Actually, the problem with double-open occurred in Acrobat 3.0
and was fixed in 3.01. I suspect that the problem remained if
one didn't uninstall 3.0 before installing 3.01!

- Dov


At 6/25/98 01:40 PM , David R Evans wrote:
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>In message <3592513D.40F3D7E8@beacon.com>, Cory Snavely
><snavely@beacon.com> wrote:
>>Edwards, Thomas P (STP) wrote:
>>> Has anyone had the problem that when you double-click a PDF, it launches
>>> Exchange and loads the document, but twice!?!?
>We have experienced the double-open effect when files are launched by
>double-clicking on them from File Manager/Windows Explorer. You are only
>likely to notice the problem if you have some non-standard custom plug-
>ins which replace Acrobat's open document call. Acrobat's own open
>document call obviously copes with this by realising that the document
>is already open when asked to open it again.
>
>The double-open effect is caused by a fault with the Acrobat installer
>which sets the open command to launch Acrobat AND sets the DDE file open
>command too. Windows seems to use both hence the double open. To get
>around this, modify the plug-in which is not working correctly (it needs
>to enumerate open documents to see if the document is already open),
>else edit the Windows registry:
>
>run regedit.exe
>Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/AcroExch.Document/shell/open/command
>Select the command string, then click on Edit>Modify
>A dialogue will show the command to be something like:
>
> c:\acrobat3\Exchange\AcroEx32.exe "%1"
>
>Remove the "%1", hit OK, then click on Registry>Exit. Should fix the
>problem. Of course if you have lots of machines it might be easier to
>get the plug-in fixed :-(
>
>Regards
>
>David
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