TeXnicCenter & Adobe Reader DC

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How to configure TeXnicCenter to work with Adobe Reader DC? When I building and view current file .tex the following error "Can not execute the command" shows up and the PDF is not generated.

error TeXnicCenter

If there are any related post, could help. Thanks a lot!

Check this http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/43864/texniccenter-adobe-acrobat-10 — R. Schumacher, Jun 16 '15 at 00:42
My impression is that http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/43864/texniccenter-adobe-acrobat-10 does not help for Adobe Reader DC. I read it, but I still have the same problem as asked. — Bodo Manthey, Jun 16 '15 at 07:37
Indeed, this post does not help for Adobe Reader DC. My solution was to download another version of adobe reader, we can choose this link: http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/otherversions/. The version XI worked well in TexNicCenter. — Walter Silva, Jun 20 '15 at 18:03
Does your output open directly in the Adobe reader now? Or does the Adobe reader open after compiling? — Abhimanyu Arora, Mar 06 '16 at 15:28

score 87 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 16 '24 at 18:54

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The newest trailing number for 2024 update is either acroviewA24 or acroviewR24.

The screenshots below still uses the old trailing number and it no longer works.

This can be solved by using proper settings in TeXnicCenter:

Go to menu: "Build"-> "Define Output Profiles."
Choose profile "LateX to PDF".
Switch to "Viewer" tab
Set-up parameters:

"Executable path" should be something like (check, where have you installed Adobe Reader):

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

or if you have the 32-bit version:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe

Note: If you install the 32-bit version on Windows 64-bit, the next automatic update of Adobe Acrobat may change it from 32-bit to 64-bit.

Parameters: "Command", "Server" and "Topic" appears three-times on settings page - be sure to change ALL three appearences correctly.

"Server" parameter takes the form
```
 acroview<Letter><YY>
```
Where <YY> should be the last two digits of the year in the Adobe Acrobat version (which can be found under Help -> About Adobe Arobat Reader in Adobe Reader), for version 2023.x.x this is 23, and <Letter> is a single letter which is R for the 32-bit version and A for the 64-bit version.

So for the 64-bit version 2022.001.20085 it would be:
```
 acroviewA22
```
For the 32-bit version 2021.007.20099 it would be:
```
 acroviewR21
```
"Topic" parameter should be always:
```
 control
```
"Command" parameter should be twice:
```
 [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")]
```
Last instance of "Command" parameter (in "close document..." section) should be:
```
 [DocClose("%bm.pdf")]
```

After setting everything, confirm "Profiles" dialog and it is done.

Or you can just check following examples

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 64-bit version 2022.001.20085:

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 32-bit version 2022.001.20085:

edited Mar 16 '24 at 18:54

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answered Jul 16 '15 at 11:15

Jiří Chmelík

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That little acroviewR15 did the trick for me. Great answer! – Drarp Nov 11 '15 at 17:52
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The acroviewR15 part solved it for me too. Thank you! – RobinAugy Sep 26 '16 at 08:21
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additionally in Acrobat you might need to change Edit -> Preferences -> Security(Enhanced): uncheck Enable Protected Mode at startup – Markus Schmassmann Dec 05 '16 at 16:22
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With the April 2017 update to Acrobat Reader DC, the server parameter has to be acroviewR17. – u17 Apr 13 '17 at 18:58
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With the newest update 2018.009.20044 and beyond, please change all "Server" parameter from acroviewR17 to acroviewR18. Check your Adobe version using Help > About Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. – Frenzy Li Nov 16 '17 at 23:29
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For Acrobat Pro DC, use acroviewA18. – user541686 Jan 15 '18 at 04:46
This doesn't work for me. My Acrobat Reader DC version is 2018.011.20038. – Sndn May 10 '18 at 19:02
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to figure out which version to use, you can look in the registry under: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\acrobat\shell\open\ddeexec\application – Markus Schmassmann Jun 27 '18 at 20:25
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With the newest update 2019 and beyond, if your using Reader please change all "Server" parameter from acroviewR18 to acroviewR19. Check your Adobe version using Help > About Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. For those with Editor versions (3D standard Pro DC etc.) its now AcroviewA19 – Oct 04 '18 at 22:57
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The "acroviewR18" needs updating to "acroviewR19". I had this error until I tried the latter as above. – Shaun Oct 22 '18 at 18:27
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now it's acroviewR20 – Ernesto Mar 06 '20 at 14:03
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now: acroviewR21 – Colin MacLaurin Mar 17 '21 at 02:15
I've abandoned Adobe Reader and switched to Sumatra, mainly because of the locking issue with Reader but partly for this too. – Jonathan Webley Aug 22 '21 at 08:21
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After the newest update to version 2021.007.20099 (sic) ,,acroviewR21'' does not work anymore: I tried with acroviewA21 (as suggested in the newest update of the answer ) but still the same error pops out. Any ideas how to fix it? – truebaran Dec 10 '21 at 01:52
@truebaran: change acrord32.exe to acrobat.exe. – Display Name Dec 14 '21 at 20:17
as of today, 'acroviewA23' works for me. I am using the Reader version, 64-bit, in Windows – Colin MacLaurin May 02 '23 at 06:17

u17 · Answer 2 · 2017-04-13T19:07:03.447

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With the (silent) April 2017 update to Acrobat Reader DC to version 2017.009.20044, the parameters in Jiří's answer don't work anymore. TeXnicCenter just stops responding when trying to view the output with F5.

To solve the problem, simply replace the server parameter from acroviewR15 to acroviewR17 like below.

The dialog can be accessed with Alt + F7. Read more about the new Acrobat Reader version number here.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 19:07

answered Apr 13 '17 at 17:09

u17

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I've edited his answer, I think that's more useful for other people than another answer with less votes. – domotorp Apr 25 '17 at 08:59

Frenzy Li · Answer 3 · 2018-10-04T19:16:09.260

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To complement the answers by Jiří Chmelík and Frank Seifert.

Update: In October 2018, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC has been updated to 2019.008.20071. acroviewR19 should be used instead, if you have this or a newer version.

In November 2017, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC has been updated to 2018.009.20044. If you have this reader version (or any version starting with 2018), replace the server parameter from acroviewR15 or acroviewR17 to acroviewR18 as shown below. To access this dialogue box, press Alt+F7 in TeXnicCenter, select the "Latex => PDF" profile, then switch to the "Viewer" tab.

To check your reader version, open Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, under "Help" menu, click "About Adobe Acrobat Reader DC". If the version number begins with

2018, set all your Server parameters to acroviewR18,
2017, set all your Server parameters to acroviewR17,
2015, set all your Server parameters to acroviewR15.

Reference for all future versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

edited Oct 04 '18 at 19:16

answered Nov 17 '17 at 01:06

Frenzy Li

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Yes, I am already affected by this. – Matsmath Nov 19 '17 at 06:46
I did all of the above (my version is 2018) nothing works yet. Same error :( – Herman Jaramillo Feb 22 '18 at 22:30
@HermanJaramillo Do you have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC? Or one without Acrobat – Frenzy Li Feb 22 '18 at 22:32
@FrenzyLi Yes I do. – Herman Jaramillo Feb 23 '18 at 12:56
I ended up giving up on TexNicCenter in favor of TexWorks which actually works quite well. – Herman Jaramillo Feb 24 '18 at 00:31
@HermanJaramillo Probably here is a solution. Perhaps somebody can tranfer the answer in some algorithm ;-) – Christoph May 03 '18 at 09:03

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 11 '20 at 12:46

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We're now in 2020, so the version is 20!

answered Feb 11 '20 at 12:46

Jonathan Webley

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I edited the most-upvoted post with this new information. – Colin MacLaurin Feb 17 '20 at 05:16

Quba · Answer 5 · 2015-07-01T07:55:15.827

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I had the same problem after Adobe Reader update, solved with:

Executable path = C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
Server = acroviewR15
Topic = control

defined in Build -> Define Output Profiles... -> choose "LateX to PDF" -> Viewer tab (for TeXnicCenter).

edited Jul 01 '15 at 07:55

answered Jul 01 '15 at 07:22

Quba

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Welcome to TeX.SX! Can you supplement your answer with some information about where to type that code? – egreg Jul 01 '15 at 07:30
@egreg: How to open output as pdf directly? Should I need to make some changes in settings of my pdf reader? Right now, only the reader opens, not the document as pdf (which would be more convenient) – Abhimanyu Arora Mar 06 '16 at 15:18

Edy Jo · Answer 6 · 2018-06-23T02:22:22.527

If you use Adobe Reader XI version 11.0.23 (updated June 23, 2018), this trick will work: https://nw360.blogspot.com/2017/03/set-up-pdf-viewer-in-texniccenter.html

View project's output and Forward search: Choose Command line argument and type in "%bm.pdf"

Close document before running (La)TeX: Select DDE command and the command is [AppExit]

Server: arcroviewR11
Topic: Control

The server above is for Adobe Reader. For Adobe Acrobat Pro, use arcroviewA11.

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