Re: Help with PDF file viewer

From	Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.apps
Subject	Re: Help with PDF file viewer
Date	2025-12-13 13:07 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<01ed948a5c.chris@mytardis> (permalink)
References	<5c8a7f13f6dave@triffid.co.uk> <48998d8a5c.chris@mytardis> <5c8a91b9c8News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>

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In message <5c8a91b9c8News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
          Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <48998d8a5c.chris@mytardis>,
>    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
>> In message <5c8a7f13f6dave@triffid.co.uk>
>>           Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

>>> Sigh!

>>> Viewing some PDF files on RISC OS recently I discovered I have
>>> two PDF file viewers installed.

>>> "About this program" shows Identical Authors.

>>> But the version numbers are very confusing, so I'm wonder if
>>> anyone can assuage my confused state?

>>> Version: 3.02.1.24.1  (6 Mar 2017)

>>> The other...

>>> Version: 3.00.1.19a 32bit  (15 April 2025)

>>> So how could 3.00.1.19a 32bit  (15 April 2025) be a newer version
>>> than...

>>> 3.02.1.24.1  (6 Mar 2017) version?

>> Oh dear confusing indeed, seems two different people are supporting
>> it and updating it and running different developments!

>> Version: 3.00.1.19a 32bit  (15 April 2025)  updated by Colin
>> Granville http://pdf.iconbar.com/

>> Version: 3.02.1.24.1  (6 Mar 2017) is compiled by it appears Chris
>> Gransden and available via both !Packman and direct from
>> http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF

> It is worse than that :-((   I have the second one above, plus
> PDFtest...

> Version 3.03.1.25.alpha8 (20 May 2013) from Chris G's site at
> https://www.riscosports.co.uk/downloads.html

> Version 3.03.1.25.alpha9 (22 Aug 2015) from Chris G, but not sure
> where I got it from!

It was on the above site but seems to have been removed. I think that 
version had a SWP issue IIRC as I found it would not load on my CM4 
computer, but patched it via the !PatchSWP program.

I now tend to ignore all the above and use the built in PDF reader in 
!Iris as it is much better at rendering newer PDF's.

!MuView is the next best thing as an alternative.

> It would be nice to have one version available and supported!

Totally agree


-- 
Chris Hughes

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  Re: Help with PDF file viewer Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 11:47 +0000
    Re: Help with PDF file viewer Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 12:32 +0000
      Re: Help with PDF file viewer Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 13:07 +0000
        Re: Help with PDF file viewer "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 14:20 +0000
          Re: Help with PDF file viewer Bernard Boase <bernard@boase.myzen.co.uk> - 2025-12-14 11:39 +0000
      Re: Help with PDF file viewer Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 16:04 +0000
    Re: Help with PDF file viewer "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 12:34 +0000
      Re: Help with PDF file viewer Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2025-12-13 13:09 +0000
  Re: Help with PDF file viewer Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-12-13 12:00 +0000

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