Adobe reader question

[crosswordmarple]

If a document is supposed to open (by default) with Adobe Reader but when opened only contains a blank page with a sort of broken line running down when you scroll to check to see if the other pages work (at the top it does say the amount of pages that should be there, eg: 1 of 100), what is the issue? I can't see why I can't see it! Its Adobe 9.

[chelle7272]

Don't know specifically, but I've had so many problems with Adobe lately I've changed to Foxit reader instead.

[rojash]

"Its Adobe 9."
Maybe that's the problem - have you got something against using the latest version?
Or, much better, as chelle7272 suggests, dump Adobe reader and install Foxit Reader instead. (just make sure that you read the installation screen carefully, and uncheck the option to install junk such as the Ask! Toolbar).

[crosswordmarple]

I installed the newest Adobe Reader and it won't work with it. I actually noticed that it is a PHP document. I had set Adobe Reader as the default for PDF. What should I set as the default for PDF and PHP now? The Foxit thing?

[LCDMAN]

What is the file?

You either have an HTML document generated using PHP, in which case rename it so it has a .html file extension and open it in a web browser. Or you have some PHP program code, in which case you need to place it on a webserver with PHP installed on it. A third alternative is similar to the first, except that rather then generating a webpage, it provided a different type of file (such as a PDF, executable or graphic) - rename it so the file extension matches the type you were expecting. From what you've said it doesn't seem that Acrobat Reader recognises it so I suspect it's not a .pdf file. Change the suffix to .html and see if it will open in your browser (IE< Firefox etc.)