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Re: Detecting Default PDF reader/writer
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Re: Detecting Default PDF reader/writer


  • Subject: Re: Detecting Default PDF reader/writer
  • From: Joshua See <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 10:55:01 -0500

AppleScript might not be the best way to do this. The Acrobat JavaScript property app.viewerType will tell you what kind of Acrobat you're in (Reader, Exchange), or not execute at all (Preview, hardware interpreters). Another common trick is to have a message for the user printed in the PDF warning them to switch to Acrobat, and then covering it with a blank, borderless button.

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 03:05 PM, Courtney Moore wrote:

I am using OS 10.2.6 and would like to write a script that will detect what
the default PDF reader/writer is set to. Does anyone have any idea of how
to do this?

Thanks
Courtney
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