Sending PDF Files and Acrobat Reader Via Lotus Notes/Can It be Done?

[David Hirschler <DGHirschler -at- AUTOMATEDLOGIC -dot- COM>]

Yes, we do this to provide PDF files to our worldwide dealer network over
the Internet via Lotus Domino.  We make the PDF a file attachment in a
Lotus Notes document (one PDF file per document).  Since Acrobat Reader can
be distributed freely, we have attached the Reader installation files (for
Win 3.1 and Win 95) to the "About this database" item in the Help menu.

Incidentally, we also include an OLE object of the PDF file (right below
the file attachment), displayed as Rich Text for the sole purpose of
allowing users to search every word of every file in the database.  We have
also discovered recently that the Notes "compression" feature may corrupt
the PDF files, which are already compressed.  Unfortunately, there is no
.ini setting that can permanently disable file compression, so you must
manually turn compression off every time you attach a file.

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>Date:    Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:23:03 -0500
>From:    Charissa N Mc Swain <cnmcswai -at- DUKE-ENERGY -dot- COM>
>Subject: Sending PDF Files and Acrobat Reader Via Lotus Notes/Can It be
Done?
>Here's the situation: I am required to use Lotus Notes to send the
training
>documents I'm creating to the users in remote locations. Because of this
>requirement, I was told that I MUST use Word, which I HATE!!! (I always
use
>FrameMaker, and am too old and set in my ways to change to an inferior
>product.) The argument against FM to PDF was that users find it difficult
>to download/install Acrobat Reader and the client wants the process to be
>as seamless as possible. That being the case, does anyone know whether
>Acrobat Reader can be sent along with PDF files via Lotus Notes and
install
>transparently (or close to it) on the user's machine so that they don't
>have to think too much. The goal is to get the documents to them as easily
>as possible for them to print. We have had some problems in the past with
>printing PDFs when users have different equipment.
>To sum up: Can PDFs and Reader be sent via Lotus Notes so that users can
>print them easily?

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