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How to handle add-in clash

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Gary Hillerson - 06 Dec 2004 02:59 GMT
I've just discovered that a template I distribute is clashing with
Acrobat 6. When someone who has installed Acrobat 6 and its Word
add-in creates a document based on my template, all is fine.

But when that user saves the document, and then reopens it, my menu
doesn't display, even tho I have code in my auto-open routine to
display the menu if it isn't on the menu bar.

When such users disable the Acrobat add-in, all is fine. So there's
clearly a clash with something Acrobat is doing, but I don't know what
that is.

Question: is the appropriate way to handle this clash to have my
autoopen function unload the Acrobat add-in, or is there some better
way to handle this?

thanks,
  gary
Jonathan West - 06 Dec 2004 11:55 GMT
Hi Gary,

There are two approaches you can take

1. Don't modity the menu with your addoin. have a separate toolbar, on which
you can add menus.

2. In the AutoExec routine of your add-in, heck to see whether the PDFMaker
add-in is loaded. If so, unload it and reload it, and then make the changes
you want to the menu bar.

In addition, send a stiff note of complaint to Adobe. If enough people do
that, they might eventually take some notice about what an absolutely rotten
piece of software the PDFMaker add-in is.

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Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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> I've just discovered that a template I distribute is clashing with
> Acrobat 6. When someone who has installed Acrobat 6 and its Word
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> thanks,
>   gary
Gary Hillerson - 07 Dec 2004 07:11 GMT
Hi Jonathan,

Thanks. As usual, sound and solid advice.

I will email Adobe; I may even know someone there who can forward it
to a real person.

Thanks again,
   gary

>Hi Gary,
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>that, they might eventually take some notice about what an absolutely rotten
>piece of software the PDFMaker add-in is.
 
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