On 05/16/2018 11:58 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 03:40:10PM +0000, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 05/16/2018 11:13 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: >>> Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >>>> What is pdfview.exe and why do we use it on Windows? It does not work at >>> If I am not mijstaken this was workaround for Adobe Reader, which does not >>> reload when you update output pdf and this tool should enforce it. >> Oh, right, I see, and the source for it is in our tree. >> >> Apparently, Windows didn't have a default PDF viewer set? Whatever.... > According to this message [1], the installer check the registry to find > out what program is the default for viewing PDF files.
Yes, which is why that is so weird. You'd have thought there was a default viewer. Indeed, Windows 10 apparently sets Edge as the default (for damn near everything). Anyway, it worked once I set a viewer up. I also recompiled pdfview.exe and will include my version in the installer. Riki
