Hey guys... and girls.. (hopefully we do have some here...)
I'm in search of a pdf reader/internet browser which is capable to recognize EMBEDDED PDF and either offers to download them or open it directly in browser.
To give you an insight of my motivation:
The pages of my university do not ask you to download the pdf files. It creates them JIT if you ask for e.g. your grades... and then opens the PDF Plugin in Browser to show them.. so you neither are asked to download the pdf.. nor is the end of the link .pdf
As a result my android phone (HTC Magic 32A with 2.1 Hero Rom Smoki 0.7.5) only shows a blank screen... unfortunately the *censured*Phone ( I think you know what kind of product I am talking about) has the capability to recognize and open the embedded PDF in browser.. so I always have to borrow one for short time, if I don't have a pc with me...
I hope, that somebody maybe knows a solution or can point me into the right direction or knows why it's not possible on Android...
Thx in advance..
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Hi
I have succeeded done the bigstorage using WWE_1.12.00 ROM. Thanks for the posters. However I noticed the Clear Vue for PDF is missing. Word and Excell exists. Where can I find this application?
Thanks
Word & Excel are part of the OS rom. ClearVue PDF & PPT where coming on the CD I got from TMO. So check your package pls, can be that it's on the ftp as well. Otherwise gimme a signal & it will be there ...
Regards, M
Thanks oltp,
Just check the cd, it only have activesync and outlook 2002.
I guess the ClearVue is also in the old ROM (1.11.00WWE) or in one of the extended ROM Cabs. . Do you have any idea which CAB or can I rip it from the old ROM if its there?
I use one of the available BigStorage ROM (1.12.00) to upgrade from the ftp
Thanks
You can try bal666 tool to rip it from an ext-rom, easier method is to use wince cab manager. You can take a look inside each cab file from your original ext-rom. You did save it, didn't you?
Sadly I don't know by hard which cab file to look for, somehow I keep forgetting these things. & i'm posting with my magician, so can't check on the PC at the moment. Will look for you as soon as I'm able to.
Cheers, M
Found it in CV2.41.386WWE.CAB in the original extended ROM.
oh my..
thanks!
Or install adobe for PocketPC instead.
Regards,
Arto.
@xda2mid
No problem
@artosoft
ClearVue is free, or at least it came with my magician. Is Adobe 4PPC free to? & is it useful a pdf is hard to view on a PPC.
Regards, M
ClearVue is NOT free. If you don't get it together whith your device, you will have to pay for it.
The Adobe Readers for PPC are free! You can download them from Adobes home page. But the Adobe Reader for Pocket PC 2.0 needs at least round about 8MB, thats much more than ClearVue demands. But ist from Adobe, that means it can handle right all pdf documents, ClearVue fails sometimes if the documents are to complex.
Is it useful?
If you like to view pdfs on your PPC - Yes!
A pdf is hard to view on a PPC?
That depends on the document. The Adobe Reader for Pocket PC 2.0 offers a special reflow mode which is similar to the standard layout mode of the Pocket PC Internet Explorer. But reflow works only whith tagged documents. Untagged documents can be convertet to tagged ones when tranfering them via ActiveSync from Pc to PPC, but it depends on the document, whether the automatic generation of the additional tag table is usefull or failed at all. The best are documents which are createt as tagged ones by the writer. But so far only few writer remenber the people who like to read the files on a PPC...
Untagged documents are hard to view on a PPC also with the Adobe Reader you will have to scroll around a lot (except the are specially made for small displays).
regards,
joe
Joe,
thnx i'll think about it. 8MB is not a limitation on my SD, but then it will load slow...& I'm not reading that much pdf's.
cheers, M
Joe,
thnx i'll think about it. 8MB is not a limitation on my SD, but then it will load slow...& I'm not reading that much pdf's.
cheers, M
Offtopic, but have you guys tried Repligo? If I MUST have a document that was originally PDF, I use Repligo to shrink it down. It loads quickly and perfectly on the PDA and isn't a memory hog like Adobe.
I think the viewer is free, the converter is not, but very useful.
V
8MB is not a limitation on my SD, but then it will load slow...& I'm not reading that much pdf's.
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I have it installed on my SD and it's loading slow ... but not slower than the latest PC version! Yes, you will have to wait a few seconds, but when your PC loads it for the first time (after booting) you will have to wait for several seconds too!
Repligo?
If you like to convert everything...
I mean PDF is already a compact file format and I prefer to read documents as they are without the need to convert them before.
Joe
Hi guys!
I just bought an HP 514 with Win mobile 6 smartphone... can you help me to find out the best pdf reader for wm6 smartphone?
Thanks!
I convert my PDFs to RepliGo
I convert all my documents and pdfs to RepliGo format. It is the easiest to use on a small screen and document compression is the best. You can print to a RepliGo document on your PC. You can also convert web pages to RepliGo format and it will auto resize large pages to fit a standard document size. It has a text search. The reader on the pda is less than 400K. The reader is free for Windows, PPC, Smartphone, Palm so if you have to share a document you can share the reader.
http://www.cerience.com/products/pro/blackberry/index.htm
hard to say what is the best but there is a reader from adobe itself and i also use MobileXpdf.
Repligo has a big disadvantage.. you dont have your desktop pc with you if you get a mail with a pdf attachment
Where can I download MobileXpdf for WM 6 smartphone?
I can't find it surfing the web...
dont remember where i found it. google found it here for example:
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/m/mo/mobilexpdf/
havent checked this, if you dont trust that source give me your mail adress
New version for mobilexpdf
i've just released a new version for the mobilexpdf application. it has a *LOT* of improovements and it's also compatible with WM6!
Enjoy and spread the word !
Cheers mates!
gciochina said:
i've just released a new version for the mobilexpdf application. it has a *LOT* of improovements and it's also compatible with WM6!
Enjoy and spread the word !
Cheers mates!
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gciochina, where did you release that? any pointers?
thanks
foxit reader = bet pdf reader on the market.
the projects address
you can download mobilexpdf at
http://www.mobilexpdf.blogspot.com
or by going to
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mobilexpdf
PS: when foxit will be better than mobilexpdf, i'll eat it! and by the way... don't you have to pay for foxit reader (mobilexpdf is free/opensource) so not the same category...
(sorry for my english) I will try mobilexpdf, (thanks for your work gciochina). I have tried Foxit and I have uninstall it 5 minutes later. I think that we dont need a pdf reader for see little parts of a document with images, etc... For that we have Adobe Reader LE or PDF to Go, or... but a reader that extracts text from pdfs for read it like .txt or .rtf, .doc, etc... and that it allows that we pruned to read pdf ebooks without any previous transformation.
A couple questions about Adobe Reader LE
1. How do I associate .pdf files to the Adobe Reader LE? The .pdf files have the default icon for unassociated files. I tried using Resco Explorer to associate them with the Reader using "Open with". But... I get an invalid path error every time I click any .pdf file.
2. I got Adobe Reader LE 2.0 from the Extras.zip from one of the 6.0 ROM, is Adobe Reader 2.5 available in the newer ROMs?
Thanks...
another vote for the latest version of mobileXpdf. I'm using it on my HP iPaq 510 and it works great...
-Mc
McHale said:
another vote for the latest version of mobileXpdf. I'm using it on my HP iPaq 510 and it works great...
-Mc
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Ok... I was testing the new Foxit pdf reader Beta, but was annoyed by the banner that reminds one to register it. I installed MobileXpdf 0.0.6.0 using the cab available at SourceForge and I like what I see. I noticed that it was a little slow. The source for the latest version 0.0.6.2 was available, but there was no cab file availble just the source. McHale, do you know where I can get a cab file for 0.0.6.2 as it "might" fix some of the performance issues I noticed.
Thanks...
tamanaco said:
Ok... I was testing the new Foxit pdf reader Beta, but was annoyed by the banner that reminds one to register it. I installed MobileXpdf 0.0.6.0 using the cab available at SourceForge and I like what I see. I noticed that it was a little slow. The source for the latest version 0.0.6.2 was available, but there was no cab file availble just the source. McHale, do you know where I can get a cab file for 0.0.6.2 as it "might" fix some of the performance issues I noticed.
Thanks...
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I'm using 0.0.6.0. They update CONSTANTLY so 0.0.6.2 or newer should be available soon.
The reason it is slow on your HP is because is the phone itself is slow. It takes me forever to edit contacts and do other simple things...
But, slowness aside, I really like the HP 510. For someone who isn't a power user of Windows Mobile applications besides the basics, it is perfect.
-Mc
MobileX is better than adobe. Thanks. But personally pdf's just plain suck period on my shadow. I installed acrobat pro just to convert pdf's to html which works much faster. Foxit in ANY shape sucks balls. (try pdf-xchange viewer)
A tip for those using adobe reader le version 2.5 to read pdf files
To make the text fit to page and great to read, try adjusting the zoom level to 100 % or 105% using the plus or minus buttons [or from the menu], next click on 'tools' [ bottom left hand corner of screen], select 'view' then select 'reflow', the result should be an improved layout of page info and text, the only thing is you will have to go thru this process everytime you open a new pdf file.
'Reflow' in Adobe reader was the clincher for me - it officially does everything I need a PDF reader to do.
Opens large files quickly
Reflow for easier on-screen reading (reading that technical manuals that I do needs some level of formatting retained)
Rotate for landscape reading
It's fast (I quickly got sick of MobileX's "Rendering page" message)
I only wish that the reflow option could be set up as a preference...
I'm chuffed that I finally found a way to carry lots of books around with me in a readable format!
Adobe Reader LE 2.5
Hi
Add another vote for Adobe Reader LE 2.5
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
Adobe Reader LE 2.5 is pretty fast.
It would be even better if some one could find a way to disable the splash screen and improve loading time.
Hi there....im an avid book reader and would like to know if theres any software i can use to read comics (.cbr,.cbz) format on my mobile..htc s710(vox). i know that there is one method in which i can extract the .gif or .jpg images from the comic and read, but i find it too cumbersome. can frauhottellmann or h4waii or some other senior members help me?? much obliged! sure more people will benefit too!
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Hi there....im an avid book reader and would like to know if theres any software i can use to read comics (.cbr,.cbz) format on my mobile..htc s710(vox). i know that there is one method in which i can extract the .gif or .jpg images from the comic and read, but i find it too cumbersome. can frauhottellmann or h4waii or some other senior members help me?? much obliged! sure more people will benefit too!
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This'd be great.
This isn't the ideal answer you're looking for, but I think it might be the best alternative availible:
Don't know about .cbr/.cbz readers, but reading PDF files works out pretty well on the phone. If you can covert the .cbr to a PDF that would make it easy.
Download print2pdf from here http://www.software602.com/
If CDisplay on your computer has a 'print' command then you can convert the file straight to PDF through the print command.
Otherwise if you unzip the comic to .jpg's, then select all the files and tell it to print them (though print2pdf) that should make a neat little pdf comic for you.
a quick google search also brought this up:
http://www.retrobits.net/ppc/ppc.shtml
thanx...but i think th link u gave me is for a ppc. not a smartphone
Have you tried it? It could work, and D-Pad navigation just depends on what the soft keys do. I'll give it a try now
So far so good without comic loaded. It works fine except when i put it in full screen mode. I couldn't get it out. Had to end it with Task Manager
It works fine with a comic loaded too. Except the full screen prob. You need to use PictoDS from the link to convert .cbr/.cbz/.pdf
it seems to load ok, but i have only .cbr or .cbz files with me. as u said it needs pic to DS. tried searching the net, but could find only some obscure forum with a dead link. can u catch hold of it, and post it here? will be very grateful!
It's in the linkabove. I'm not on my pc so here's the links
Direct Download for windows http://cbds.free.fr/Softwares/PictoDS/Fichiers/2.1/PictoDS_win32_2.1.0.zip
Page Link http://cbds.free.fr/Softwares/PictoDS/?language=en#download
thanx man...downloaded it alright...will test it ok....thanx again!
I am looking for the ability or write on a PDF, ie. use the comment and markup tools that come with acrobat standard. I have engineering drawings emailed to me as PDFs and I have to redline them and either save them for later or send them back. I am utterly amazed that no one else seems to have this need because I can not find any program that can do this. Has anyone found an app that will let you take notes on a pdf? Had anyone found a work around (export to this format and reopen in that program ect.)?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
specs: ATT Tilt2, WM6.5, TF3D 2.1
Moved as not software release.
Willing to buy software
I am willing to pay for software if that is what is needed to get this functionality. But if it is still not possible can anyone tell me why its not possible? Am I asking this question in the wrong forum? Wrong website?
Hey there,
I hope I'm in the right section of the forum...
It's hard to describe my problem in English, I hope you understand.
I have an manual-CD* which is like an exe-file which run's a kinda special form of Adobe Reader (I think V4.0). This start's a menu.pdf where I can navigate through all the other chapters/pages, etc. It's kinda self-running book. No installation, just the autorun which starts adobe and loads the menu.pdf.
I already tried to copy all the pdf's with the direction tree on my phone, but it doesn't work. Not even one PDF can be opened by several PDF-App's. Only an office app opens the files, but it's blank. I can only see how many sheets it have.
Is it possible to get this running on an android-based device without PDF-Printing every document to a normal PDF (there are hundrets or more documents inside)?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Alex
*)
If someone know it: It's the Mercedes W124 WIS-CD you could bought some years ago officially. Maybe someone has it too, and know what I mean.