While using the 2017 release of Adobe Acrobat DC, I get the error
every time I run PDFLatex with my PDF open. When I use PDF Search, I get the same error.
Does anybody know what do I have to change in the .edt files to make it work?
[Tex/LaTex] “Cannot Open DDE Link to”: Problems with Adobe Acrobat Pro and WinEdt
adobeerrorsviewerswinedt
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Updated (Sept 15,2013):
I use Adobe Reader 11 (free version) and my settings are as follows. The red rectangles are used to highlight the important parts. If you use version 10, simply change the number 11 to 10.
Note: Since I have added Adobe Reader 11 path to my system variable, I don't need to specify the full path in "Path of executable" section on the dialog box above.
The name of the DDE server for version Adobe Reader XI (i.e. version 11) must be AcroViewR11, cf. Big Changes in the DDE Naming Convention for Acrobat X. According to the error message you still use acroview.
In the blog entry you can also read, that for Adobe Acrobat XI the DDE server would be AcroViewA11.
Best Answer
Support for Adobe Acrobat DC 2017 has been added only in WinEdt 10.2 Build 20170413.
The name of the DDE service is, in the case of Acrobat DC Pro 2017,
AcroviewA17, while in the case of Adobe Reader DC 2017,AcroviewR17.You have to insert this value in the
Options-->Execution Modes-->PDF Viewer-->Adobe DDE Service Bluesfield and then press OK, as in the image below.Notice that it might not work if you have a local copy of
Adobe.edtin the pathC:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\WinEdt Team\WinEdt 10\Config. In this case, simply delete that file and restart WinEdt.If you can't upgrade to the latest version of WinEdt, you can instead open a local copy of the file
Adobe.edtfrom the menuOptions-->Options Interface-->Advanced Configuration-->PDF Macros-->Adobe Blues.In this file, replace the line at the very end of it
with the following
then save the file and restart WinEdt.
Addendum: Name of the DDE service for different versions of Adobe DC
AcroviewR15AcroviewA15AcroviewR17AcroviewA17AcroviewR18AcroviewA18Unless Adobe changes its naming convention, for future versions it suffices to change the last two digits according to the year version.