Viewers for PDF, PS, and DVI ⇒ Problem with Adobe Reader 8.0

[MartinC]

[...] And then they're closing all the documents using [CloseAllDocs()].

This works but is no real solution to the problem. What if you're working on more than one PDF Document and you do not want to close them all?

Then I think you have to ask Adobe to fix this bug!

[Frank]

Hi Guys

I have tried to implement the changes you suggested. I changed View project's output to [FileOpen("%bm.pdf")] and I changed Close document before running (La)TeX to [CloseAllDocs("%bm.pdf")]. I get the error

I can't write on file `MyFile.pdf'.
Please type another file name for output

while compiling if I did not close the PDF document before compilation. I then figured that I should perhaps remove the "%bm.pdf" part, but then Acrobat Reader 8 still crashes if I did not close it.

Does anyone perhaps know where I may be going wrong?

Regards
Frank

[Kris]

Hi Frank,

Yes, it's [CloseAllDocs()] not [CloseAllDocs("%bm.pdf")] !
Just change it in TexnicCenter and restart Your system - the error will be gone...

(actually it's just a workaround 'til Adobe removes the bug!)

Regards
Kris

[Frank]

Hi Kris

Oh, I did not reboot. I'll try that, thanks.

Regards
Frank

[playmob]

I think I found a workaround for this problem:

Enter the following DDE Commands in the "Viewer"-Tab:
View: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")]
Search: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")]
befor compiling: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocClose("%bm.pdf")]

Working fine on my PC.

[dustbinbear]

Hi playbob, it didn't seem to work so well for me especially when I had more than 1 pdf documents already running. adobe reader just crashes.

[jjt3]

I have been told of a workaround for Adobe 8.0.

Simply, put a second [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")] in front of the first in the two instances in build profile, and this seems to keep it quiet.

John

[Frank]

My Adobe Reader 8 crashes even if I close it using the close button.

[roman]

Simply, put a second [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")] in front of the first in the two instances in build profile, and this seems to keep it quiet.

Yes, that's it. There are no more crashes even if I'm working with multiple documents (multiple TeXnicCenter projects) at the same time.
Many thanks to John.

Roman

[MartinC]

Great, it works! Where did you hear of that trick?