[pdftex] Acrobat and /Dur key

[Hans Hagen]

At 04:17 PM 8/30/2001 +0200, Stephan Lehmke wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:50:55 -0400, Patrick Riley wrote:
> >
> > I don't have a file handy for testing, but I beleive that with AR4.05
> > on Linux, if you set the "Advance every ___ seconds" box, then if the
> > /DUR key existed, then the time specified in the menu was ignored and
> > the /DUR value was used. Perhaps this "feature" has not been "fixed"
> > in AR5.0 for windows. You could use a large \DUR value if you want to
> > manually advance.
>
>AAAAAAAAARGH! *repeatedly rapping head on desk*
>
>Thats it!

Indeed, and what a strange hack !

>In acrobat 5.0 for Windows the maximum is 60 seconds - too
>little for lecture slides. I'll put a /Dur 3600 on every
>page and see what happens.

a pitty this 60 limit, but at least we got 60 sec per screen now,

next time you phone the help desk, they will tell you that it's actually a 
feature, to prevent you from talking too long.

Hans
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