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bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of Summers, Peter
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 12:58 PM
To: Gretl development
Subject: 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.
>
Adobe Reader XI, version 11.0.07. I'll update & try again
Confirmed -- Reader DC works great. FWIW, PDF Architect 4 has the same behavior as Sumatra
(opens the manual but not to the correct chapter).