PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

descapa — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:07:12 GMT

Thanks Ryan this is great! I installed the FoxIt version by Tim Heuer on both of my machines and it works great.

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

A.J. — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:28:19 GMT

The one that you created for Acrobat works great! I've been looking for something for PDFs which would work with Adobe since I started testing Office and Vista last year. Thanks!

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

timheuer — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:58:53 GMT

just an FYI, the foxit one doesn't require *any* reader to be installed -- or even if you have adobe reader you can still use the foxit one as well -- it is completely isolated from any pdf reader...that's what i liked about foxit. with adobe, you only get the control when you install their reader :-(

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

Roman Hladunyak — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:59:29 GMT

I have installed Adobe Acrobat 8 and everything works just fine. I have thumbnails for PDF files and the search works great. Though I am happy to see that there's an easier and cheaper solution for that

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

James Hill — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:06:28 GMT

The Acrobat version works PERFECTLY with Outlook 2007 + XP Pro. Just what I needed! Thanks!

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

James Hill — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:06:28 GMT

The Acrobat version works PERFECTLY with Outlook 2007 + XP Pro. Just what I needed! Thanks!

Adobe Acrobat 8 on Vista - The Temp Folder is a on Drive that is Full or is inac

Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:21:07 GMT

Adobe Acrobat 8 on Vista - The Temp Folder is on a Drive that is Full or is inac

Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:05:13 GMT

Adobe Acrobat 8 on Vista - The Temp Folder is on a Drive that is Full or is inac

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Photoshop PSD Preview Handler for Windows Vista

Quartz — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:14:42 GMT

Check Photoshop files(PSD) Preview Handler for Windows Vista here

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/PhotoshopPreviewHandler.asp

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

slide — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:18:33 GMT

Are you planning on writing up anything on the development of Preview Handlers? I've found some examples for Vista specifically (doesn't require a local COM server), but nothing good that will work in XP as well.

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

Leo Johnson — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:41:59 GMT

Thank you... I handle a large amont of PDF's and now that I can use the native OS's file browser... well you made my life simpler

THANK YOU

(all caps)

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

Vaibhav — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:33:16 GMT

Gil Azar has implemented a bunch of Handlers for Windows XP here: http://www.azarfamily.org/previewhandlersforwindowsxp

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

pgk — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:12:02 GMT

I like the idea, but I have a dual install of Adobe Acrobat Reader V8 and Acrobat Full V6 on my machine. For some reason the PDF preview handler install tells me "you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed before installing the PDF Preview Handler (Yes/No)". Not sure how to get past this. I tried Repairing Acrobat Reader 8, to no avail. Any suggestions, short of uninstalling V6? -pgk

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

rgregg — Wed, 09 May 2007 02:51:56 GMT

pgk:

The installer is looking for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroPDF.PDF. If that key does't exist, the installer fails. I've heard some other people report this issue as well. Typically if you fully uninstall the Acrobat Reader, and then install it again, the regkey is fixed up and you can install. For some reason, the repair doesn't fix the issue.

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

pgk — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:14:12 GMT

Thanks. Actually it looks like there's a problem for users who like to view PDFs outside Ineternet Explorer. A full reinstall of Acrobat Reader 8 indeed fixed it, but after going back to my preferred Reader setting (Edit > Preferences > Ineternet > Do not display PDF in browser) the email PRD preview also stopped working, giving a nice list of error messages in the email window. Updating the Reader preferences to "Display PDF in browser" fixed it again. Can you think of a workaround for this, or is PDF viewing outside IE7 indeed completely incompatible with PDF preview in email? Either way, thanks for developing this. -pgk

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

pgk — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:18:34 GMT

Now if I could fix those typos I would. Legend: PRD=PDF, and Ineternet = Internet. Can/did anyone reproduce this issue? -pgk

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

Ronin — Mon, 14 May 2007 13:53:46 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the PDF previewer (Adobe solution). There is a minor glitch though. When I preview PDFs in Windows Explorer, it works great, but as soon as I close the Explorer window, Windows gives a message saying "PDF preview handler has stopped working".

Is this a bug? or is there any way of getting rid of this message?

Thanks for this great tool.

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

rgregg — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:39:01 GMT

I've been trying to track down the source of that bug, but I can't get it to repro on any computer I have access to. Are you using Acrobat Reader, or do you have the full Adobe Acrobat product installed?

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

pgk — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:50:32 GMT

Perhaps I'm one of the unlucky few. I have both Acrobat Full V6 and Reader V8 installed, which may be the problem. I'll list the error message below, but admittedly this 'mixed install' causes issues. For example, in Reader V8 I have 'display PDF in browser' checked in the preferences right now, but the PDFs open in a separate Acrobat window when using IE7. That's clearly not your problem. Just in case you do spot something that's fixable, in the 'present state' I get the following error messages in the Email preview window (see below). Hope this helps/hope you can help! Thanks for checking back, and i won't be upset if you let this one go. -pgk

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System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CoCreateInstance(Guid& clsid, Object punkOuter, Int32 context, Guid& iid)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateWithoutLicense(Guid clsid)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateWithLicense(String license, Guid clsid)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstanceCore(Guid clsid)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstance()

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetOcxCreate()

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.TransitionUpTo(Int32 state)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateHandle()

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.EndInit()

at PdfPreviewHandler.ControlPreviewer.AddPreviewControl()

at PdfPreviewHandler.ControlPreviewer.LoadFile(String fileName, STGM fileMode)

at PdfPreviewHandler.FormPreviewSurface.LoadFile(String file, STGM fileMode)

"PDF preview handler has stopped working"

Ronin — Sat, 26 May 2007 03:26:27 GMT

Hi Ryan,

In reply to your question above, I just have the Adobe Reader 8 installed.

On the other hand, Foxit previewer works fine, but well, there are some problems with it... quality as well as incorrect scaling. I would really like to use the Adobe version (I was using this one on my XP earlier).

re: PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

James Miller — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:40:14 GMT

FYI - Acrobat Reader 8.1 includes an Outlook Previewer, Windows Search filter, and explorer icon preview extension... finally!