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Old 10-16-06, 09:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Worried Acrobat files opening problem in WM5

I have Acrobat reader version 1 installed in my Universal running WM5. Whenever I double click the pdf files, the reader opens but it always give me an error message " there was an error opening this document. The file does not exist.". I click ok, then it brings me to the file opening dialogue to go through files then select to open.

It is working but a bit troublesome... Wonder if other forumers have similiar problem or there are better ways to do this.

I have tried version 2, same problem. I tested the utility "Open-with" but the problem does not go away.

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Old 10-16-06, 07:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well basically it boils down to four words. Acrobat mobile doesn't work.:realmad:
That's right. It's faulty software. The best you can do is load the pdf in question into acrobat pro and save it as a file that is compatible with the earliest possible version of acrobat. That has lessened the headaches I have with acrobat mobile; but NOTHING else has done a thing to better the situation.
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Are you tapping the files from a file explorer program, or from the Open command in Adobe? On my Axim X51 WM5 A12, I have problems if I try to acces the files thru a file explorer program, BUT if I open them from Adobe, they open just fine....
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Originally Posted by mtgeorge
Are you tapping the files from a file explorer program, or from the Open command in Adobe? On my Axim X51 WM5 A12, I have problems if I try to acces the files thru a file explorer program, BUT if I open them from Adobe, they open just fine....
Yes, this is exactly the problem... I can't open the pdf files thru a file explorer program.

I am so used to open exel/word/ebook...etc files from a file explorer. All others work except pdf files.
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Old 10-17-06, 12:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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This is true about opening .pdfs in the explorer being troublesome. But often times acrobat won't recognise some .pdfs. It's very very trickey.:rolling:
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Old 10-19-06, 11:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I have experienced the same problem with Acrobat: can only open a file from within the Application but not from File Explorer.

I have experienced the same problem recently with the new Coreplayer 1.0: I can only open a file from within the Application but get a "file not found" if I open a file from File Explorer or Resco Explorer. But I have not heard anyone complained about this yet.

This make me wonder whether the problem is related to specific applications or related to a system-wide problem that affects multiple applications.
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Old 10-20-06, 03:35 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Is this problem only found in the dell axims?
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Old 10-21-06, 10:41 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I have the Acrobat file opening problem from File Explorer in my Universal...
So not just Axim...
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Old 11-04-06, 10:36 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Pocket xPDF 0.5.
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Pocket xPDF 0.5.0 the latest version seems pretty good. It feels faster than Acrobat ppc reader and I can associate pdf files to it and open them by double clicking. I am switching over to this freeware. :)
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Well, the other problem is he's using Acrobat Version 1... when Version 2 has been out since 2003 or so. :D Still, I'll have to second PocketXPDF being improved over previous versions of PocketXPDF (which slowed down terribly when you scrolled on the SAME page - redrawing the whole page), although I find Adobe a second or so faster than that when switching pages - it's much faster at drawing heavy graphics than PocketXPDF currently is.
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I actually tried both version 1 and 2 for Acrobat ppc reader. Both have the same problem not able to open files directly from explorer. Since version 1 files size is much smaller, that was the reason why I kept version 1 and not version 2.

Re XPDF, I actually found it faster than Acrobat readers even with some graphic intensive files... may be it is just personal experience. But I really like it now to double click and open the pdf files... :)
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Adobe Reader 2's faster than REader 1, IIRC - which is probably why you're finding XPDF faster - I've got it instaled again myself, since 0.50 came out - it does a great job rendering pages full-screen, better than Adobe does in my opinion, and keeping the pages readable.
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