pdf viewer using acrobat on thin client issue

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I am a semi experienced programmer...

but I still feel like a beginner, anyways

I am having a problem using the acrobat control in vb.net.

Basically I have an application that pulls pdf documents from a network and displays them on the windows form I've created.

running the setup. The application works great on PC's who have acrobat version 9 installed in fact perfect.

However, the problem is I am pushing the program to run on a thin client. So once I run the setup and publish the program on our citrix server, the program runs from clients, but the acrobat control is greened out. Does anyone know if there is a way around this...

Posted 13-Oct-10 5:28am

john7654321234567

Updated 14-Oct-10 4:33am

Simon_Whale

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Simon_Whale 14-Oct-10 10:58am

not having any real experience with citirx.. but doesn't citrix have to have acrobat installed on it too?

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john7654321234567 · Answer 1 · 2010-10-14T06:26:00

Thanks for the reply first off. Second, to answer your question, our citrix server has a copy of acrobat on the server. The thin clients have only virtual memory, with which, certain programs are "published" on each particular thin client, so they operate using virtual copies of acrobat, microsoft word... or whatever. So, I believe that the application is trying to pull a local, stored copy of acrobat and display it on the form. it doesn't find it... so it just shows a green square on the form where... run from a PC, shows up fine. I found some code inside this website that emulates acrobat, that I just got working. I think this might be an easier route ... as I understand how to write code... I'm not really a developer so I can't get bogged down too long. But, if you or anyone knows how to write the code, in regards to acrobat.. and tell the thin clients to use an acrobat that is installed on the network, or to use a virtual copy of acrobat, I believe, theoretically that would be the way to go. Not sure though.