Note
A new release is available which fixes bug 4324516: Acrobat cannot launch if PDFLib TET Plugin is present. If you’re using v1 - Jan 2021, migrate to the latest version described below.
User experience changes in Catalina for Acrobat users Installation Acrobat 2015: If you download Classic 2015 Acrobat or Reader patches from the release notes or the FTP site, you see a notarization prompt and the installation is blocked. About: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents. And now, it's connected to the Adobe Document Cloud − making it easier than ever to work across computers and mobile devices. Solved: I had Adobe Acrobat Pro X on my Mac OS Sierra 10.12 I now updated it to Catalina OS 10.15.4 and it won't open. I shouldn't have to buy a new app - 11058233. In the attached screen shots you can see the little dragable WORD icon next to the document title 'test doc.' There used to be a similar icon for acrobat (see attached screenshot) which was also draggable anywhere on my system and that is now gone after catalina. Youll notice in the acrobat screen shot there is no little draggable icon next to the title document.
Downloads¶
To access the downloads:
Go to https://console.adobe.io/downloads.
Download the SDK:
Windows: SDK version v2 - Mar 2021
Macintosh: SDK version v2 - Mar 2021
Installers
The 32-bit Windows and Mac platform uses separate installers for Reader and Acrobat. Windows 64-bit installers combine the two into a single installer.
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: 32 and 64 bit
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC: 32 and 64 bit
System requirements¶
The SDK supports the following:
Windows: Samples have been upgraded to compile using VS2019 for Windows 7, 8, and 10.
Macintosh: With this release Acrobat SDK samples could be compiled using X-CODE 9.2. Target Mac OS Deployment version is 10.11.
Changes for this release¶
All code samples, tools, and other API dependent assets are updated for compatibility with the latest compilers.
Windows¶
General changes for 64-bit Windows:
You must upgrade 32-bit plugins to 64-bit for them to work with the 64-bit app.
The SDK provides 64-bit public headers to 3rd party plug-in developers so that they can successfully create or upgrade their plugins.
Acrobat and Reader use the same, single installer. The unified application determines the mode in which it’s running (Reader/Acrobat) at run time. Plugins must dynamically check the whether the app is in Acrobat or Reader mode in order to determine what functionality should be available.
The application can transition from Reader mode to Acrobat mode without a relaunch, so plugins must react to mode notifications accordingly.
If any Acrobat-specific HFT is invoked in Reader Mode, it could throw a run-time exception. Plugins need to ensure Acrobat specific HFTs are not invoked while the application is running in Reader mode.
Existing plugins with different binaries for Acrobat and Reader must combine into a single binary. Product differentiation (Reader vs Acrobat) at install time is not possible.
Installation path
64-bit: /Program Files/Adobe/<app name>/Acrobat/plug_ins
32-bit: /Program Files (x86)/Adobe/<app name>/Acrobat/plug_ins
There is no “Acrobat Reader” specific path for 64-bit; there is for 32-bit.
The app name in the path is Acrobat DC.
Samples
App Wizard: The App wizard has been upgraded and will only work with VS2019.
wxPlugin: Upgraded to use wxWidgets 3.1.3. Developers must compile wxwidgets and copy the generated libs to
NonAdobeSupportwxWidgetswinlib
and header files toNonAdobeSupportwxWidgetswininclude
. File paths may vary with a user’s project configuration.Removed unsupported CommonInterfaceAIR.air from snippetRunner Sample.
All existing samples are ported from Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 to Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 is recommended to create and upgrade 64-bit native plugins.
Public header and sample plugins are updated.
Config folder: A new folder contains the common Visual Studio Settings for import by all VS project solutions:
AdobeAcrobatDCSDKVersion1Config
.Code changes:
Module | Impacted API | Change |
---|---|---|
AccessibilitySupport (AcrobatAccess.idl) |
| 32-bit: |
New data type
The following new data scalar type is added to the data types:
Type | Byte size | Description |
---|---|---|
ASIntPtr_t | 4 ( win-32); 8 (win-64) |
|
ASSize_t | 4 ( win-32); 8 (win-64) | size of objects (as in |
Macintosh¶
Plugin samples 300 rise of an empire full movie in hindi dailymotion.
MultiTab: To run the sample, place multitab_icons.pdf (from the SDK package) in
/users/{username}/documents
wxPlugin: This plugin is delivered as Windows only due to dependency on the wxwidget library in Macintosh. TBD
AppleScript:
WatermarkJsoAs
: you must place the package input files present on the desktop. On script execution, users are prompted to specify an output folder in which to save the stamped file.Tools
verifyUrl.acroplugin: Removed since it uses
HITToolBox
which is deprecated by Mac.Sign Plugin.exe: Upgraded to 64 Bit to support Mac OS Catalina.
Adobe Acrobat Reader Pour Mac Catalina
Known issues¶
Mac only: Acrobat crashes while running media in RunMediaPlayers.pdf
Mac only: Flash player crashes while running media in ScriptEvents.pdf
“SHA1 algorithm warning message” appears when signing using DocSign SDK sample
When protected mode is ON:
PDF file will open in a temporary window while using StaticViewVC.exe/StaticViewVB.exe
WatermarkJsoVB.exe will not work
Other issues:
Adobe Acrobat Reader For Mac Catalina
4301819: PDDomView present in Acrobat SDK sometimes doesn’t work
4316221: Snippet Runner and Weblink Demo are not working on 64-Bit Acrobat due to dependency on the CommonInterfaceAIR.air
4315936: [Protected mode] DMS integration sample is not working
4315935: [Protected mode] Error coming while running ClienApp.exe for the DDE server sample
4324516: Acrobat cannot launch if PDFLib TET Plugin is present. Note: this bug is fixed in the 3/11/2021 update (v2 - Mar 2021).