This project has a new author, and a new home, http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=131086


shark

This post has been edited by Shark007: Mar 15 2009, 05:37 AM

Adobe Reader 9 in spanish is avilable here: http://www.adobe.com/es/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

thanks for the information Annita.

Current available languages pending release in LITE versions:
chs
cht
dan
esp
ita
nld
nor
ptb
suo
sve
kor

Also, i will be updating all previously posted lite 9.0 versions to enable form filling.

No ETA for these releases is avaiable. I will try to have them ready early next week, this isnt a promise.
Having access to highspeed internet is rare for me and ultimately the reason these releases will take some time to get out.


shark

This post has been edited by Shark007: Sep 4 2008, 07:26 AM

Ok Shark. Thnx and take your time...

Hi Shark007,

I used to download the acrobat reader from adobe and then modify or create a package (depends) for it. Then I use AD to push it out to all machines in our company. Is there a problem if I remove the current version (8.2) on our network and install your lite version 9? Of course the remove and install will be through AD.

Thank you very much.

enz

Thanks shark, waiting for the Spanish release here...

This is a HUGE project to maintain on my own. In fact, I'm stepping aside . . .
Therefore I'm posting a tutorial for those with some MSI editting skills to be able to keep up releases of thier own language(s).

I have prepared 15 new releases of 9.0 which I will make available soon,
BUT in the future I'd like to see others posting thier own work, in this thread for others to use.

Form Filling is functional in the new releases, AcroRead32Info.exe is removed with no errors in the event log (I hope)

______________________________ T U T O R I A L ________________________________
open the MSI in orca
headings.. edit/find .. type; 32info .. find next .. delete all instances found .. save

open the MSI with Installshield ..click upper TAB, Installation Designer
left column, click Setup Design
center column, expand ReaderProgramFiles .. delete, AUM, Updater
expand Plugins .. delete all instances of;
AcroSign, Annotations, Checkers, DigSig, DVA, ebook, HLS, IA32, PPKLite, ReadOutLoud, SendMail

LANGUAGE SPECIFIC ITEM
expand Plugins_UI_(language specific) .. click on Files
delete Checkers, DigSig, DVA, Hls, IA32, PPKLite, SendMail

LANGUAGE SPECIFIC ITEM
Chinese, Korean and Japanese versions have this extra step;
left column click Components, scroll center column to Resource_CIDFont_(laguage specific)
expand and click on Files, delete the files from the right column

expand Reader_Big_Features .. delete MultimediaPlugin, Atmosphere_3D, AdobeCommonLinguistics_Big
expand Accessibility_Plugins .. delete all instances of;
Accessibility, MakeAccessible, PDDom, SaveAsRTF

Left Column, click Shortcuts, under Program Menu, delete Adobe Reader 9 and PrintMe Internet Printing
Under Desktop, drag n drop the shortcut to Program Menu

Left Column click Registry, Import this registry file;

Under HKLM, expand Software/Windows/CurrentVersion .. delete Run

Left Column click Property Manager .. change the following Values;
ADMIN_INSTALL - YES
ALLUSERS - 2
ENABLE_CACHE_FILES - NO
ENABLE_OPTIMIZATION - NO
EULA_ACCEPT - YES
LAUNCH_APP - 0
SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH - YES
SYNCHRONIZER - NO

Left Column click on Direct Editor, center column, highlight InstallExecuteSequence
right column click the word 'Action' to alphabetize the menu
delete AumRegister and AumUnregister

SAVE

Creating an AIP ...
create the directory, c:\temp
run this command in the MSI folder; msiexec /a AcroRead.msi targetdir=c:\temp /qb

The resulting files are ready for repackaging/redistribution

____________________________ E N D __________________________


good luck, shark

This post has been edited by Shark007: Sep 5 2008, 08:36 AM

That's sad new sharky, perhaps you could try to at least release the big version releases, forgettin .xx releases and sticking to 10.x/11.x etc. Just a thought.

You going away on new job or something since you dont have time for it?

Alternatively i kinda like foxit pdf reader and pdf-x change viewer, both free pdf readers, working also as portable programs.

My health is quite poor.
I'm a diabetic with constant high bloodpressure and I have had several heartattacks.


shark

I'm sorry.

This doesnt sound like much, but I truly hope you can get better, I kind of dont know what to say...
I'm glad that you take the situation seriously, only way to get something done about it I guess.

Hi Shark007, thank you very much for this tutorial! Take this step aside... and there will always be a place where you can just walk in and meet friends.

Shark, thanks for making a Dutch version. Take good care of your health!

Does the quoted sentence mean I can integrate it with RVMi or nLite, just by adding the exe-file?

It means that the installer doesn't default to unattended.
it does use MSI switches, example; ar9lite_xxx.exe /qb would install it unattendedly.


shark

Shark, Thanks for your quick reply. I'm sorry I still don't understand. What should I do to make it work like an addon?

The usual procedure to perform an unattended installation using the developers distributed installer is to seek
a commandline switch that would perform the installation without any user interaction.

You're in luck, I am the developer. I stated that all MSI switches are accepted by my distributed installer.

For a complete listing of switches supported by the windows installer type; ar9lite_xxx,exe /?

Alternatively, MSI's can have developer designed switches specific to each MSI.
If you have the skills to look into the property table, usually those listed in ALLCAPS are also usable on the commandline as a switch.

oh yeah, you want an addon . . . try the nlite addon section


shark

This post has been edited by Shark007: Sep 6 2008, 06:51 PM

Thanks for the Brazilian Portuguese language.

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I will make English and Spanish releases for future versions. I Will make them when a new version comes out.
If i have the time, maybe i can make them for other languages as well.

Thanks for the info Shark...

Take care and don't take things too seriously to maintain that pressure low.
Regards and good luck.

Thank you, Thanks, THNX... Crack.

ty for the tutorial

Thanks for you work Shark. And success in your personal life

Shark007,

After release 1 of Acrobat 9 Lite, I commented that an item would be added to the event viewer everytime a PDF file was opened complaining about not finding AcroRd32info.exe.

Version 2 has corrected this problem!

Great work!