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_susana_albor_
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October 25, 2007
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how can i hide navigation panel buttons

  • October 25, 2007
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Hi, i would like to know how can i remove or hide programatically the navigation panel buttons because i have an applicattion where i open the pdf documents and i don´t want this buttons are shown never.i want that, when the application is open, the buttons don´t be shown. i´m refering to the button on the left of Adobe Reader 8: the botton are "pages", "how to","atachments", and "comments". thanks a lot for your help
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javawizard-WPyQEu
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May 16, 2010

I haven't figured it out either, but came up with a work-around for the Delphi developer (and Borland C++ developers) at least:

Put the PDF ActiveX component on a TPanel component. Then shift its left position to -42 pixels, and make it 42 pixels wider than the panel. This works perfectly on my computer, but may be different on other end user configurations. Does anyone know how I'd figure the width of the ubiquitous Adobe toolbar on the left? - Jeff

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Anonymous
February 15, 2010

Using Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 I made a form with fields which is served from a Tomcat HTTP server.

When I use a URL like:

http://192.168.30.106:8080/qforms/pdfs/templates/30799_Appraisal_Form_Template.pdf#navpanes=0

The form is loaded and the navigation panes do not show.

When I use a url like:

http://192.168.30.106:8080/qforms/pdfs/templates/30799_Appraisal_Form_Template.pdf#FDF=http://192.168.30.106:8080/qforms/QFormsServlet?FormID=2MYDVGJWL62794DBL8SG&Action=load

The form loads and the FDF is loaded into it and the navigation panels are visible.

But when I use a url like:

http://192.168.30.106:8080/qforms/pdfs/templates/30799_Appraisal_Form_Template.pdf#navpanes=0&FDF=http://192.168.30.106:8080/qforms/QFormsServlet?FormID=2MYDVGJWL62794DBL8SG&Action=load

I get the message:

"This operation is not allowed."

After that the form loads but the FDF is not loaded into the form and the navigation panels are visible.

All three URLs conform to to the "PDF Open Parameters" document for Acrobat 7.

As this thread has clearly established, there does not appear to be any way to hide the navigation panels using Javascrpt.

As far as I can see what I have described above is a bug. Is there a fix or a workaround?

thanks,

Terry

lrosenth
Adobe Employee
lrosenth
Adobe Employee
February 15, 2010

Two things

1) Acrobat 7 is no longer supported by Adobe, so we can't help you with that specific product. But we'll certainly see if the same problem exists in currently supports versions (8 and later).

2) The second and third URLs that you posted are exactly the same. What do you believe the difference is - or was it a typo?

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Anonymous
February 16, 2010

If you look closely at the second and third URLs you will see that one contains navpanes=0 and the other does not.


Although I'm using Acrobat 7 the problems appear when the pdf is loaded by whatever version of the Reader is being used by the browser that downloads it. In my case this is Google Chrome 4, FireFox 2 or IE 6 all with recent Acrobat readers.

Thanks,

Terry

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Anonymous
September 10, 2009

Hi All,

There is a registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\RIF\bOpenNextWithTabs that controls displaying of navigation panel buttons.  A value of 1 displays them while a value of 0 hides them.

There is also a registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\RIF\bOpenNextInReadingMode setting which can disable the toolbars also.

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phammk
Participant
September 10, 2009

Do these settings work when opening the doc thru the browser ? or only thru the reader ?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\RIF\bOpenNextWithTabs <-- also, is there a blank before OpenNextWithTabs ?

Thx

Hi All,

There is a registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\RIF\bOpenNextWithTabs that controls displaying of navigation panel buttons.  A value of 1 displays them while a value of 0 hides them.

There is also a registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\RIF\bOpenNextInReadingMode setting which can disable the toolbars also.

lrosenth
Adobe Employee
lrosenth
Adobe Employee
September 10, 2009

Should work for browser as well...

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Lenn Dolling
Participant
May 28, 2009

I also am having a issue with the Side Panel.... I am calling the pdf with delphi 2007 with code....

something like:

################

var

mypdf : tacropdf;

Begin

...

//Load Method to Call loading of PDF

mypdf.Loadfile('c:\myexample.pdf');

...

end;

################

As you can see the above bit of code that I am calling the pdf object by a non command line method.. so adding any switches is not possible..

ie:

mydpf.loadfile('navpanes=0 c:\myexample.pdf');

just does not work..... as the loadfile method in the dll is looking for a harddrive location not a switch....

I am been trying to see of the DoObjectVerb command could take a command ... to minimize the Panel... Please let me know..

ie:

mypdf.DoObjectVerb(WM_?????);   //???? is a windows message that I would like to send to get the panel to minmize through code....

Thanks alot for any help.

I have tried to add the Reg Key ... ... I am version 9.. so I added all the keys and Dword values that were not present.... still no luck..

Lenn Dolling

Skyboard Software

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_AARGH_
Participant
February 17, 2009
Jeez this navigation pannel is annoying as hell, It's pathetic that users who don't want it and bookmarks have to hide them EVERY freaking time they open a document!

Thanks PDL for solution, so far it seems to work although I haven't checked the browser plug-in yet.

" The navigation panel is also an information panel for letting you know when a PDF contains certain features (security, layers, etc.). That's why we don't want you being able to permanently hide it."

You are making a grave mistake, no one is interested in your new useless features, thinking that you know better what users should see on their screen won't get you far.

Luckily I didn't have to deal with the updater Grant mentioned in the post above because the kind behavior he described I find EXTREMELY F*ING IRRITATING in software. It's just amazing arrogance on your part!

I really thought Adobe would know better, maybe it's cause up to know I was happily using acrobat 5.0, I was reluctant to switch because I know all too well that once basic functionality is fine developers will keep adding tons of useless "features" to justify their jobs. Too bad I had to fill some forms, and now I know I was right.

Nothing is as pissing off as a software which acts as if it knows better then it's user.
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    _Grant_Walker_
    Participant
    January 21, 2009
    Adobe can rot in hell, they are arrogant pricks. You've only got to look at the way their Updater5 installs without permission, eats your bandwidth, hogs your CPU time, then interrupts your work and asks you to reboot. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE!
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    _apmcs1_
    Participant
    January 20, 2009
    How do I have the navigation panel buttons hidden but the bookmarks shown, if I drag the bookmarks off of the Navigation panel, then the rest of the document does not wrap to the right side of the bookmarks, part of the document is under the bookmarks.
    I just want to have the real estate of the navigation panel back, full page mode does not show the bookmarks.

    Thanks
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    _JohnKHoffman_
    Participant
    December 12, 2008
    Clarification: The Cognos report viewer seems to operate independently from my desktop world. If I disable the ActiveX control in IE, that prevents me from opening intranet PDF files from within IE. However, it does not prevent me from using the Cognos browser/pdf combination...
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    _JohnKHoffman_
    Participant
    December 12, 2008
    Interesting thread! Let me say up front that my inquiry results from mgmt directive. It's not personal, so don't shoot the messenger.

    I've had success turning these things off and having them stay off with the standalone Reader v8.1.2. However, I have not been able to achieve the same thing with the ActiveX Add-On for Internet Explorer 6.0.x. I think it is AcroPDF.dll.

    Can anyone help with how to configure this to never show the Navigation Panel Buttons on open?

    We're actually experiencing this problem when our IBM Cognos BI product is used to email hyperlinks to PDF outputs saved on the Cognos server. The reports open as a PDF inside an Internet Explorer window. I don't have control over the Cognos server based report viewer settings. However, if I can get it figured out for my workstation, I might be able to get our Cognos support people to change similar parameters.

    TIA
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    _MSLS_
    Participant
    October 6, 2008
    How come they took Search off the Navigation panel?

    Is there a way to add it back - I can't seem to figure out how to do this?
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