<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 does it, if it is called by an Applescript to open a pdf file, which may already be opened. In Acrobat preferences I checked under Documents "Restore saved view....".<div><br></div><div>This open command can be the last in a sequence of typesetting commands.</div><div><br></div><div>If the preview_acrobat script in Flashmode/Applescript-modular is changed to</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(76, 78, 78); "><span style="color: #000000">--</span> Applescript</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(76, 78, 78); "><span style="color: #000000">--</span> preview_acrobat</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(76, 78, 78); "><span style="color: #000000">--</span> Claus Gerhardt</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(76, 78, 78); "><span style="color: #000000">(*</span>Enter the name of your version of Acrobat, if it is different from 'Adobe Acrobat Pro'.<span style="color: #000000">*)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(64, 128, 0); "><span style="color: #ff0000">on</span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"> </span>preview_acrobat<span style="color: #000000">(</span>thePDF<span style="color: #000000">)</span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 85.3px; text-indent: -85.3px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 85.3px; text-indent: -85.3px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="color: #ff0000">tell</span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff">application</span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span>"Adobe Acrobat Pro"</div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 127.9px; text-indent: -128.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 127.9px; text-indent: -128px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(64, 128, 0); "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff">open</span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"> </span>thePDF</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 85.3px; text-indent: -85.3px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>end<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"> </span>tell</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 42.7px; text-indent: -42.7px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Geneva; color: rgb(64, 128, 0); "><span style="color: #ff0000">end</span><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"> </span>preview_acrobat</div></div><div><br></div><div>then the 'open pdf in Acrobat' button in Flashmode will do the job.</div><div><br></div><div>Claus</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 29, 2009, at 3:07, Bob Yu wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Dear all, <div><br></div><div>Sorry for this off topic question.</div><div><br></div><div>I am wondering whether it is possible to make Adobe PDF reader or Pro automatically update PDF view, just like in preview.</div><div> <br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div> ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>TeX FAQ: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br>List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/</a><br>List Archive: <a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/">http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/</a><br>TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br>List Info: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>