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>>>>> "Hans" == Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:

    Hans> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
    David> Is there anyway to leave junk.pdf open in AR4, compile
    David> junk.tex to junk.pdf, then have the result displayed in
    David> AR4?
    >>  No. All versions of Reader under Windows behave this
    >> way. Linux version is slightly better: there is no lock on the
    >> pdf file, so that compiling works, but you still need to close
    >> and re-open to get at the new file.

    Hans> Maybe this is due to page caching and loading of the
    Hans> reference table. It is interesting to see than dvi and ps
    Hans> viewers are better in this.

It's technically doable though, since VTeX does have the redraw
working (by controlling the Reader through (undocumented) DDE calls).

Taco