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2007-05-21 00:55:26
Stevios
Registered: May 20 2007
Posts: 4

I have an embedded pdf file in an Excel 2000 worksheet. When I double click to view the pdf, an Excel error displays : "Cannot start the source application for this object". The error is just a nuisance because the pdf actually opens.
Does anyone have a solution?

My Product Information:
Reader 7.0.0, Windows
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2007-05-23 20:44:51
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dthanna
ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 28 2005
Posts: 248
If you double click on a PDF embedded inside of something else (Word, e-mail, etc.) what happens?

There may be a minor tweek not setup with Acrobat. In either the MIME type or File Extension Association.

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

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2007-05-23 21:22:46
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Stevios
Registered: May 20 2007
Posts: 4
Thanks Douglas,

embedded pdf in Word and Outlook opens without the error.

Cheers

Steve
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2008-07-09 08:13:12
#3
TekSystemsRep
Registered: Aug 16 2007
Posts: 12
I am having the same issue. The embedded object has this function:
=EMBED("Acrobat Document","")

I thought that the first switch matched the File Type description for the PDF. I deleted my old one (with the description of "Adobe Acrobat Document") and put in a new association. It comes up with the description of "PDF File". Now I still get the error message in Excel but the PDF opens on-click instead of just through the right-click menu.

Unfortunately I can't update the function in Excel to do further testing. It errors out on me.
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2010-03-23 01:29:47
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PetriV
Registered: Mar 23 2010
Posts: 1
I got that problem with one of my client after updating from Adobe Reader 8.2 to 9.3.1.

Check that registry key for you Acrobat Document key points to right AcroRead32.exe path at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B801CA65-A1FC-11D0-85AD-444553540000}\LocalServer32
of whatever key points to your Acrobat Document.

I used Sysinternals Procmon to monitor registry activity and found a line and opened that registry location and found out Adobe Reader 8.0 path there.
9:55:56,9021789 EXCEL.EXE 3236 RegOpenKey HKCR\CLSID\{B801CA65-A1FC-11D0-85AD-444553540000}\LocalServer32 SUCCESS Desired Access: Maximum Allowed

I have seen that Adobe Reader 9.3 doesn't update that registry and leaves Adobe Reader 8.0 values there. Same problem may be in other upgrade scenarios too.
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