[pdftex] [CTAN] animate

[Victor Ivrii]

On 3/18/07, Victor Ivrii <vivrii at gmail.com> wrote:
> To clarify after more extensive testing
>
> On 3/17/07, Victor Ivrii <vivrii at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/17/07, Martin Schröder <martin at oneiros.de> wrote:
> >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: CTAN Announcements <ftpmaint at alan.smcvt.edu>
> > > Date: 16.03.2007 20:58
>
> >
> > I found an extremely strange problem with the Javascript in your
> > documentation
> (enclosed animate.pdf)
> > and with examples which I regenerate.
> >
> > 1)They work perfectly with Adobe Acrobat 8 on Mac

and with Acroread 7 on Linux

> >
> > 2) They do not not work with Adobe Reader 8 on Mac (Javascript is
> > enabled and it complains that security settings prevent JS from being
> > executed and then that "a0000.actnNext is not a function" (and exactly
> > the same for all other functions). Javascript in "other" files works
> > without any complains.
>
> Console says: "NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to
> this property or method"
> and then it complains that  "a0000.actnNext is not a function" and so on
>
> (Platforms: MacOSX 10.4.9 on Intel and MacOSX 10.4.8 on PPC)
>
> >
> > 3) Exactly the same with acroread 7.0.9 on Linux (cannot be more
> > specific), JS is enabled and the same complains


This was a mistake due to a very slow connection to Linux host


>
> and the same under WindowsXP under emulation.
>
>
> I do not have any custom scripts in the folders loaded by AR at the beginning.
>

> Googling found that few years ago
> some features working in AR 6 stopped working with the same error in
> 6.01 [ It was said that some features were enabled in AR 6 by mistake,
> fixed in 6.01. ] which suggests some disparity of the security
> settings between different versions (and may be platforms).


I do not have Acroread 7 for MacOS or Windows but if I find one I will test.

The same statement remain true for yesterday updated animate.pdf


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Victor Ivrii, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
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