I am having extereme difficulty finding information on how to bundle and install Acrobat Reader with my CD-ROM product. Does anyone out there have any insight into how to accomplish this? I have tried the unofficial Merge Module available on this site but it appears to only install the ocx. I would be grateful for any information and extremely grateful for detailed information.
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Acrobat Reader
Started by
efisher
, Jan 14 2004 16:56
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luke_s
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Posted 15 January 2004 - 07:30
Currently we just ship acrobat as an executable install package on our cd and kick this of from our CD explorer.
Could you run the acrobat install as a custom action?
Could you run the acrobat install as a custom action?
ricklin
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Posted 09 February 2004 - 23:21
Hi,
I was able to install Acrobat Reader 5 inside a custom action but had problems installing Acrobat Reader 6 inside a custom action. Instead I used the _LaunchAppEx() Installscript function provided by this site to run Acrobat Reader 6. _LaunchAppEx() gives you a return code so you can decide whether to continue with the install if for some reason Acrobat Reader 6 installation is aborted.
I was able to install Acrobat Reader 5 inside a custom action but had problems installing Acrobat Reader 6 inside a custom action. Instead I used the _LaunchAppEx() Installscript function provided by this site to run Acrobat Reader 6. _LaunchAppEx() gives you a return code so you can decide whether to continue with the install if for some reason Acrobat Reader 6 installation is aborted.
bxu
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Posted 25 February 2004 - 20:07
I am curious that whether eligible to redistribute Acrobat Reader. We did before and then give up.
Thanks for your reply.
Thanks for your reply.
luke_s
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Posted 25 February 2004 - 22:49
I think the reason acrobat 6 does not work inside a custom action is because it is MSI based.
The only way to kick this off is via a nested install custom action, but only if you have access to the msi file, and i believe that acrobat only ships an exe.
Maybe you could kick the acrobat install of during the user interface sequence on a button click or something?
The only way to kick this off is via a nested install custom action, but only if you have access to the msi file, and i believe that acrobat only ships an exe.
Maybe you could kick the acrobat install of during the user interface sequence on a button click or something?