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Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion (Users)

posted by bocke, 10.02.2024, 18:25

> I normally don't use PostScript, but I think the problem is that PS is
> really designed for printing and not viewing. I could be wrong, but I
> think you will lose the hyperlinks as you pass through PS. The hyperlinks
> are the only reason I'm even considering PDF (and maybe HTML) in the first
> place. If I don't have hyperlinks I'll just leave it as plain ASCII text.
>

If you need hyperlinks, you'd probably have much more luck with HTML.

Converting from PS or PRN will kill all hyperlinks.

> I also find it interesting that, at least according to Adobe, all PDF
> readers are SUPPOSED to be able to read all versions of PDF documents. If
> an older reader is trying to read a newer document it should just be able
> to ignore what it doesn't understand, but that doesn't seem to happen (at
> least not from what I've seen).
>

That's interesting, but it doesn't work in practice. Older versions of Acrobat Reader will crash if you try to open a version of PDF they do not support. It's not specific to DOS version.

> Obviously your experiments with different VMs turned out differently than
> mine so the problem is not just with the VM itself. It could be a VM
> version, a configuration setting, the DOS version, the memory manager, or
> who-knows-what. I get errors and and/or the reader instantly exiting
> without even attempting to display anything.

True. But at least in DOSBox, there is only the internal version of DOS and internal memory management. Unless you are using an old version of DOSBox or your host doesn't have the drivers for your GPU, it should work the same.

Complete thread:

• Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 09.02.2024, 20:58 (Users)
  • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 09.02.2024, 21:47
  • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 09.02.2024, 21:55
  • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 09.02.2024, 22:00
  • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 09.02.2024, 22:02
  • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 10.02.2024, 07:35
    • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 10.02.2024, 15:19
    • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - roytam, 10.02.2024, 16:00
      • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 10.02.2024, 18:27
        • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - roytam, 11.02.2024, 01:21
          • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - Laaca, 11.02.2024, 19:24
          • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 12.02.2024, 02:21
    • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bretjohn, 10.02.2024, 17:01
      • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 10.02.2024, 18:25
        • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bretjohn, 10.02.2024, 18:47
          • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 10.02.2024, 20:10
            • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bretjohn, 11.02.2024, 22:05
              • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - rr, 11.02.2024, 23:21
              • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bocke, 12.02.2024, 02:56
                • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bretjohn, 13.02.2024, 20:49
      • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - Rugxulo, 13.02.2024, 06:21
  • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - Rob, 11.02.2024, 15:30
    • Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion - bretjohn, 11.02.2024, 21:57