Acrobat Reader 11.0.07 update causes LabVIEW application to crash

[ChrisSp]

Hi All,

I wrote an application that uses the Adobe ActiveX element to display a PDF.

This code used to work fine, but when I updated my acrobat reader from 11.0.06 to 11.0.07 it causes the application to start very briefly displaying the icon in the taskbar but then close (without an error or warning notification).

When downgrading to 10.0.06 the problem was solved.

Perhaps this can be of help for others who are experiencing problems with LabVIEW / Acrobat Reader.

Chris

[Golzio]

This is the related link on adobe forum

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1474715

Regards

Golzio

[jcarmody]

I hesitated to add this comment, but this works for opening PDFs.

[mikeporter]

This is a known problem that everybody is yelling about and the solution is to not upgrade to 11.0.07. You don't have to all the way back to V10. 11.0.06 works fine. Just remember to configure Acrobat to not automatically update itself.

Mike...

[A.E.M]

Hi Chris.

We are well aware of the problem. We have documented it as CAR#480386.

You can also find the official response from Adobe in this link:

The AcroPDF.PDF Class is no longer accessible from VisualBasic6 after update 11.0.0.7.

So for now, I would advise you to use Adobe 11.0.06.

[Golzio]

Sometimes I used this solution proposed by Jim (open PDF in browser) but I will prefer avoid browser because It is slower than activex and also methods from activex are missing.

Regards

Golzio