On 10/16/2008 02:19 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 10/16/2008 12:54 PM, NoOp wrote: >> On 10/16/2008 12:43 PM, James Knott wrote: >> >> >>> I've been using 0.3.2 Windows. Also, I've run into the same problem on >>> another computer, where I can't even add OpenOffice as an association as >>> there are already 4 others apps registered and I can't delete any of them. >> >> I'll load one up in awhile and give it a try - it's been awhile since >> I've fired it up, so I'll need to update it first. > > OK, I've WinXP/OOo3.0/PDFextesion0.3.2 setup and working. I've opened a > PDF both from OOo (File|Open) and from Windows Explorer (Open With) & > that all seems to work fine. So... > > 1. I right click a PDF in Windows Explorer (WE) and select "Open With". > I then select sdraw and tell WE to "Alwasy use the selected program to > open this kind of file". The file opens & all works. I close OOo and go > back to WE and double-click a PDF file; the file opens in sdraw. > > 2. I then right click a PDF file in WE and use "Open With|Choose > Program" and select 'Adobe Acrobat 6.0' as the program to open the file > & again select "Alwasy use the selected program to open this kind of > file". File opens in Acrobat. I go back to WE and double-click a PDF > file; it opens in Acrobat. > > 3. I repeat #1 using soffice instead of sdraw; works & opens the file in > sdraw as expected. Double-clicking a PDF in WE now does the same. > > 4. Now if I right click a PDF in WE and select 'Open With' I get 4 choices: > - Adobe Acrobat 6.0 > - OpenOffice.org 3.0 > - sdraw > - Choose Program > > I reset the PDF's to auto open in Acrobat. I can install Adobe Reader 8 > if you'd like, but I very much doubt that it will make any difference. > > Anything else yoiu'd like me to try?
Duh... I should have included #5. 5. In WE I selected Tools|Folder Options|File Types and deleted the PDF file type extension. Now if I double-click a PDF in WE, I am told that Windows can't open the file as it no longer knows what to open it with - expected. I select "Select the program from a list", click OK, and then select Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and the "Always use...". Try the "Open With" and I am still offered the 4 choices in #4. So, no clue otherwise... I reckon you'll need to google on the Windows file association to get Windows folks to help out. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
