Im a humble user of Acrobat Reader occasionally to read .pdf files
from Internet Explorer.
I find if I click on a .pdf file  expecting it to be downloaded. It
will open in Acrobat instead of saving it to disk, then when I want to
save (from the Reader) to read offline - it refuses to save (after
allowing filling in of the save dialog box) with the quote:
"The document cannot be saved.  This operation is not permitted"
There doesnt seem to be anything in the Document Properties to specify
this or anything in the help files to even suggest that saving a copy
of a whole  file might be a problem.  
There are two problems here 
1. opening instead of d/l to disk this freezes IE until the whole pdf
file is complete.
2. being unable to save the pdf to disk.
This is Acrobat Reader 6 with IE 6 in  W2000pro
Can any one help please!
Charlie+

"Charlie+" <charlie@xxx.net> wrote in message
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> I find if I click on a .pdf file  expecting it to be downloaded. It
> will open in Acrobat instead of saving it to disk, then when I want to
> save (from the Reader) to read offline - it refuses to save (after
> allowing filling in of the save dialog box) with the quote:
> "The document cannot be saved.  This operation is not permitted"
> There are two problems here
> 1. opening instead of d/l to disk this freezes IE until the whole pdf
> file is complete.

Sounds like the PDF needs to be optimized - if it has lots (more than 10)
pages.  That will allow just the first page to be sent and (depending on
settings) will continue to download in the background until finished.

> 2. being unable to save the pdf to disk.
> This is Acrobat Reader 6 with IE 6 in  W2000pro

If you mean filling in form fields and wanting to save a PDF with your input
data then no, you cannot do that with just the free Adobe Reader.  If you
mean you're just trying to save an exact copy and getting an error, there
could be some damage to the PDF.  In which case you should have the author
or creator of the PDF look into that.  Or, if you're getting the error on a
variety of sites, it could be a problem with your install of Reader and you
might want to try re-installing.

Mike Bernardo
FyTek, Inc.
http://www.fytek.com
Phone: 248-471-0851
sales@fytek.com

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:31:34 -0400, "FyTek, Inc." <sales@fytek.com>
wrote as underneath my scribble :

Thanks for your reply!
No, Im not trying to alter the pdf files in any way, your suggestion
of reinstall might be worth a shot. 
The d/l problem occurs all over the web to any .pdf file - in the old
days (under previous versions of windows and IE and Reader),  if you
clicked on a .pdf file one would get a choice whether to open or to
save to disk - this chioce never appears now - I thaught there might
be a setting that I cant find, and the right setting might sort out
both problems?
I think it is unlikely a problem with the optimisation of the original
..pdfs - some I tried recently were from the Adobes own websites!
Charlie+

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Charlie+ <charlie@xxx.net> wrote:

>The d/l problem occurs all over the web to any .pdf file - in the old
>days (under previous versions of windows and IE and Reader),  if you
>clicked on a .pdf file one would get a choice whether to open or to
>save to disk - this chioce never appears now - I thaught there might
>be a setting that I cant find, and the right setting might sort out
>both problems?

This only happens if Reader is NOT installed correctly. Since 3.0, the
designed behaviour is to silently download and display the file. You
do have an option of whether or not to try and display it in the
browser window or the Reader window ("browser integrration").
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Charlie+ wrote:
> Im a humble user of Acrobat Reader occasionally to read .pdf files
> from Internet Explorer.
> I find if I click on a .pdf file  expecting it to be downloaded. It
> will open in Acrobat instead of saving it to disk, then when I want to
> save (from the Reader) to read offline - it refuses to save (after
> allowing filling in of the save dialog box) with the quote:
> "The document cannot be saved.  This operation is not permitted"
> There doesnt seem to be anything in the Document Properties to specify
> this or anything in the help files to even suggest that saving a copy
> of a whole  file might be a problem.  
> There are two problems here 
> 1. opening instead of d/l to disk this freezes IE until the whole pdf
> file is complete.
> 2. being unable to save the pdf to disk.
> This is Acrobat Reader 6 with IE 6 in  W2000pro
> Can any one help please!

In my experience, Acrobat's browser integration is far more trouble than 
it's worth, even on slow modem connections where the "only load one page 
at a time" feature might arguably have some benefit.  I've been much 
happier since I uninstalled the plugin, and told my browser to treat a 
..pdf file like any other file it can't open (that is, pop up the "do you 
want to save this, or open it in this other program" dialog box -- and, 
if I click "open", it downloads the whole .pdf to a temporary file and 
then opens it in a separate Acrobat window).

- Brooks


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On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:54:37 -0700, Brooks Moses
<bmoses-nospam@cits1.stanford.edu> wrote as underneath my scribble :

Thanks - that sounds like what I need to do - do you unload the plugin
via the Acrobat installation prog or is there another way through IE
options perhaps?
Charlie+
>
>In my experience, Acrobat's browser integration is far more trouble than 
>it's worth, even on slow modem connections where the "only load one page 
>at a time" feature might arguably have some benefit.  I've been much 
>happier since I uninstalled the plugin, and told my browser to treat a 
>.pdf file like any other file it can't open (that is, pop up the "do you 
>want to save this, or open it in this other program" dialog box -- and, 
>if I click "open", it downloads the whole .pdf to a temporary file and 
>then opens it in a separate Acrobat window).
>
>- Brooks

Charlie+ wrote:
> Thanks - that sounds like what I need to do - do you unload the plugin
> via the Acrobat installation prog or is there another way through IE
> options perhaps?

I don't use IE, so I'm not completely sure of the process there -- in 
the browsers I do use (Opera, and before that, Netscape) I disabled it 
in the browser.

In IE, it looks like the appropriate dialog box is "Manage Add-Ins", on 
the "Tools" menu.  Disabling the Acrobat entry on that list should be 
sufficient, I'd think, though I haven't tried it.

- Brooks


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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:50:52 -0700, Brooks Moses
<bmoses-nospam@cits1.stanford.edu> wrote as underneath my scribble :

Thanks - cant find any such "Manage Add-Ins" setting in IE ! Sorry.
Maybe I should use Opera  -  I think I have v7.54 lying around
somewhere - is there a security from attack advantage over IE as well?
Charlie+

>I don't use IE, so I'm not completely sure of the process there -- in 
>the browsers I do use (Opera, and before that, Netscape) I disabled it 
>in the browser.
>
>In IE, it looks like the appropriate dialog box is "Manage Add-Ins", on 
>the "Tools" menu.  Disabling the Acrobat entry on that list should be 
>sufficient, I'd think, though I haven't tried it.
>
>- Brooks