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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Shane" David H. Lipman wrote: From: "tlee" Dear All, I am no idea why I cannot open the embedded object (Pdf file) inside Excel file which using Windows ME. Once clicked the object icons, then it shows the error message likes " the embedded object cannot be opened by the source application" I used the Adobe reader 6.01 as the source application. Actually, I searched the related forum from the Internet. However, I cannot solve the problem. Anyone helps? Thanks tlee Adobe Reader v6.01 isw old, and is *very* vulnerable. Those vulnerabilities are actively being exploited in the wild ! Chances are the PDF is a greater version than v6.x can handle. You *need* to upgrade to both a new OS and Adobe Reader v9.0 Isn't 9.0 the version with the currently exploited vulnerability? And as yet unknown whether 10 has the same? Also an unpatched Excel vulnerability, last I heard! For the latest PDF vulnerability, Adobe Security Bulletin APSA09-01, all are vulnerable. There is no v10 and v6 will not be patched. Yes, Flash is the one at 10.x, isn't it. Getting a little confused there! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02...vulnerability/ Haven't tried this one (mainly because I ditched Adobe Reader ... ago!): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02...l_adobe_patch/ I'm not sure about a current Excel vulnerability albeit there may be one. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/excel_trojan/ BTW I kept using Acrobat/Reader for some time because I cared *less* for Foxit. But finally I'd had enough, and I used both Sumatra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra_PDF) and Foxit. I keep pretty much up with Foxit, and have not been impressed by the Ask bar - though you get that with Nero too (at least in 7.x). However, I have Foxit 3.0 build 1301, and I haven't found any problems with it without the toolbar. It is less pleasing to the eye though. |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8
Last usable ME Version of Adobe is 6.0.6.
-- I mastered Wordstar graphics! "Heather" wrote: "David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... Wrom: DJBLVLMHAALPTCXLYRWTQTIPWIGYOKSTTZRC | Or do his computer a favour and install Foxit PDF Reader instead, much | smaller footprint and works equally well if not better g FoxIt is now crippleware and acting badly like adware and requiring the installation of an Ask Toolbar. If you choose not to install the Ask Toolbar, FoxIt is crippled. I am using an older version I guess.....but my Foxit is not crippled nor is it asking for a Toolbar (pun not intended, grin). Just checked it and it is Version 2.0, Build 0930. I use it fairly frequently for jewellery designs, etc. And it works just fine. It did ask for something recently, but I said NO, and it worked just fine. I think all of us who used WinME for years are wary of adding stuff to programs, etc. I will admit to it myself......but it is a hard to break habit. I would assume that www.oldversion.com just might have this version. Heather |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
From: "Heather"
| "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... From: "Joan Archer" | Or do his computer a favour and install Foxit PDF Reader instead, much | smaller footprint and works equally well if not better g FoxIt is now crippleware and acting badly like adware and requiring the installation of an Ask Toolbar. If you choose not to install the Ask Toolbar, FoxIt is crippled. | I am using an older version I guess.....but my Foxit is not crippled nor | is it asking for a Toolbar (pun not intended, grin). | Just checked it and it is Version 2.0, Build 0930. | I use it fairly frequently for jewellery designs, etc. And it works | just fine. It did ask for something recently, but I said NO, and it | worked just fine. | I think all of us who used WinME for years are wary of adding stuff to | programs, etc. I will admit to it myself......but it is a hard to break | habit. | I would assume that www.oldversion.com just might have this version. | Heather Yes. I use v3.0 B.1120 with no toolbar. It the latest version and the site referenced may have versions like what you and I have. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
OK - just d/l'd and installed Foxit 3.0
If you don't let it install the Ask Toolbar, then it won't let you use @typewriter tools, Text viewer, and Text Converter@ - whatever they are. Since I've never heard of them until now, and can't see what earthly use they'd be to me for reading PDF files, then I don't care about about not having them. For god's sake, David - it's not as if Foxit is disabling the ability to read PDF files!!!! What I do mind more is that they try and sneak a quick install of eBay links after you've already dis/allowed the Ask ones. -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... From: "Joan Archer" | Or do his computer a favour and install Foxit PDF Reader instead, much | smaller footprint and works equally well if not better g FoxIt is now crippleware and acting badly like adware and requiring the installation of an Ask Toolbar. If you choose not to install the Ask Toolbar, FoxIt is crippled. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
I've just checked mine, I hadn't bothered before as I don't use it that much
just when I want to download my phone bill and an occasional cross stitch pattern. I have version 2.3 Build 2923 installed on Vista. -- Joan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher http://lachsoft.com/photogallery "Heather" wrote in message ... "David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... From: "Joan Archer" | Or do his computer a favour and install Foxit PDF Reader instead, much | smaller footprint and works equally well if not better g FoxIt is now crippleware and acting badly like adware and requiring the installation of an Ask Toolbar. If you choose not to install the Ask Toolbar, FoxIt is crippled. I am using an older version I guess.....but my Foxit is not crippled nor is it asking for a Toolbar (pun not intended, grin). Just checked it and it is Version 2.0, Build 0930. I use it fairly frequently for jewellery designs, etc. And it works just fine. It did ask for something recently, but I said NO, and it worked just fine. I think all of us who used WinME for years are wary of adding stuff to programs, etc. I will admit to it myself......but it is a hard to break habit. I would assume that www.oldversion.com just might have this version. Heather |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
From: "Noel Paton"
| OK - just d/l'd and installed Foxit 3.0 | If you don't let it install the Ask Toolbar, then it won't let you use | @typewriter tools, Text viewer, and Text Converter@ - whatever they are. | Since I've never heard of them until now, and can't see what earthly use | they'd be to me for reading PDF files, then I don't care about about not | having them. | For god's sake, David - it's not as if Foxit is disabling the ability to | read PDF files!!!! | What I do mind more is that they try and sneak a quick install of eBay links | after you've already dis/allowed the Ask ones. The Typewriter tool allows you to literally type into fields. This if you have a non-editable PDF form you can use the Typewriter Tool to place your text in the desired fields. { I personally would try to use Acrobat and LifeCycle Designer to make the form editable such that the form and data can be saved with Adobe Reader }. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
... From: "Noel Paton" | OK - just d/l'd and installed Foxit 3.0 | If you don't let it install the Ask Toolbar, then it won't let you use | @typewriter tools, Text viewer, and Text Converter@ - whatever they are. | Since I've never heard of them until now, and can't see what earthly use | they'd be to me for reading PDF files, then I don't care about about not | having them. | For god's sake, David - it's not as if Foxit is disabling the ability to | read PDF files!!!! | What I do mind more is that they try and sneak a quick install of eBay links | after you've already dis/allowed the Ask ones. The Typewriter tool allows you to literally type into fields. This if you have a non-editable PDF form you can use the Typewriter Tool to place your text in the desired fields. { I personally would try to use Acrobat and LifeCycle Designer to make the form editable such that the form and data can be saved with Adobe Reader }. Since there are very few instances where I can think I'd need that facility, then I can do without it - and people who create forms shouldn't be using non-editable formats for them! -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
From: "Noel Paton"
| "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... From: "Noel Paton" | OK - just d/l'd and installed Foxit 3.0 | If you don't let it install the Ask Toolbar, then it won't let you use | @typewriter tools, Text viewer, and Text Converter@ - whatever they are. | Since I've never heard of them until now, and can't see what earthly use | they'd be to me for reading PDF files, then I don't care about about not | having them. | For god's sake, David - it's not as if Foxit is disabling the ability to | read PDF files!!!! | What I do mind more is that they try and sneak a quick install of eBay links | after you've already dis/allowed the Ask ones. The Typewriter tool allows you to literally type into fields. This if you have a non-editable PDF form you can use the Typewriter Tool to place your text in the desired fields. { I personally would try to use Acrobat and LifeCycle Designer to make the form editable such that the form and data can be saved with Adobe Reader }. | Since there are very few instances where I can think I'd need that facility, | then I can do without it - and people who create forms shouldn't be using | non-editable formats for them! Noel, that's great for you. However I can find hundereds of non-fillable PDF forms on the web where the Typewriter tool fills the niche very well. As for me, I work with PDF all the time. I do all our office forms in Adobe. I even scan forms into PDF format and then use LifeCycle Designer to make them editable forms. Back to the point of this... The latest distribution of FoxIt has gone adware. They want to bundle Ask Toolbar and will cripple FoxIt if you don't install it. That's the point. I will note that you can install FoxIt and the Ask Tolbar and then disable and remove the Ask Bar BHO and have a full functioning FoxIt Reader. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Cannot open the Insert object (Pdf file) form Excel 2000(9.0.8968 SP-3)
Perhaps a simple 'uninstall and re-install' of Adobe Reader might well have
fixed the problem. This often 'fixes' corrupted registry issues. However, you're probably far better off using Foxit anyway g and good to hear you've resolved the problem. Mart "tlee" wrote in message ... Hi All, Thank you very much for all of your message. I had to update Adobe reader 6.06. However, it doesn't solve the problem. Then I try to install Foxit reader 3.0 instead. It solves the problem about open the embedded object . Thanks a lot for your help!!! tlee "David H. Lipman" ¦b¶l¥ó±i¶K¤º®e¥D¦® ¤¤¼¶¼g... From: "Noel Paton" | "David H. Lipman" wrote in message | ... From: "Noel Paton" | OK - just d/l'd and installed Foxit 3.0 | If you don't let it install the Ask Toolbar, then it won't let you use | @typewriter tools, Text viewer, and Text Converter@ - whatever they are. | Since I've never heard of them until now, and can't see what earthly use | they'd be to me for reading PDF files, then I don't care about about not | having them. | For god's sake, David - it's not as if Foxit is disabling the ability to | read PDF files!!!! | What I do mind more is that they try and sneak a quick install of eBay links | after you've already dis/allowed the Ask ones. The Typewriter tool allows you to literally type into fields. This if you have a non-editable PDF form you can use the Typewriter Tool to place your text in the desired fields. { I personally would try to use Acrobat and LifeCycle Designer to make the form editable such that the form and data can be saved with Adobe Reader }. | Since there are very few instances where I can think I'd need that facility, | then I can do without it - and people who create forms shouldn't be using | non-editable formats for them! Noel, that's great for you. However I can find hundereds of non-fillable PDF forms on the web where the Typewriter tool fills the niche very well. As for me, I work with PDF all the time. I do all our office forms in Adobe. I even scan forms into PDF format and then use LifeCycle Designer to make them editable forms. Back to the point of this... The latest distribution of FoxIt has gone adware. They want to bundle Ask Toolbar and will cripple FoxIt if you don't install it. That's the point. I will note that you can install FoxIt and the Ask Tolbar and then disable and remove the Ask Bar BHO and have a full functioning FoxIt Reader. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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