Adobe Acrobat Reader Catalina



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:

  1. Go to https://console.adobe.io/downloads.

  2. Download the SDK:

Adobe Acrobat Reader Catalina
  • 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 to NonAdobeSupportwxWidgetswininclude. 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)

get_accID. See PDF Accessibility API Reference

32-bit: HRESULTget_accID(long*id); 64-bit: HRESULTget_accID(longlong*id)

  • 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)

intptr_t: Signed integer of size equal to a pointer

ASSize_t

4 ( win-32); 8 (win-64)

size of objects (as in size_t)

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).