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2007-10-25 13:48:11
KietTran
Registered: Oct 25 2007
Posts: 4

Hi,

I am using "Adobe Customization Wizard 8" to create an MST file for Adobe Reader 8.1.0. All are fine except for 1 issue which I have been searching for but can not find a solution yet.

From the wizard, if I check mark "Disable display of PDF in browser", it will uncheck the "Display PDF in browser" once Reader 8.1.0 installed but the box is grey out. If I uncheck "Disable display of PDF in browser" in the wizard, it will check the "Display PDF in browser" once reader 8.1.0 installed.

What I am trying to do is for the final installation to have the box "Display PDF in browser" unchecked but that the user still have the option (don't want the box grey out) to check it if they later want to.

Thank you in advance for you help

KT

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2007-10-26 13:31:30
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dthanna
ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 28 2005
Posts: 248
In short, and not to be blunt - You can't do it.

Think in terms of what Da' Customizer is for (ACW) - to nail down user settings from a corporate deployment perspective. To keep those 'Dang Nabit, end users for mucking everything up!'

Why one remains active after it being set and the other does not, the mind can only wander as to why Adobe has things this way. I can think of a number, and most are probably off the mark by a fair bit.

To get around this, you need to manually punch in the registry hack manually..
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\Originals
Name: bBrowswerIntegration
Type: DWORD
Data: 0 - unchecked
Name Missing - Checked

Is where this is located.
How to handle this as part of your packaging will, unfortunately, be an exercise left to the user.

Hope this helps!

Douglas Hanna is a member of the Production Print Technology team at Aon.
www.aonhewitt.com

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2008-03-27 07:11:07
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
This was an issue in earlier versions of Reader 7; however, it was correctly in the 7.0.8 version. See the following technical note in the background section for details:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=331246&sliceId=2

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-03-27 16:33:29
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dgpile
Registered: Mar 27 2008
Posts: 1
Thank you for your reply stating that there is no problem with current versions however, I am using and referencing a current problem with Reader 7.0.9. The check box for "display PDF in browser" is checked and I need to uncheck it. The field is grayed out.

I have tried editing the registry per some other posts and threads but nothing makes this setting clear.

I still have a check mark that I need to remove to test various scenarios for our users.

-dgpile
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