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From: Nick Naym on 22 Feb 2010 02:25 In article tom_stiller-F23B00.08134318022010(a)news.individual.net, Tom Stiller at tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com wrote on 2/18/10 8:13 AM: > In article <C7A17C95.534D9%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> In article emteedee-2D7BDF.20414617022010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org, Mike >> Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/17/10 4:41 AM: >> >>> In article <C7A11D30.534CD%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, >>> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>>> PDFLab will do it for you easily >>>> >>>> At first glance, it seems that it will _not_ enable me to unlock the >>>> document, as I don't have the "owner password." But I'll take a closer look >>>> at it in the morning. >>> >>> Just try it at its default settings, drag the chapters onto PDFLab, >>> rearrange them to suit and click the Create PDF button. You don't need >>> to "unlock" any PDF beforehand. >>> >>> You should find that it takes approx 30 seconds to build a 700 - 800 >>> page PDF file. >> >> Well, there's something wrong: Any attempt to even add a document onto >> PDFLab causes it to quit after a couple of seconds. I then get a "The >> application PDFLab quit unexpectedly" message, which allows me the option to >> Relaunch. Relaunching and trying again also results in the application >> quitting, this time generating a "Do you want to reset application settings >> for PDF Lab?" message, which offers a "Reset and relaunch" option, >> indicating that this option "may fix the problem." However, it doesn't: The >> problem continues. At first I though it might be somehow related to the fact >> that the files I was adding were themselves "locked" PDF files, but when I >> tried it with a few "ordinary" PDF files, the same thing happened. >> >> Rebooting didn't help. Trashing the app and its plist and reinstalling it >> (not that there's much "installation" involved) didn't help either. >> >> Very frustrating. :( > > Have a look at PDFKey Pro at > <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17114/pdfkey-pro>. Thanks for the suggestion...but I was looking for a no-cost solution (certainly not a $25 piece of shareware). In any event, I got PDFLab to work after making a minor adjustment, per the developer's instructions. -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Nick Naym on 22 Feb 2010 02:32 In article emteedee-FEA1D2.22344218022010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Mike Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/18/10 6:34 AM: > In article <C7A17C95.534D9%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Well, there's something wrong: Any attempt to even add a document onto >> PDFLab causes it to quit after a couple of seconds... > [...] >> >> Rebooting didn't help. Trashing the app and its plist and reinstalling it >> (not that there's much "installation" involved) didn't help either. >> >> Very frustrating. :( > > Well sorry to hear that, Nick. I can only add that it works without > issue for me. But (and possibly a big but), I'm running it on an older > PPC Mac (under Tiger OS 10.4.x) and PDFLab is a pretty old program I > gather. I contacted the developer. He immediately responded, telling me to change a setting in Java Preferences.app, an application I didn't even know I had. That pretty much did the trick (though I haven't run PDFLab through all its paces, so I don't know how well it works overall). -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Mike Dee on 22 Feb 2010 02:55 Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > Mike Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/18/10 6:34 AM: > > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: [...] > >> Very frustrating. :( > > > > Well sorry to hear that, Nick. I can only add that it works without > > issue for me. But (and possibly a big but), I'm running it on an older > > PPC Mac (under Tiger OS 10.4.x) and PDFLab is a pretty old program I > > gather. > > I contacted the developer. He immediately responded, telling me to change a > setting in Java Preferences.app, an application I didn't even know I had. > That pretty much did the trick (though I haven't run PDFLab through all its > paces, so I don't know how well it works overall). Now that *is* good news, Nick. You couldn't post the changes you needed to make to the Java Preferences.app settings to get PDFLab to work, could you? It may help others in the same boat (and me when I get to use it on an Intel Mac). Regards. -- dee
From: Sara on 22 Feb 2010 11:30 In article <emteedee-38ACA9.18551622022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mike Dee <emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote: > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > Mike Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/18/10 6:34 AM: > > > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > [...] > > >> Very frustrating. :( > > > > > > Well sorry to hear that, Nick. I can only add that it works without > > > issue for me. But (and possibly a big but), I'm running it on an older > > > PPC Mac (under Tiger OS 10.4.x) and PDFLab is a pretty old program I > > > gather. > > > > I contacted the developer. He immediately responded, telling me to change a > > setting in Java Preferences.app, an application I didn't even know I had. > > That pretty much did the trick (though I haven't run PDFLab through all its > > paces, so I don't know how well it works overall). > > Now that *is* good news, Nick. > > You couldn't post the changes you needed to make to the Java > Preferences.app settings to get PDFLab to work, could you? > > It may help others in the same boat (and me when I get to use it on an > Intel Mac). > Oh yes please - it hasn't worked for me for a while either and I used to find it very handy. -- Sara Wishing the weather would cheer up
From: Sara Merriman on 23 Feb 2010 02:54
In article <saramerriman-BD016A.16300722022010(a)news.individual.net>, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > In article <emteedee-38ACA9.18551622022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Mike Dee <emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote: > > > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > Mike Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/18/10 6:34 AM: > > > > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> Very frustrating. :( > > > > > > > > Well sorry to hear that, Nick. I can only add that it works without > > > > issue for me. But (and possibly a big but), I'm running it on an older > > > > PPC Mac (under Tiger OS 10.4.x) and PDFLab is a pretty old program I > > > > gather. > > > > > > I contacted the developer. He immediately responded, telling me to change > > > a > > > setting in Java Preferences.app, an application I didn't even know I had. > > > That pretty much did the trick (though I haven't run PDFLab through all > > > its > > > paces, so I don't know how well it works overall). > > > > Now that *is* good news, Nick. > > > > You couldn't post the changes you needed to make to the Java > > Preferences.app settings to get PDFLab to work, could you? > > > > It may help others in the same boat (and me when I get to use it on an > > Intel Mac). > > > Oh yes please - it hasn't worked for me for a while either and I used to > find it very handy. I know it's bad form replying to my own post, but there are a couple of ideas on this page that may help - I haven't tried them yet: <http://www.macduck.com/news/macosxhints/2010/january/25/> -- Sara Cuddler of rats, cats and husband |