Configuring Adobe Acrobat Reader for view PDF files

[udaykadaboina]

I have built a TeX file with ST2, but after I built the TeX file I get a prompt saying that 'Cannot launch Viewer, Make sure its in your PATH'. So I have put my Adobe Acrobat Reader in the path variable like this.'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRD32.exe' but still I get the same error. Are there any clear steps to do this with AdobeAcrobat Reader rather than Sumatra PDF?

[msiniscalchi]

Sorry, for the time being only Sumatra pdf is supported. The reason is that
it’s the only pdf viewer on Windows that supports inverse and forward
search. See the Readme file for details . THanks for your understanding...

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From: Uday <
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:44:19 PM
To: msiniscalchi msiniscalchi@gmail.com
Subject: [LaTeXTools] Configuring Adobe Acrobat Reader for view PDF files
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I have built a TeX file with ST2, but after I built the TeX file I get a
prompt saying that 'Cannot launch Viewer, Make sure its in your PATH'. So I
have put my Adobe Acrobat Reader in the path variable like this.'C:\Program
Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRD32.exe' but still I get the same
error. Are there any clear steps to do this with AdobeAcrobat Reader rather
than Sumatra PDF?

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[clsmt]

What if I don't care about inverse and forward search? Why stripping the users of their ability to customize pdf viewer?

[r-stein]

This issue is more than five years old and now you can configure any pdf viewer you want with the command viewer, but you may run into other issues using acrobat reader.

The reason to add the support for a single viewer (and expand it stepwise for more viewers) and not a configurable template for every viewer was IMO to provide a clean and easy path to edit LaTeX and have a better support for this specific viewer (e.g. the way how Sublime Text keeps focused after you compile is different based on the supported features of the viewer and the OS).

[clsmt]

@r-stein Yep I figured that out later. Thanks for the reply.
For viewer, choose "command", then in the options just write down the path to acrobat, or any other viewer.
By the way, I tried sumatraPDF before. the reason I stick with acrobat, is because it is the best rendering out there. It uses sub-pixel anti-aliasing. As far as I know, no other viewer implements that (is it patented?) But anyway this is a whole other conversation.