Comments on: PDF previews under Vista x64 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dylan http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959&cpage=1#comment-167718 Dylan Sat, 24 May 2008 09:37:56 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959#comment-167718 Hi Ed, I didn't realise that Acrobat 8.1 had a previewer for Outlook 2007, was that new in version 8.1? We've been using Acrobat Reader 8.0 in our organisation and now I'm keen to upgrade 8.1 to get the previewer. - Dylan Hi Ed,

I didn’t realise that Acrobat 8.1 had a previewer for Outlook 2007, was that new in version 8.1?

We’ve been using Acrobat Reader 8.0 in our organisation and now I’m keen to upgrade 8.1 to get the previewer.

- Dylan

]]> By: TJ http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959&cpage=1#comment-167189 TJ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:11:05 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959#comment-167189 ED, should I install Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit retail in HP Pavilion tx1410us Notebook PC? Will it improve the computer performance? The HP Tx1410us came with preloaded Windows Vista premium 32 bit 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-64 512KB+512KB L2 Cache 2GB memory 250GB Hard drive NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 ED, should I install Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit retail in HP Pavilion tx1410us Notebook PC? Will it improve the computer performance? The HP Tx1410us came with preloaded Windows Vista premium 32 bit

2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-64
512KB+512KB L2 Cache
2GB memory
250GB Hard drive
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

]]> By: James http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959&cpage=1#comment-167177 James Tue, 06 May 2008 21:33:28 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959#comment-167177 Talk about good timing on your post! I just upgraded to Outlook 2007 and was getting very annoyed by that "feature". Talk about good timing on your post! I just upgraded to Outlook 2007 and was getting very annoyed by that “feature”.

]]> By: Leo Davidson http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959&cpage=1#comment-167176 Leo Davidson Tue, 06 May 2008 21:23:25 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1959#comment-167176 It's very annoying that Adobe still have not released 64-bit versions of Adobe Reader and their Flash player. I don't know if there's a technical reason behind it or not. In my experience it's very easy to recompile code to make 64-bit versions, but perhaps they have problems with 3rd party libraries which they use, or something. I wrote a plugin for a file manager which allows its viewer pane to use Adobe Reader, Flash, Fox It and various other ActiveX controls. When the file manager gained a 64-bit version I had to update my plugin and to make PDF files viewable again I had to to a hell of a lot of extra work (proxying everything through a 32-bit COM process/window, much as the viewer you mention in your article does). It probably took me, an independent developer doing stuff in my spare time, longer to work around this issue than it would have for Adobe to make 64-bit versions of their apps. :-( The viewer I wrote is here if you are interested: http://www.pretentiousname.com/activex/ -- Views all Preview Handlers and most ActiveX controls (inc. FoxIt, Flash and Adobe Reader), proxying to 32-bit code if neccessary. This also means that it allows video playback using 32-bit codecs within a 64-bit process. (Well, within the windows of the process via a 32-bit proxy.) It’s very annoying that Adobe still have not released 64-bit versions of Adobe Reader and their Flash player. I don’t know if there’s a technical reason behind it or not. In my experience it’s very easy to recompile code to make 64-bit versions, but perhaps they have problems with 3rd party libraries which they use, or something.

I wrote a plugin for a file manager which allows its viewer pane to use Adobe Reader, Flash, Fox It and various other ActiveX controls. When the file manager gained a 64-bit version I had to update my plugin and to make PDF files viewable again I had to to a hell of a lot of extra work (proxying everything through a 32-bit COM process/window, much as the viewer you mention in your article does). It probably took me, an independent developer doing stuff in my spare time, longer to work around this issue than it would have for Adobe to make 64-bit versions of their apps. :-(

The viewer I wrote is here if you are interested: http://www.pretentiousname.com/activex/ — Views all Preview Handlers and most ActiveX controls (inc. FoxIt, Flash and Adobe Reader), proxying to 32-bit code if neccessary. This also means that it allows video playback using 32-bit codecs within a 64-bit process. (Well, within the windows of the process via a 32-bit proxy.)

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