Hi there
I am using FM 15 Pro Advanced, I have created a container, when I am in browse mode it does not allow me to insert a PDF file. Its is greyed out.
I have enabled interactive content from the data formatting tab, but cannot get it to work.
Sid
Hello Mike
Many thanks for your response. I have tried creating a brand-new simple database and the same issue of PDF is greyed out.
any ideas??
Hi Mike
Thanks for looking at this for me. I have attached the file and a screen shot below when I am in browse mode.
Not really sure what was going on. The options to specify an interactive container were grayed out too.
I added an interactive container with a yellow background and it worked for me. That's attached
But oddly enough, I also was able to insert a PDF in the first field after re-entering browse mode.
What version of FileMaker are you using?
Using the following, I am relatively new to filemaker pro and I am trying to learn as it appears to be such nice interface.
Hi Mike
I trust that you are well!
I think I have solved the issue with the insert PDF file being greyed out.
My PC did not have acrobat reader DC installed. I have an adobe creative cloud subscription which includes acrobat professional and I assumed that this would work with this software. As soon as I installed acrobat reader and re-launched FM, Hey Presto it now appears.
Thanks for you help!
on a separate note do you have any experience with importing data from an ODBC source as I am getting stuck with the following dialogue
The data source is from an accounting solution we have in the UK call Sage Accounts. I can link to the data from excel with no issues using the same ODBC path.
regards
Sid
This is not only a Windows bug. Using FMA16 on OSX High Sierra on an iMac, the same occurs. Launching Acrobat worked a few days ago but then one always gets the very undesirable Acrobat UI in the container. Subsequently though, it has stopped working and, despite relaunching Acrobat, I cannot get it to work. PDFs inserted previously in containers now do not display interactively. Surely, since FM is an Apple subsidiary company, having to rely on a third party application to be launched is infra-dig to say the least!
I had to delete the following plugin. I set the default PDF reader on my MacBook Pro back to Preview, so I didn't download Adobe reader again. To set the default PDF reader : Right Click a PDF file, Get Info, Select Open with to Preview, then click change All.
[Hard Disk] -> Library -> Internet Plug-Ins -> AdobePDFViewer.plugin
[Hard Disk] -> Library -> Internet Plug-Ins -> AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Reboot the computer, launch FileMaker Pro, and try again.
If the issue still occurs, remove Adobe Reader, and download a fresh copy of Adobe Reader. This will also install new copies of the AdobePDFViewer plugins.
Thanks schamblee!
This removed the annoying UI. Embarrassingly, one error I made (again and which I should have remembered) in my current example was placing the container field in a portal which, as we all know, does not allow interactive fields.
Possible causes:
- You have disabled the checkbox that allows for entry in browse mode
- Your privilege set does not allow access to that container field for editing
- Your privilege set has the "minimum" menu options selected from the dropdown specifying what menu items are available
- Custom Menus have overwritten the ability to insert.
There may be more but that's a few more things to check.