Acrobat 7 Std/Pro
Hi all!
We have now distributed Acrobat 7 Standard and Pro with the setting to open PDFs in native Adobe Acrobat instead of within the browser (Internet Explorer). The problem is now that we have a group of people running an important application which have a bug (should be fixed in the future from the vendor) and they need to open the PDFs in the browser instead (Internet Explorer).
Do you know if this setting can easily be changed in registry or anywhere else?
Rgrds
Michael
We have now distributed Acrobat 7 Standard and Pro with the setting to open PDFs in native Adobe Acrobat instead of within the browser (Internet Explorer). The problem is now that we have a group of people running an important application which have a bug (should be fixed in the future from the vendor) and they need to open the PDFs in the browser instead (Internet Explorer).
Do you know if this setting can easily be changed in registry or anywhere else?
Rgrds
Michael
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Posted by:
spartacus
18 years ago
This works for Acrobat Reader v7.0 so a similar method should work for your group of users :
From the Acrobat Reader v7.0 window, click Edit .. Preferences .. select "Internet" and tick the box marked Display PDF in Browser.
This setting is per-user and is stored in the following (boolean) registry value
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Originals\bBrowserIntegration
Regards,
Spartacus
From the Acrobat Reader v7.0 window, click Edit .. Preferences .. select "Internet" and tick the box marked Display PDF in Browser.
This setting is per-user and is stored in the following (boolean) registry value
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Originals\bBrowserIntegration
Regards,
Spartacus
Posted by:
skj
18 years ago
Posted by:
zyce
18 years ago
Oh, my bad! The thing is that we disabled the feature (it's greyed out) of changing this setting for the users, this was done by the Adobe InstallShield Tuner. And it doesn't seem to help to change the boolean (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Originals\bBrowserIntegration) to 1 or 0 when we have disabled the feature.
So the real problem is really to enable this feature again. For the moment I have created a "workaround" which means that they will need to uninstall their Acrobat 7.0 and then reinstall again with my new .mst where this feature is enabled. The project checks if the user belongs to a special group then it will install the MSI with the new MST otherwise use the old one.
Today they told me that the bug fix should be finished in early february. Sigh!
So the real problem is really to enable this feature again. For the moment I have created a "workaround" which means that they will need to uninstall their Acrobat 7.0 and then reinstall again with my new .mst where this feature is enabled. The project checks if the user belongs to a special group then it will install the MSI with the new MST otherwise use the old one.
Today they told me that the bug fix should be finished in early february. Sigh!
Posted by:
fganter
18 years ago
I don't have the requirement to grey out "Display in Browser", however, I do need to automatically turn "Display in Browser" back on. What I've noticed is that this is one of the Reader settings that cannot solely be set with the registry entry suggested above (bBrowserIntegration). It requires the setting to be made in the UI.
You may notice that when changing the value in the UI, it actually kicks off a reinstallation (some sort of msi I'm assuming). That reinstallation does not get kicked off when changing the registry entry behind the scenes. Perhaps, there is a way to script setting the registry entry and then kicking off the appropriate msi.???
BTW - I've noticed funkiness when Acrobat and Reader are installed on the same machine. I'm still researching which settings prevail under which circumstances.
Let me know what you come up with. I need to automate this as well. :)
Thanks,
Fred
You may notice that when changing the value in the UI, it actually kicks off a reinstallation (some sort of msi I'm assuming). That reinstallation does not get kicked off when changing the registry entry behind the scenes. Perhaps, there is a way to script setting the registry entry and then kicking off the appropriate msi.???
BTW - I've noticed funkiness when Acrobat and Reader are installed on the same machine. I'm still researching which settings prevail under which circumstances.
Let me know what you come up with. I need to automate this as well. :)
Thanks,
Fred
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18 years ago
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