ActivePDFView 1.0
Released 12/29/2003



DESCRIPTION
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ActivePDFView is a lister plugin (WLX) for Total Commander V5.5 or greater.
It allows the user to preview an Adobe Acrobat PDF file in either the TC
QuickView panel or in the floating TC lister window and with much of the
utility of the standalone Acrobat viewer.


REQUIREMENTS
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 - Total Commander V5.5 or greater.
 
   Obtain Total Commander here:
   
       http://www.ghisler.com
       
 - The free Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your system before
   attempting to use ActivePDFView to view a PDF.  Earlier versions of
   the Acrobat Viewer will load more quickly, but ActivePDFView appears
   to work with all Reader versions >= 4.0.  This version of ActivePDFView
   has been tested with Acrobat Reader versions 4, 5.5, and 6.
   
   Obtain the Acrobat Reader here:
 
       http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html   
   
   
INSTALLATION
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 - Add the ActivePDFView plugin to the TC LS-Plugins list in the usual
   manner.
   
 - If you have also installed an Internet Explorer lister plugin (such as
   IEView), position ActivePDFView before (above) that viewer in the TC
   LS-Plugins list.  This will force the selected PDF into ActivePDFView
   instead of the IE plugin.
   
   
CONFIGURATION
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 - The viewer itself has no configuration options.
 
 - All of the Acrobat Reader options are exposed by ActivePDFView.
   Simply QuickView a PDF in the lister and set the Acrobat options from
   the toolbar as you would in the standalone reader.
   

LIMITATIONS
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 - Currently ActivePDFView only supports one instance of the Reader. If you
   attempt to open additional instances of ActivePDFView, the default TC
   lister will appear instead.  This limitation may be addressed in a future
   version.
   

NOTE
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If you have installed an IE lister, ActivePDFView is a superfluous plugin.
The developer wrote it to learn about TC plug-ins. The only advantage to
using it might be speed.  It may be a fraction faster to load the Acrobat
Reader with it than with an IE plugin.  Or perhaps not.


LICENSE
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ActivePDFView is hereby donated to the public domain for any use whatsoever,
private or commercial.


WARRANTY
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None. Zilch. Zero. Nada. No warranty explicit or implied. Use ActivePDFView
at your own risk.


FEEDBACK
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Your comments and feedback are welcome.  If you encounter problems with
ActivePDFView, please report them to the email address given below.  The
developer MAY (or MAY NOT) address them in a future version.


CREDITS
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 - ActivePDFView:      John F. Cantrell, Inc. Sarasota, Florida USA
   Email:              public@jfcinc.net
   
 - Total Commander:    Total Commander Copyright © 1995-2003 by Christian
                       Ghisler, C. Ghisler & Co., Switzerland. All rights
                       reserved.

 - Acrobat Reader:     Copyright Adobe Systems, Inc.
   
   Please observe Adobe's Terms of Use for the Reader. Read about them here:
   
       http://www.adobe.com/misc/copyright.html