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Subject:Re: Word Documents to PDF Style From:Dan Lewis <danlew -at- DELPHI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:11:12 -0400
on Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:40:38 -0400
jane <judydh -at- TOTAL -dot- NET> wrote:
>Here's what I would do:
>If your setup program is on the same CD as your docs, have the setup
install
>WordViewer (if possible), and change a registry key on their system so that
>Word Viewer becomes the default opener of documents with a Word 6 or 97
>*.rtf (or some other non-doc or dot file).
A word of caution here. If someone were to so change my registry settings
without asking, I'd be hopping mad. I frequently use word to edit RTF
files (as in creating winhelp) and I would be more than a little annoyed to
find WordViewer being called by a click on an rtf file. I would strongly
caution against making changes to a user's system which have broad
implications for performance beyond the scope of the installation you are
performing.
-Dan Lewis
Vitel Software,
Worcester, MA
dlewis -at- vitelsoftware -dot- com
danlew -at- delphi -dot- com
