[WinMac] RE: Problem sharing PDF's on CD's from NT w/Services for Mac


Harris, Matt(HARRISMA[at]Mattel.com)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:41:56 -0700


> When I try to open PDF files on the CD (which is CDFS/ISO 9660) I get
> a
> Macintosh System Error -43 which is a "file or folder not found
> error"...
>
> I can copy the file to my Macintosh and then open it so it is not
> damaged PDF files...
>
> The only thing that I can think of is that Acrobat Reader (3.01) is
> attempting to create some sort of temp file or open some non-existant
> file on the CD.
>
> Has anyone ever tried this or have any ideas?
>
> [Harris, Matt]
> Your theories are good ones - here is one more.
>
> That behavior would be consistent with folder or file names on the CD
> which contain Illegal characters. This explanation is quite a match
> since you can copy the file to your Mac and open it, but perhaps the
> finder is able to get around an Illegal Character which Adobe is not.
>
>
> I'm not sure I believe this explanation, but you could test it by
> copying the entire CD to a jaz or your hard disk. I would expect the
> error to continue if this theory is correct if you maintain the same
> directory structure on a different storage device.
>
> It will be difficult to get Adobe to help on this because 99.9% of
> PDFs on CDs work fine (most Adobe products ship on CD's full of
> PDF's). Try posting a question to their discussion groups at
> www.adobe.com. There is an employee named John C. who tracks the
> discussion an has given me some good help in the past. Many advanced
> users are also giving good answers their as well. The turn around
> lately seems to be 4 days or so and you must go back to the site to
> read any replies.
>
> Are you able to check whether this is an HFS or ISO formatted CD?
> That info might be significant.

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