tags hide/ show --> Also, may have to make an AJAX call to the video HTML
> and render the response in the DIV.  But this is not the way you want the
> solution to be - Not sure what other workarounds are available.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Arun Nallan
>
>
> 409 363 0587
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Peyton Todd <peytont...@att.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I, too, am glad to know this list still exists, since I have a question.
> To identify myself briefly, I’m a former member of the group, now retired,
> so I no longer write Cold Fusion code. My question concerns a research
> project that I presented to the group a few years ago, when members were
> asked to describe their work regardless of its relevance to Cold Fusion.
> The project is about the speech of a hearing child of deaf parents, and I’m
> hoping one of you with knowledge of HTML and Javascript can help me choose
> between two ways of presenting the data.
>
> I apologize for the great detail of this post, but I can get to my
> question right away before going into all that detail:
>
> *Does anyone know how to make the URL disappear in a child HTML window? If
>

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?

[Ken Auenson, II]

Are you sure you need actual windows?
It sounds like you can get what you need using divs like suggested in other
replies will give you what you need.
If using jQuery, this is all wrapped up as "dialog"s.
https://jqueryui.com/dialog/
Other js libraries have similar implementations as well.
A dialog can have static content, or pull in dynamic content with an Ajax
request, and you can have as many open and drag-able on screen as needed.

On Sep 9, 2016 8:19 AM, "Peyton Todd"  wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I, too, am glad to know this list still exists, since I have a question.
> To identify myself briefly, I’m a former member of the group, now retired,
> so I no longer write Cold Fusion code. My question concerns a research
> project that I presented to the group a few years ago, when members were
> asked to describe their work regardless of its relevance to Cold Fusion.
> The project is about the speech of a hearing child of deaf parents, and I’m
> hoping one of you with knowledge of HTML and Javascript can help me choose
> between two ways of presenting the data.
>
> I apologize for the great detail of this post, but I can get to my
> question right away before going into all that detail:
>
> *Does anyone know how to make the URL disappear in a child HTML window? If
> not, then is there some other simple way to get the effect I want?*
>
> Apparently the standard way would have been to set location=no when
> specifying the parameters to the window.open command. But that doesn’t
> work, and I remember reading somewhere that the W3C has decided to disable
> it. Is there some other way to make the URL disappear? Or maybe an
> alternate way to get a child window? (I thought of having DIVs that are set
> display=block or display=none, but apparently the user would not be able to
> move them around on the screen (No doubt it could be done via buttons that
> reset their left and top properties, but that would not be simple to
> program, and I need the ability for multiple windows to be open at the same
> time, which would make it even more complicated.)
>
> Admittedly this has only to do with aesthetics, but I want it to be as
> pretty as possible!
>
> To see what I have so far, please download the little folder at the
> Dropbox link below, and click on “testvideotag.htm” to test it. (It works
> in chrome, firefox, opera, and safari, but not in internet  explorer.)
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x8guh0m7ll5hrr8/AAAJkZjCRKMv7XSKrL2SGF7sa?dl=0
>
> The other approach I’m investigating may not tap the expertise of most
> ACFUG participants, but I’ll present it in case anyone has a suggestion. It
> uses PDFs, and if you want to see what it looks like you could download the
> little PDF at this other Dropbox link and run it (“PDF Version.pdf”):
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ghu3l5fkfj2t7i/PDF%20Version.pdf?dl=0
>
> The PDF version  doesn’t display the ugly URL, of course, but my fear is
> that Adobe will disable my PDF solution some day – a matter I’ll probably
> have to check with Acrobat experts about, but in case anyone has ideas
> about it please let me know.
>
> When I describe my PDF solution, you’ll see why I fear Adobe will disable
> it: I like my interface the way it is: little icons that don’t take up
> screen space the way opening video inside the page would (there will be
> many hundreds of these!). And I like my audio icons the way I have them,
> too. If I attach MP3 (i.e. H264) audio to an icon via the sound tool (as in
> the leftmost ‘speaker’ icon in my PDF), it plays, but then the standard
> Acrobat audio interfaces jumps in and takes over the icon – too small to be
> operative.
>
> If I attach the audio it to a button-icon instead, then everything works
> perfectly (as in the rightmost ‘speaker’ icon). But here’s what makes me
> think Abobe would some day pull the rug out from under me: with the sound
> tool, one is forced to use H.264 (a WAV file is legacy, and leads to the
> ‘Do you trust this?’ warning – painful when one must open hundreds of these
> little PDFs. And the legacy method is now blocked over the internet
> anyway).
>
> But if I attach sound to a button, only WAV files seem available as a
> choice. Remarkably, MP3s are not available for choosing even though they’re
> in the same folder as the WAV file. So if WAV files are a security hole
> when using the sound tool (forcing one to use H/264 like MP3), why would
> they not be when attached to a button? And if they are, then Adobe will
> discover the problem and fix it some day, thus disabling the many hundreds
> of PDFs I will have prepared by then!
>
> I should mention that I have Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, from which no upgrade
> path is available. To buy a new Acrobat Pro DC costs $449.
>
> Thanks so much for any help you can provide!
>

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?

[Arun Nallan]

Peyton,

Don't think these days there is a way to do that. Due to security, they had
disabled it.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15926105/hiding-the-address-bar-of-a-browser
 has answered it

Unfortunately, you have to rely on JavaScript/ CSS way of managing the DIV
tags hide/ show --> Also, may have to make an AJAX call to the video HTML
and render the response in the DIV.  But this is not the way you want the
solution to be - Not sure what other workarounds are available.




Thanks,
Arun Nallan


409 363 0587

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Peyton Todd  wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I, too, am glad to know this list still exists, since I have a question.
> To identify myself briefly, I’m a former member of the group, now retired,
> so I no longer write Cold Fusion code. My question concerns a research
> project that I presented to the group a few years ago, when members were
> asked to describe their work regardless of its relevance to Cold Fusion.
> The project is about the speech of a hearing child of deaf parents, and I’m
> hoping one of you with knowledge of HTML and Javascript can help me choose
> between two ways of presenting the data.
>
> I apologize for the great detail of this post, but I can get to my
> question right away before going into all that detail:
>
> *Does anyone know how to make the URL disappear in a child HTML window? If
> not, then is there some other simple way to get the effect I want?*
>
> Apparently the standard way would have been to set location=no when
> specifying the parameters to the window.open command. But that doesn’t
> work, and I remember reading somewhere that the W3C has decided to disable
> it. Is there some other way to make the URL disappear? Or maybe an
> alternate way to get a child window? (I thought of having DIVs that are set
> display=block or display=none, but apparently the user would not be able to
> move them around on the screen (No doubt it could be done via buttons that
> reset their left and top properties, but that would not be simple to
> program, and I need the ability for multiple windows to be open at the same
> time, which would make it even more complicated.)
>
> Admittedly this has only to do with aesthetics, but I want it to be as
> pretty as possible!
>
> To see what I have so far, please download the little folder at the
> Dropbox link below, and click on “testvideotag.htm” to test it. (It works
> in chrome, firefox, opera, and safari, but not in internet  explorer.)
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x8guh0m7ll5hrr8/AAAJkZjCRKMv7XSKrL2SGF7sa?dl=0
>
> The other approach I’m investigating may not tap the expertise of most
> ACFUG participants, but I’ll present it in case anyone has a suggestion. It
> uses PDFs, and if you want to see what it looks like you could download the
> little PDF at this other Dropbox link and run it (“PDF Version.pdf”):
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ghu3l5fkfj2t7i/PDF%20Version.pdf?dl=0
>
> The PDF version  doesn’t display the ugly URL, of course, but my fear is
> that Adobe will disable my PDF solution some day – a matter I’ll probably
> have to check with Acrobat experts about, but in case anyone has ideas
> about it please let me know.
>
> When I describe my PDF solution, you’ll see why I fear Adobe will disable
> it: I like my interface the way it is: little icons that don’t take up
> screen space the way opening video inside the page would (there will be
> many hundreds of these!). And I like my audio icons the way I have them,
> too. If I attach MP3 (i.e. H264) audio to an icon via the sound tool (as in
> the leftmost ‘speaker’ icon in my PDF), it plays, but then the standard
> Acrobat audio interfaces jumps in and takes over the icon – too small to be
> operative.
>
> If I attach the audio it to a button-icon instead, then everything works
> perfectly (as in the rightmost ‘speaker’ icon). But here’s what makes me
> think Abobe would some day pull the rug out from under me: with the sound
> tool, one is forced to use H.264 (a WAV file is legacy, and leads to the
> ‘Do you trust this?’ warning – painful when one must open hundreds of these
> little PDFs. And the legacy method is now blocked over the internet
> anyway).
>
> But if I attach sound to a button, only WAV files seem available as a
> choice. Remarkably, MP3s are not available for choosing even though they’re
> in the same folder as the WAV file. So if WAV files are a security hole
> when using the sound tool (forcing one to use H/264 like MP3), why would
> they not be when attached to a button? And if they are, then Adobe will
> discover the problem and fix it some day, thus disabling the many hundreds
> of PDFs I will have prepared by then!
>
> I should mention that I have Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, from which no upgrade
> path is available. To buy a new Acrobat Pro DC costs $449.
>
> Thanks so much for any help you can provide!
>

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?

[Dawn Hoagland]

I can't answer the child window question (because I haven't touched CF\HTML
in about 4 years now) - BUT - the PDF is simply a standardized file
format.  Adobe Acrobat is one of *many* applications that can read, create
and edit PDF files.  I don't see PDF going away for the foreseeable future.
(YMMV)

There are may free applications out there as well.

Some thoughts on file format changes for audio.  You could embed links that
go to a file that takes a parameter to play the desired - then write
something to allow the associated file to be played - and this will allow
you to make it file type agnostic.  If you have to convert everything to
MP4 (for instance) - update the "launcher" page to point to the new file
name and not have to change your PDF.


On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Peyton Todd  wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I, too, am glad to know this list still exists, since I have a question.
> To identify myself briefly, I’m a former member of the group, now retired,
> so I no longer write Cold Fusion code. My question concerns a research
> project that I presented to the group a few years ago, when members were
> asked to describe their work regardless of its relevance to Cold Fusion.
> The project is about the speech of a hearing child of deaf parents, and I’m
> hoping one of you with knowledge of HTML and Javascript can help me choose
> between two ways of presenting the data.
>
> I apologize for the great detail of this post, but I can get to my
> question right away before going into all that detail:
>
> *Does anyone know how to make the URL disappear in a child HTML window? If
> not, then is there some other simple way to get the effect I want?*
>
> Apparently the standard way would have been to set location=no when
> specifying the parameters to the window.open command. But that doesn’t
> work, and I remember reading somewhere that the W3C has decided to disable
> it. Is there some other way to make the URL disappear? Or maybe an
> alternate way to get a child window? (I thought of having DIVs that are set
> display=block or display=none, but apparently the user would not be able to
> move them around on the screen (No doubt it could be done via buttons that
> reset their left and top properties, but that would not be simple to
> program, and I need the ability for multiple windows to be open at the same
> time, which would make it even more complicated.)
>
> Admittedly this has only to do with aesthetics, but I want it to be as
> pretty as possible!
>
> To see what I have so far, please download the little folder at the
> Dropbox link below, and click on “testvideotag.htm” to test it. (It works
> in chrome, firefox, opera, and safari, but not in internet  explorer.)
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x8guh0m7ll5hrr8/AAAJkZjCRKMv7XSKrL2SGF7sa?dl=0
>
> The other approach I’m investigating may not tap the expertise of most
> ACFUG participants, but I’ll present it in case anyone has a suggestion. It
> uses PDFs, and if you want to see what it looks like you could download the
> little PDF at this other Dropbox link and run it (“PDF Version.pdf”):
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ghu3l5fkfj2t7i/PDF%20Version.pdf?dl=0
>
> The PDF version  doesn’t display the ugly URL, of course, but my fear is
> that Adobe will disable my PDF solution some day – a matter I’ll probably
> have to check with Acrobat experts about, but in case anyone has ideas
> about it please let me know.
>
> When I describe my PDF solution, you’ll see why I fear Adobe will disable
> it: I like my interface the way it is: little icons that don’t take up
> screen space the way opening video inside the page would (there will be
> many hundreds of these!). And I like my audio icons the way I have them,
> too. If I attach MP3 (i.e. H264) audio to an icon via the sound tool (as in
> the leftmost ‘speaker’ icon in my PDF), it plays, but then the standard
> Acrobat audio interfaces jumps in and takes over the icon – too small to be
> operative.
>
> If I attach the audio it to a button-icon instead, then everything works
> perfectly (as in the rightmost ‘speaker’ icon). But here’s what makes me
> think Abobe would some day pull the rug out from under me: with the sound
> tool, one is forced to use H.264 (a WAV file is legacy, and leads to the
> ‘Do you trust this?’ warning – painful when one must open hundreds of these
> little PDFs. And the legacy method is now blocked over the internet
> anyway).
>
> But if I attach sound to a button, only WAV files seem available as a
> choice. Remarkably, MP3s are not available for choosing even though they’re
> in the same folder as the WAV file. So if WAV files are a security hole
> when using the sound tool (forcing one to use H/264 like MP3), why would
> they not be when attached to a button? And if they are, then Adobe will
> discover the problem and fix it some day, thus disabling the many hundreds
> of PDFs I will have prepared by then!
>
> I should mention that I have Acrobat 9 Pro 

[ACFUG Discuss] Can I Remove the URL from Child Windows?

[Peyton Todd]

Hello Everyone,
I, too, amglad to know this list still exists, since I have a question. To 
identifymyself briefly, I’m a former member of the group, now retired, so I no 
longerwrite Cold Fusion code. My question concerns a research project that 
Ipresented to the group a few years ago, when members were asked to 
describetheir work regardless of its relevance to Cold Fusion. The project is 
about thespeech of a hearing child of deaf parents, and I’m hoping one of you 
withknowledge of HTML and Javascript can help me choose between two ways of 
presentingthe data. 


 
I apologizefor the great detail of this post, but I can get to my question 
right awaybefore going into all that detail:


 
Does anyoneknow how to make the URL disappear in a child HTML window? If not, 
then isthere some other simple way to get the effect I want?


 
Apparentlythe standard way would have been to set location=no when specifying 
theparameters to the window.open command. But that doesn’t work, and I 
rememberreading somewhere that the W3C has decided to disable it. Is there some 
otherway to make the URL disappear? Or maybe an alternate way to get a child 
window?(I thought of having DIVs that are set display=block or display=none, 
butapparently the user would not be able to move them around on the screen 
(Nodoubt it could be done via buttons that reset their left and top 
properties,but that would not be simple to program, and I need the ability for 
multiplewindows to be open at the same time, which would make it even 
morecomplicated.)


 
Admittedlythis has only to do with aesthetics, but I want it to be as pretty as 
possible!


 
To see whatI have so far, please download the little folder at the Dropbox link 
below, andclick on “testvideotag.htm” to test it. (It works in chrome, firefox, 
opera,and safari, but not in internet explorer.)


 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x8guh0m7ll5hrr8/AAAJkZjCRKMv7XSKrL2SGF7sa?dl=0


 
The otherapproach I’m investigating may not tap the expertise of most 
ACFUGparticipants, but I’ll present it in case anyone has a suggestion. It 
usesPDFs, and if you want to see what it looks like you could download the 
little PDFat this other Dropbox link and run it (“PDF Version.pdf”): 


 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ghu3l5fkfj2t7i/PDF%20Version.pdf?dl=0


 
The PDFversion  doesn’t display the ugly URL, ofcourse, but my fear is that 
Adobe will disable my PDF solution some day – amatter I’ll probably have to 
check with Acrobat experts about, but in caseanyone has ideas about it please 
let me know. 


 
When Idescribe my PDF solution, you’ll see why I fear Adobe will disable it: I 
likemy interface the way it is: little icons that don’t take up screen space 
theway opening video inside the page would (there will be many hundreds of 
these!).And I like my audio icons the way I have them, too. If I attach MP3 
(i.e. H264)audio to an icon via the sound tool (as in the leftmost ‘speaker’ 
icon in myPDF), it plays, but then the standard Acrobat audio interfaces jumps 
in andtakes over the icon – too small to be operative.


 
If I attachthe audio it to a button-icon instead, then everything works 
perfectly (as inthe rightmost ‘speaker’ icon). But here’s what makes me think 
Abobe would someday pull the rug out from under me: with the sound tool, one is 
forced to useH.264 (a WAV file is legacy, and leads to the ‘Do you trust this?’ 
warning –painful when one must open hundreds of these little PDFs. And the 
legacy methodis now blocked over the internet anyway). 


 
But if Iattach sound to a button, only WAV files seem available as a 
choice.Remarkably, MP3s are not available for choosing even though they’re in 
the samefolder as the WAV file. So if WAV files are a security hole when using 
thesound tool (forcing one to use H/264 like MP3), why would they not be 
whenattached to a button? And if they are, then Adobe will discover the problem 
andfix it some day, thus disabling the many hundreds of PDFs I will have 
preparedby then!


 
I shouldmention that I have Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, from which no upgrade path 
is available.To buy a new Acrobat Pro DC costs $449.


 
Thanks somuch for any help you can provide!