RE: PDFs/self-extracting .exe

["Grant, Christopher" <CGrant -at- glhec -dot- org>]

Greetings - 

I think that Graham wants the PDF file to be usable (viewable, that is) on a
computer which does not have Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader on it.
Sort of like building the viewer into the PDF file itself.  AFAIK, this is
not possible - you *must* have Acrobat or Acrobat Reader or some other
PDF-capable viewer installed on the machine to look at a PDF.

You could bundle the PDF and Acrobat Reader into a self-executing ZIP as
Jennifer suggests (the reader is, I believe, freely available) and that
might do the trick for you.  I believe that when making a self-executable
you can also specify a program to run within the archive upon extraction, so
you could have it self-extract and then run Acrobat Reader automatically.  

Hope this helps!

-Chris Grant
TWIT 
cgrant -at- glhec -dot- org

>Hi Graham,
>
>Most zip utilities can create a self-extracting executable that doesn't
>require the zip software for extraction.  Is that what you need?
>
>With WinZip:
>
> - Create a WinZip archive (zip file) with the PDF file
> - Choose Make .Exe File from the Actions menu of WinZip
>
>HTH,
>
>- Jennifer Banks


>> Dear everybody,
>> 
>> Here's a question for which I don't hold out much hope of a positive
>> reply but I'll give it a shot anyway.
>> 
>> Is there any way of making a PDF file auto-executable, as with a zipped
>> file which is delivered to a remote site and doesn't have to have the
>> Zip software to extract it.
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Graham Bridge