Re: Acroread Problem

From: Aaron Konstam (akonstam_at_trinity.edu)
Date: 03/13/04

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    Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:07:03 -0600
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    On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:26:49AM -0500, Clint wrote:
    > I'm having a problem with Acroread. I installed it following the
    > instructions found at artoo, and it has worked without any problems
    > until recently. I'm suspecting some update I've run is interfering with
    > it now. When I browse with Mozilla 1.6 to a pdf file online, Acroread
    > stops with the pop-up error message:
    >
    > "There was an error opening this document. No such file or directory."
    >
    > A blank Acroread application window is open in the bottom right-hand
    > corner of the browser.
    >
    > I have checked that there is indeed a pdf file at the location, by using
    > wget. Then I can easily open it using either xpdf or Acroread locally.
    > So the problem seems to be with Mozilla and Acroread.
    >
    > Is anyone experiencing similar symptoms?
    >
    > If this is unresolvable, how I can I tell Mozilla to use xpdf as the
    > default pdf viewer?
    >
    I don't know about the error buit to you can change to xpdf is the
    preferences of Mozilla. 

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