Also, you don’t want to have more than one version on your system at the same time. You should have the latest version of the Adobe Reader installed at least version 11.0.0.7 or later. Taking control of the PDF Preview function Get the Reader into shape Here is a step-by-step guide for making that happen. Correcting this situation requires a few steps, but it’s not exactly rocket science.
This should happen automatically as a result of the PDM installation process, but occasionally there can be issues that cause some aspects of the setup to get fouled up. The good news is that you don’t really have to know (or care) about the details, as long as all the different pieces of the puzzle are installed correctly and talking nicely to each other. That’s a lot going on! No wonder people have issues! PDF Previewing seems like a simple function, but it is more involved than you’d think: SOLIDWORKS PDM uses Windows Explorer to display the vault view, then for PDF previews, the vault view calls to Internet Explorer which in turn opens the Adobe Reader using a special component called an ActiveX control.
We want them dancing like trained monkeys! How it works This article explains how to tame the PDF preview function and get your PDFs popping into the SOLIDWORKS PDM preview window on command.
Problematic behaviors can arise, ranging from error messages to PDFs opening in a separate window to sometimes opening in the full version of Adobe Acrobat instead of using the Adobe Reader. This is great for those who want to preview files in the Adobe PDF format however, this feature can sometimes become quite a nuisance. One of the many handy features of SOLIDWORKS PDM is the ability to preview many different file types right in the Windows Explorer interface.
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