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Viewing SWF in an Interactive PDF

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2008-10-20 15:56:20
Hiddenfarce
Registered: Nov 16 2007
Posts: 3

1st set-up:
Mac OS X 10.4.11
Adobe CS3 Premium (ID CS3 & Flash CS3)
QuickTime 7.5
Acrobat 8 Pro
Acrobat Reader 8

On this system I created a PDF in InDesign CS3 adding in a swf file as an intro. I edited the PDF and created some functionality for the iPDF (interactive PDF) in Acrobat 8 Pro. The iPDF plays great and I'm happy. BUT... then I transferred the same iPDF to my other system.

2nd set-up:
Mac OS X 10.5.5
Adobe CS3 Premium (ID CS3 & Flash CS3)
QuickTime Pro 7.5.5
Acrobat 8 Pro
Acrobat Reader 9

On this system, when the iPDF is viewed, the embedded swf intro appears to load, but the status bar just says, "buffering". The swf doesn't play. I changed the settings for the file to use the flash player instead of QuickTime but nothing changes. I tried this again with a different file with a different embedded swf file with the same results. My coworker had the same problem when he upgraded systems. He could view the iPDF before but not after his upgrade.

I checked quite a few resources and this forum but have not come across anyone with the same issue. Does anyone here know of the issue and maybe a work-around or possibly a solution?

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks

Who says designing isn't like dancing with bulldozers.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Macintosh
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2008-10-28 13:49:46
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joshcorey
Registered: Jul 14 2008
Posts: 79
PDF's created prior to Acrobat 9 with multimedia (including Flash/SWF) rely on the viewers system having the proper player/codecs to play back audio/video/Flash content. The second system set up likely has a different version of Flash runtime installed. Try updating Flash, although since you created the SWF in CS3 and have Flash CS3 on both systems I don't know if this is the issue... Try running the SWF in a web browser on the second system and see if it runs there.

In Acrobat 9 the Flash runtime is in Reader/Acrobat and the PDF no longer relies on the users systems players/codecs. Any Richmedia created in Acrobat 9 will play back on other systems in Reader 9. Not urging you to upgrade but your situation is the reason this is such a good improvement.
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