Hi all, this is my first post so bear with me. I have been looking for an alternative to Foxit Reader because of its license. I found a program that is very young, but seems to fit the bill. It is very light weight and very fast. I am in no way affiliated with the project, but just a happy user. It is SumatraPDF
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Me to.
I have been looking for a really portable pdf app for quite some time and this one is just all I want. Although it took quite long to load my 2-page-pdf, it displayed everything correctly. Regshot couldn't find any registry keys except for the unavoidable ones. It stores its settings in a simple text file in the same folder the exe is in.
Thanks for folling this whit spot in my "missing app" list.
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It's really slow and can't render some PDFs correctly.
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Nice find. I'll package it in PAF for easy download and we'll have more folks test it. It will need a simplistic launcher to keep its data files in the Data directory.
Also, I have another open source PDF reader I'm playing with that has a Firefox plugin. There's no navigation/toolbar or printing. But it's a simple plugin DLL that I can have an installer for that installs right into Firefox Portable for viewing simple PDFs. When UPX compressed it's only 661KB. I can post that as well if folks would like to try it out.
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good news.
I'm looking forward to testing it.
(but I don't think much testing will be necessary)
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
post it when you get a chance..i'd like to test it out
edit: the SumatraPDF Reader does not render hyperlinks, however it's very small and fast
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Glad to hear it John. I think both of these would be useful for their different purposes. I knew this was slow on some things, but it has helped me with some 300+ page books that I have been reading.
I'll be excited to test these both when you get them posted.
Thanks John.
Jeffrey Wiggs
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What exactly is your prob w/ Foxit's license?
Is it that you want an OSS app, and Foxit is not such an app?..
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problem, I believe is redistribution.
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Steve Lamerton
Yep. My friend wanted to include it in his applications package, they refused.
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." Asimov
thats what its called, I found it a while ago, but spelt it wrong on my things to look into list, and I haven't been able to find it since. Thanks!
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Steve Lamerton