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1. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
DimitriM Nov 15, 2010 6:11 PM (in response to augustus108)Hi augustus108,
MDI mode was removed in Acrobat 9 and is not returning in Acrobat X.
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/2008/09/mdi_vs_sdi_in_acrobat.html
Hope this helps,
Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
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2. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
augustus108 Nov 15, 2010 8:03 PM (in response to DimitriM)I read the blog when I was checking out 9.2
so customers feedback was just a PR?
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3. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
Dave Merchant Nov 16, 2010 1:24 AM (in response to augustus108)There's an extensive thread about this in the Acrobat Feature Requests forum. The short answer is that the reasons for adopting SDI in Acrobat 9 remain true for the target audience, so Acrobat X follows the same design.
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4. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
augustus108 Nov 16, 2010 4:36 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)I read the blog back when I was looking & testing out 9.2. At the end I thought of the blog, I imagine this would be addressed.
@Dave: If you could kindly direcy me to the thread under Acrobat Feature Requests which dicussed extensively on this issue. Espeically would like to know the target audience for Acorbat.
I don't think I'm alone regarding MDI (http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/2009/04/how_you_can_influence_the_futu.html) -
5. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
Dave Merchant Nov 16, 2010 7:09 AM (in response to augustus108)http://forums.adobe.com/thread/308028?tstart=0
Acrobat's target customer base is the enterprise user (business professionals engaged in knowledge work, data processing, etc.) which is subtly different from the creative user base for CS. Although there are a number of vociferous advocates for the return of MDI, they are a tiny percentage of the overall user base, and the product developers must account for the most typical workflows, operating systems and hardware.
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6. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
nitmd88 Jan 3, 2011 7:23 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)I had heard that Acrobat 10 was out, and was looking to upgrade; I have a 2 copies of 9 sitting on the shelf in my office, a waste of money for me with the removal of MDI. I was hoping that the "we've heard you and are looking into it" meant something more than "we heard you, and quite frankly don't give a $%^&, but apparently not. I thought that, as a long term customer, I was part of the target audience. It's disturbing, but I guess not surprising, that I am not. For now, we continue to use 7, I suppose at some point it will stop working and we'll have to look for an alternative.
The reasons for the switch, referred to in the log entry that is always quoted by Adobe apologists, didn't make sense (from a customer standpoint, not a programmer standpoint) then, and it still doesn't today. Put in both and let the customer choose the workflow that works for them. Oh well.
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7. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
GKaiseril Jan 3, 2011 7:56 AM (in response to nitmd88)Try opening the 'Run' dialog box and enter:
Acrobat /n
to open a new session of Acrobat.
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8. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
knm956 Jan 7, 2011 6:08 PM (in response to GKaiseril)Opening a new session isn't the problem, it's having 30 buttons in the taskbar when you're looking at multiple documents.
I just don't understand why Adobe seems to consistently make software that is good at its core but rendered unusable by horrible UIs. Illustrator is much the same. Of course, MS Office has taken the same path as well.
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10. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
Dave Merchant Jun 13, 2011 12:46 AM (in response to Lars Werner)We strongly advise against users installing any software from an unknown vendor, especially one that claims to be a "hack" - which would be an illegal use of Adobe software under the Acrobat EULA. Installing any application which modifies Adobe software other than plugins developed within the terms of the SDK license will invalidate your warranty and support, and is a common method of distributing malicious code.
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11. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
Lars Werner Jun 13, 2011 1:42 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)Dave:
Please note that I'm the vendor of this software!
If Adobe have listened to its user mass such a "hack" wasn't needed in the first place.
Please note that "hacking" is not illegal in any way you are confusing it with "cracking".
This software is completly virus free, check yourself with online viruscheckers.
If Adobe had provided a plugin SDK to actually control the window, I would have followed that route.
Since you haven't I had to use standard Windows API using SetParent ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633541%28v=vs.85%29.aspx ) and build a taskbar-frame around it.
The approach doesn't invalidate your warranty and if you want the old SDI back, just close the program.
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12. Re: Acrobat X: SDI and MDI
truenorthx Aug 5, 2011 9:03 AM (in response to Lars Werner)Thanks for this - it will help prevent me from throwing my computer out the window in frustration!



