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Hi there,

I have recently started using Adobe Acrobat PDF files on our server -
(apache 1.2.4) and according to the adobe docs it is possible to
configure the server so that the browser can request one page from the
PDF file at a time. Older versions of apache required a byteserver cgi
script, but 1.2.4 should already be capable of this without requiring
any other scripts.

I have looked through the Adobe and Apache docs and I cant find any
mention of how to enable this option, if it does need to be enabled. At
the moment the PDF files come over as expected, but the whole file is
sent in one lump (using Netscape 3 for Win95, or Netscape 4 for the Mac,
or MSIE 4 for Win95).

Do I have to configure the server to send the PDF pages one at a time,
if so, where should I be looking? Alternatively, does it do it
automatically and its just my browsers arent sending the right requests?

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

        Simon.

Simon Twigger
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee.

It does it automatically.  You need to use the correct version of
the client software (ie. a plugin as opposed to a standalone version)
and Adobe's code was broken horrible, as was Navigator's code.
Using v3.01 of Acrobat should work if you use it as a plugin.  If
not, it is due to broken client issues.

Quote:>Hi there,
>I have recently started using Adobe Acrobat PDF files on our server -
>(apache 1.2.4) and according to the adobe docs it is possible to
>configure the server so that the browser can request one page from the
>PDF file at a time. Older versions of apache required a byteserver cgi
>script, but 1.2.4 should already be capable of this without requiring
>any other scripts.
>I have looked through the Adobe and Apache docs and I cant find any
>mention of how to enable this option, if it does need to be enabled. At
>the moment the PDF files come over as expected, but the whole file is
>sent in one lump (using Netscape 3 for Win95, or Netscape 4 for the Mac,
>or MSIE 4 for Win95).
>Do I have to configure the server to send the PDF pages one at a time,
>if so, where should I be looking? Alternatively, does it do it
>automatically and its just my browsers arent sending the right requests?
>Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
>    Simon.
>Simon Twigger
>Medical College of Wisconsin,
>Milwaukee.