<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.14.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 18:31 -0700, Craig White wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 20:13 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > I have some PDFs which Acrobat claims needs the "file open" plugin. > Does anyone know what this is, what it does, and why Acrobat Reader > wants me to get it? > > Thanks ---- very light on details - crystal ball hazy... try running (depending upon your version of Acrobat Reader) /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/install_browser_plugin Craig </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I checked with a website that uses digital rights management (DRM) software that requires the FileOpen plugin for Acrobat. I checked with the site (<A HREF="http://www.xanedu.com">www.xanedu.com</A>) and they only support Windows and Mac. The plugin is OS-specific (I looked). I can't see how install_browser_plugin would work, but it's worth a shot. I haven't fiddled with install_browser_plugin before. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="450"> <TR> <TD> <TABLE WIDTH="250"> <TR> <TD> -- Mark C. Allman, PMP </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> -- <A HREF="http://www.allmanpc.com">www.allmanpc.com</A>, 617-947-4263 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD> <TABLE WIDTH="200"> <TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <IMG SRC="cid:1188956569.9268.13.camel@prez.allmanpc.com" ALIGN="bottom" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> BusinessMsg -- the secure, managed, J2EE/AJAX Enterprise IM/IC solution. </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>