SharePoint Portal Server 2003 : FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%PDF-'

When a user with read only rights enters one of the
libraries and tries to open a PDF file, it returns the
error FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%PDF-' Anyone could tell
me why is this so?
thanks in advance.

Mike
Wed Feb 18 05:29:01 CST 2004

Also posted one day later - will people please concentrate their replies to
that posting.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
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"rcp" <spam.me@terra.es> wrote in message
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> When a user with read only rights enters one of the
> libraries and tries to open a PDF file, it returns the
> error FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%PDF-' Anyone could tell
> me why is this so?
> thanks in advance.

Mike
Thu Feb 19 02:56:39 CST 2004

There's been a similar message posted to a Direct Access newsgroup (paid
support).

The (usually good) MS support guy came back after a few days and said that
he had discovered that this was a PDF file / Acrobat problem and that the
person sending the message should contact Adobe support.

I was hoping that there would be a solution there ... But maybe you can pick
this up anyway.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland


"rcp" <spam.me@terra.es> wrote in message
news:11deb01c3f56b$2391cf50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> When a user with read only rights enters one of the
> libraries and tries to open a PDF file, it returns the
> error FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%PDF-' Anyone could tell
> me why is this so?
> thanks in advance.

ricardo
Thu Feb 19 09:44:28 CST 2004

Great!!! Thanks. I'll see what I can find out.
>-----Original Message-----
>There's been a similar message posted to a Direct Access
newsgroup (paid
>support).
>
>The (usually good) MS support guy came back after a few
days and said that
>he had discovered that this was a PDF file / Acrobat
problem and that the
>person sending the message should contact Adobe support.
>
>I was hoping that there would be a solution there ... But
maybe you can pick
>this up anyway.
>
>Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
>
>"rcp" <spam.me@terra.es> wrote in message
>news:11deb01c3f56b$2391cf50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> When a user with read only rights enters one of the
>> libraries and tries to open a PDF file, it returns the
>> error FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%PDF-' Anyone could tell
>> me why is this so?
>> thanks in advance.
>
>
>.
>

Mike
Mon Feb 23 10:03:53 CST 2004

There was a follow-up in Direct Access over the weekend/ today when someone
else asked the same question.

Now the replier had more info and suggested (using Acrobat 5.0) the
following steps (which I think he got from Adobe)

1. With Adobe Acrobat program open and running, go the Edit pull down menu.
2. Choose Preferences.
3. Select Options from the left column in the displayed split screen.
4. In the Web Browser Options section, uncheck "Display PDF in Browser.
5. Then click OK and click Close.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"ricardo corbacho" <ricardo_corbacho@uss.es> wrote in message
news:12e3901c3f6ff$420e4270$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Great!!! Thanks. I'll see what I can find out.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >There's been a similar message posted to a Direct Access
> newsgroup (paid
> >support).
> >
> >The (usually good) MS support guy came back after a few
> days and said that
> >he had discovered that this was a PDF file / Acrobat
> problem and that the
> >person sending the message should contact Adobe support.
> >
> >I was hoping that there would be a solution there ... But
> maybe you can pick
> >this up anyway.
> >
> >Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
> >
> >
> >"rcp" <spam.me@terra.es> wrote in message
> >news:11deb01c3f56b$2391cf50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> When a user with read only rights enters one of the
> >> libraries and tries to open a PDF file, it returns the
> >> error FILE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH '%PDF-' Anyone could tell
> >> me why is this so?
> >> thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >.
> >