Jon, Dom, et. al. - What worked, what didn't was Re: DSII free pdf!!! - the stampede

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:33:39 +0100 Dom Mooney <cybergoths@dsl.pipex.com>
writes: <snip>
> Not using Windows or AOL here, but you may be able to download it

Okay was able to download(using 5.0 but,as expected, not 3.0 or 4.0 versions)
the Cover and Chits for DS 2 plus the Phalon rules and MT rules. Used the
technique above to obtain the DS 2 rules ("4338" KB
sounds right - haven't done the math) but when opening the rules under
5.0 it says there is an error and it will try to fix it then second message
says the file can't be fixed.

BTW the 5.0 version says the chits and cover may contain (paraphrased) that
the file contains newer material then the viewer can support and may not open
or display correctly, then suggests upgrading
(computer/software
- duh) and gives the web site.  These appear to open successfully (have
not tried printing them.)

Will have to wait return of Web guru for resolution it appears.

Gracias,

> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 warbeads@juno.com wrote:

> rules. Used the technique above to obtain the DS 2 rules ("4338" KB

Eh, looks like you're having Internet connection problems. The DS2 rules file
size is 17,140 KB = 16.7 MB.

For reference, I have no trouble opening the full file using the free Adobe
Reader 6.0 on Windows XP.

Cheers,

> Glenn wrote:

> Okay was able to download(using 5.0 but,as expected, not 3.0 or 4.0

The reason the Phalon rules work is because I created the PDFs using Acrobat
5. (By the way, I'll be posting the latest version later on today, hopefully,
though I'll also have an "update" document for those who just want to know
what's different).

I was one of the testers Paul asked to help download and test the PDFs. I used
Acrobat Reader 6, and they opened no problem on a Pentium 4 machine. If you're
using Acrobat Reader 5, that may be the reason you have problems opening the
DS2 file. Personally, I wouldn't use Acrobat 6 to create the files as it's
still too new and there is such a wide Acrobat 5 base.

If you've downloaded the files, try upgrading to Acrobat Reader 6 and see if
that helps.