[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Can't install pdf files

[Scott Gruby]

On Jan 31, 2005, at 5:35 PM, Lorne Walton wrote:

>> This is because neither Adobe Reader nor Documents To Go can natively 
>> read PDFs; both programs require the PDFs to be converted to a 
>> special format and their respective desktop applications do this. So 
>> Missing Sync was doing you a favor by not allowing you to drag PDFs 
>> to the install window since you can't do anything with them on your 
>> handheld; we saved you the trouble.
>
> Thanks, TMS! So I have Adobe Reader and Docs To Go both claiming that 
> they'd like to read pdf's for me, but there's no way to get them onto 
> the Palm???
>

You MUST run the desktop application(s) to convert the PDFs into a 
format that is readable by the handheld.

> SHould I care whether they're "native" pdf's or undesirable aliens?

You should care. If an application can read a native file, it does not 
require conversion. Documents To Go can read native Word (.doc) and 
Excel (.xls) files without having to convert them using a desktop app.

> I bought an SD card so that I could load and read pdf's, which I could 
> with HotSync Manager and with Docs To Go. Not since I installed TMS.
>

Adobe Reader nor Documents To Go has ever been able to read PDFs that 
are stored on the handheld as .pdf files. Everything I have read 
indicates that the only program that can read .pdf files on the Palm 
that have NOT been converted using a desktop application is Piscel 
Viewer which is only available on certain Sony CLIEs.

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Scott Gruby
Lead Engineer, Missing Sync for Palm OS
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