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Acrobat Reader 3.0 CD-ROM Updated: 16 June, 1997 Read Me Notes ======================================================================== Table of Contents This read me file contains information about: Acrobat Reader Installers and Instructions
Acrobat Reader Installers and Instructions
Windows Run the SETUP.EXE program in the 16BIT (for Windows 3.x systems)
or 32BIT
ACROREAD / WIN
For example, the Acrobat Reader + Search installer for Windows
95 is:
QuickTime installation is only required if you are viewing PDF
files with linked QuickTime
The DISKS folder contains the Acrobat Reader 3.0 installer files
that may be copied to
The ONEFILE folder contains the Acrobat Reader 3.0 installer
files that are most suitable
Macintosh Run the "Install Acrobat Reader 3.0" program
in the "Reader" folder of the
ACROREAD / MAC
For example, the Acrobat Reader + Search installer for Macintosh
is:
QuickTime installation is only required if you are viewing PDF
files with linked QuickTime
Installation of the OLE plug-in is only required if you need
to view PDF documents
Unix For installation instructions, see the
INSTGUID.TXT file in the directory for the
ACROREAD / UNIX
For example, the Acrobat Reader + Search install script for Unix
is:
OS/2 Run the "ARO2E3O.EXE" program in the "Reader" folder. ACROREAD / OS2
Distributing the Acrobat Reader Installers
1. Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Reader + Search installer, as provided by Adobe; 2. Acrobat Reader Electronic End User License Agreement; 3. Copyright and other proprietary notices included in Acrobat Reader; and 4. The following attribution statement on any media and packaging
that includes Acrobat
You are expressly prohibited from modifying the Acrobat Reader installer program provided by Adobe or creating your own installer for the Acrobat Reader software. You may, however, customize the Acrobat Reader installer as described in "Customizing the Acrobat Reader Installers" below. If you distribute the Acrobat Reader installers as provided on this CD-ROM or customize them as described below, you will be in compliance with item 1 above. The Acrobat Reader Electronic End User License Agreement, copyright notices, and proprietary notices are contained in the Acrobat Reader installer program. If you distribute one of the Acrobat Reader installers provided on this CD-ROM you will be in compliance with items 2 and 3 above. Details on the terms of use for the Acrobat Reader products are found in the Acrobat Reader Electronic End User License Agreement presented during installation. You may not distribute the Search or QuickTime installer components separately; they must be distributed along with an Acrobat Reader installer. Adobe Systems Incorporated has licensed QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows to incorporate in Adobe products, including Acrobat Reader. You may make copies of QuickTime only as incorporated for use with Acrobat Reader. Any distribution of QuickTime apart from the Acrobat Reader is subject to the restrictions specified by Apple Computer, Inc. There is not a Reader + Search installer that will fit on HD floppy disks. Acrobat Reader Installers for Unix
INSTGUID.TXT The Reader installation guide
The following files contain the platform-dependent components. If you do not want to distribute the Reader installation for a particular platform, such as Solaris, then do not inlcude that platform's file in the same directory as the other components of the installer. AIXR.TAR The AIX platform-specific files
For example, to include the Reader installer for only AIX, the following files are needed in the same directory: INSTGUID.TXT
ACROREAD/UNIX/RDR_SRCH - This directory contains the above listed files plus files specific for Acrobat Search. The additional files are: SEARCH.TAR The platform-independent files for Acrobat Search
For example, to include the Acrobat Reader + Search installer for HP-UX, the following files need to be in the same directory: INSTGUID.TXT
Re-use of Acrobat Reader 3.0 Documentation
Customizing the Acrobat Reader Installers
Windows -- The Acrobat Reader installers for Windows have the ability to copy files that are external to the installer application and archives. To trigger the blind-copy mechanism, a file named ABCPY.INI (Adobe Blind CoPY initialization file) must exist in the same folder as the installer program (SETUP.EXE) for Acrobat Reader. The ABCPY.INI file specifies the source and destination locations for each file that is copied. Details for modifying this file can be found in ABCPYDOC.INI which is in the same folder as the installer (SETUP.EXE) for Acrobat Reader. An actual example of using ABCPY.INI can be found in the Acrobat Reader + Search installer on this CD-ROM. ABCPY.INI can also be used to specify some of the behavior of the Acrobat Reader installer such as which dialogs are displayed, the default destination directory, and the default "program group" and to enable the installer to launch another InstallShield script or another Windows application. It cannot be used to prevent the display of the Acrobat Reader Electronic End User License Agreement. Macintosh -- The Acrobat Reader installers for Macintosh have the ability to copy files that are external to the installer application and archives. This is done by placing them in specially named folders, within the same folder as the installer application. In this way, files can be automatically copied to the Adobe Acrobat 3.0 folder on the destination hard drive. Standard folder names are: Plug-Ins
1. Create a folder named (one of the choices above, exactly) at the same level as the installer application in the "Reader" folder. 2. Put the appropriate files or folders (yes, it's recursive) into the folder you've created. Please put only the same type of files as the folder name. For example, plug-ins in the Plug-Ins folder, PDF files in the Help folder, etc. Note: The Installer checks to see if there is enough room on the target disk before installing the files in these external folders, but the copy will fail silently if there isn't enough room on the target disk. Also, the amount of space taken up by the additional files is --not-- included in the required space number in the Easy Install portion of the Installer. Unix -- You can add your own plug-ins or documents to be installed by the Acrobat Reader for Unix installer. To do so requires you to add one or more .tar files to the directory containing the installer components containing the additional elements you would like to install . Situation #1
1. Create a directory structure of Reader/Help and place your additional files in the Help directory. Do NOT use your Reader installation area because any files in the Help directory when you make your .tar file will overwrite files of the same name that already exist in the installed image on the user's machine. For example, you've got a file, foo.pdf, you'd like to install into the Help directory. On your machine, set up a directory of Reader/Help/foo.pdf. mkdir Reader/Help
2. Change to the Reader directory. cd Reader 3. Create a .tar file of that directory and name it CUSTOM.TAR. The name CUSTOM.TAR should be used for any files to be installed that are platform-independent, such as help files. It is very important the files in the CUSTOM.TAR file are platform-independent. 4. Place the CUSTOM.TAR file in the same directory with the other files of the installer. Situation #2
1. Create a directory for that particular platform and place the correct plug-in in the directory. mkdir Reader/<platformdirectory>/plug_ins
The <platformdirectory> must be one of the following: hppahpux For HP-UX
2. Change to the Reader directory. cd Reader 3. Create a .tar file of that directory and name it one of the following (appropriate for the platform): HPUXC.TAR For HP-UX
4. Place the .tar file in the same directory as the other files of the
installer.
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