Re: [Gretl-devel] help files

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016, Summers, Peter wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016, Sven Schreiber wrote: >> >>> Am 10.03.2016 um 23:51 schrieb Allin Cottrell: >>>> Here's an update on the status of clicking on a link to the (PDF) >>>> User's Guide in the GUI help text. The precise effect depends on >>>> the platform and the PDF viewer. There are two questions: >>>> >>> >>>> Windows: >>>> >>>> Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat Reader: Yes on 1, and also Yes on updating >>>> the viewing position now that I've added some DDE code (in git and >> snapshots). >>> >>> Very nice! (haven't tested yet, though) > > I just tested the latest snapshot (3-10-16), on Win 7 (Enterprise) > with Adobe Reader. I can confirm the "yes on 1" (user's guide opens to > the correct chapter when clicking on the link in the help window), but > the location doesn't update. What version of Adobe Reader, please? Getting DDE to work is quite tricky, particularly since Adobe writes the wrong identifier for its DDE "server" into the Windows registry -- so finding the right identifier is a matter of informed guesswork. I've tested with Reader DC 2015 on Windows 8 and that works for updating the read location.