Re: pdf files

[Paul Scott]

Sacha Standen wrote:

> Hello
>  
> Please would somebody respond with some advice, as I can't use 
> Lilypond at all without being able to view the PDF files. I'm using 
> version 2.6 on Windows ME and have managed, through trial and error, 
> to generate pdf files, but cannot open them. When I double click the 
> PDF file icon, it loads Adobe Acrobat, but an alert then appears, 
> telling me that Acrobat can't open the file. I can however open my old 
> files, and the only visible difference is that the icons for the old 
> files have PDF superimposed on the symbol, whereas the new ones don't.

What version of Acrobat (Reader?) are you using.  I have heard that 
Adobe Reader 7 will not read some files that were not written by Acrobat.

I was trying to check that out but my MS Windows 98SE installation of 
LilyPond 2.6.0 is not generating PDF's or even workable PS's at the moment.

Paul Scott