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Topic: Re: Why Internet Explorer requirement? (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Acrobat 7, Msg: 124421
From: prodok
Date: 12/23/2004 03:04 AM
I hope you get an official answer from Adobe about that.
And, particularly if you represent a potent Acrobat buyer, slap these
arguments around Adobe's ears .
You might try out with Reader if the viewing component really requires
IE.
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering
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> Does anyone know why Acrobat 7.0 (even the Reader) requires Internet
> Explorer (MSIE) under Windows? Does it make use of ActiveX in some
> way, or is it simply using MSIE to obtain HTTP transport mechanisms?
>
> I've already discarded the activation requirement as the reason, since
> MSIE is listed as a requirement for Acrobat Reader 7.0, and it does
> not seem to require product activation.