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security prompt 4active content when trying to view pdf files tony 05-23-2005
Posted by tony on May 23, 2005, 4:15 pm
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Whenever I try to view pdf files in the preview pane it always gives me a
security prompt, which is very annoying, first i have to click on it and
then tell it to let the active content, then it prompts me with an are you
sure prompt,. then after viewing the pdf file, i have to go through the
same damn drawn out procedure to view another pdf file. also when i view a
pdf file, then view let's say a txt file, then try to view another pdf file
the application crashes because acrobat has closed.
I have tried numberous workarounds for this problem, which involve changing
the security settings of internet explorer to allow active content, but to no
avail, i then tried enabling the "my computer" security zone through the
registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\Flags and modifying that but to no avail.
does anyone have any educated ideas???
thanks.


Posted by Alan on May 24, 2005, 8:53 am
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> Whenever I try to view pdf files in the preview pane it always gives me a
> security prompt, which is very annoying

I don't have a fix, but want to chime in that MS seems to
not appreciate the special status of .pdf content. I, for one,
really appreciated the emergence of desktop search because
I wanted to index my local pdf files. I suspect many others
find this to be a compelling application. But, will we have
to wait for Adobe to really "get it right"?

regards,
alan




Posted by tony on May 24, 2005, 12:11 pm
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Hi Alan, thanks for your post, i actually found out the answer, upgrade to
acrobat reader 7 and that solves the problem, luckily for me acrobat reader 7
doesn't uninstall acrobat professional 6 so i can use both, lucky me. it's
working perfectly for me now anyway. Also adobe have a plug in for windows
desktop search that it index the contents of pdf files.
best regards,
tony

"Alan" wrote:

>
> > Whenever I try to view pdf files in the preview pane it always gives me a
> > security prompt, which is very annoying
>
> I don't have a fix, but want to chime in that MS seems to
> not appreciate the special status of .pdf content. I, for one,
> really appreciated the emergence of desktop search because
> I wanted to index my local pdf files. I suspect many others
> find this to be a compelling application. But, will we have
> to wait for Adobe to really "get it right"?
>
> regards,
> alan
>
>
>


Posted by Alan on May 24, 2005, 10:10 pm
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> Hi Alan, thanks for your post, i actually found out the answer, upgrade to
> acrobat reader 7 and that solves the problem, luckily for me acrobat
> reader 7

Thanks, Tony: acrobat 7 reader solved my preview problem, too.




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