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

[ross-radonicrodgers]

Acrobat Reader for Palm OS from adobe. I have it on my Palm TW.


On 31-Jan-05, at 8:13 PM, Scott Gruby wrote:

>
> On Jan 31, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Lorne Walton wrote:
>
>> At 12:35 pm -0800 31/1/05, Ken Freeman wrote:
>>> Are you using Adobe's Palm software on the handheld to read the .PDF 
>>> files
>>> or something else?
>>
>> I have just installed Adobe Reader v3.05, but I recently told Docs To 
>> Go that I would use it as my pdf reader.
>>
>>> It's been a while since I have used the Adobe Palm software, but it 
>>> seems
>>> they have a Mac desktop utility that creates a Palm ready file that 
>>> can then
>>> be installed to the handheld. You don't just install and read 
>>> regular .pdf
>>> files. Correct me if I'm wrong.
>>
>> Someone please correct Ken if he's wrong. I haven't a clue! I used to 
>> be able to load pdf's my dragging them into the (Palm Dsktop's) 
>> HotSync Manager's window, but I can't load them now that I've 
>> installed TMS.
>>
>
> Last time I checked, PDFs couldn't be read directly on the handheld, 
> so Ken is correct. If there is an application that natively reads PDF 
> files, please let us know.
>
>>> Or, you could be using some other PDF reader that can read a raw 
>>> PDF. If so,
>>> that reader needs to register with the Exchange Manager in the Palm 
>>> OS to
>>> let it know that it can handle PDF files. If an application tells the
>>> Exchange Manager that it can support a PDF then the Missing Sync 
>>> will let
>>> you install that application, but if no apps are registering for 
>>> that file
>>> type the Missing Sync will not let you synchronize that file (we 
>>> don't let
>>> you sync a file that the handheld can't read).
>>
>> Sorry, I don't understand "Exchange Manager". Is that an app that's 
>> supposed to be in my Palm?
>>
>
> To clarify, each handheld applications registers itself to be able to 
> handle certain file types. For instance, Docs To Go registers to 
> handle .doc, .xls, etc. So Missing Sync reads this information off the 
> handheld and then allows you to drop those types of files onto the 
> install window because Missing Sync knows that a handheld application 
> can handle it. If a handheld application doesn't properly register, 
> there is no point in us allowing random files to be installed on the 
> handheld as you won't be able to use those files.
>
>>> However, another approach would be to use Desktop Mounting and 
>>> simply copy
>>> the PDF file to your SD card. You may want to give that a try.
>>
>> Yes... so I use MissingSync (the Palm app) to load the virtual disk 
>> onto my desktop, and copy my 3 pdf's to the folder where the other 3 
>> pdf's reside? I did that, but neither Adobe Reader nor Docs To Go can 
>> find them.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Scott Gruby
> Lead Engineer, Missing Sync for Palm OS
> Mark/Space, Inc.
> <http://www.markspace.com/>
>
> Please contact support at markspace.com for assistance with Mark/Space 
> products.
>
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