[WinMac] RE: Problem sharing PDF's on CD's from NT w/Services for Mac
Harris, Matt(HARRISMA[at]Mattel.com)
> 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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