ehume wrote:Well, I just noticed that PSPx9 -- even though I was going to the x86 Programs directory -- was opening in 64-bit. So I reinstalled PSPx8 as a 32-bit-only app. That did it. I can now open multi-page PDF's.
Note that 64-bit PSP's only open the first page.
Note also that if you have both 32-bit and 64-bit PSP apps installed, PSP will open in the 64-bit app.
Not enough detail provided, so I am going to have to assume that, by the above sentence, you mean that opening a PDF file from Windows Explorer using the Open With option or making PSP the default for PDF will actually cause PSP 64bit to open, even if you had originally chosen the PSP executable from the (x86) programs folder. If that is what you mean, then that is correct from my tests (I have both 32bit and 64bit PSP2019 installed. That is quite strange.
ehume wrote:It is only when you have installed 32-bit only that if you tell a file to "Open with" PSP that it will do so in the 32-bit app.
You can also start in PSP 32-bit, and open a multi-page PDF from there. It is tricky . . .
However, if anyone has read the original discussion thread about this issue (the link I provided above) you will know that I created several different PDF documents using several different programs - 2 different writing programs and also MS Word using two different ways of saving to PDF with word. After reading your post I used Open With in Widnows Explorer and, when prompted to chose a default program, chose the PSP 32bit executable. The Open With dialogue, however, shows it as PSP 64bit. So I went ahead and opened each one of my original test PDF documents using that option.
First, they did invoke PSP 2019 64bit rather than 32bit as originally selected. But more important, PSP 2019 64bit opened each and every one of those documents as individual pages. The smallest one was 6 pages long, one 9 pages, another 29 pages and the largest was 53 pages. It took less than 30 seconds for all of the 53 pages of the largest document to open, including the initial time it took for PSP to recognized how many pages there were. I did originally get a warning that the document was 53 pages long and could take awhile to open all pages if I chose to do so - which I did of course.
Also, unlike what usually happens when you have opened 10 documents in PSP with more waiting, I didn't get a warning after the first 10 pages that loading more could use too much memory. All 53 pages simply loaded within a few seconds. That applies whether I open the PDF from Windows Explorer or from Manage within PSP.
BUT now another oddity. I closed PSP 64bit and opened 32bit, going to the Manage tab. The thumbnail for those PDF files shows the first page of the PDF just as it does with the 64bit version. Selecting the file and going to Edit brings up the warning about the number of pages and I click OK to proceed. But then I get a dialogue saying the file(s) are password protected and requesting a password. These files were never created with password protection. Just clicking OK on that dialogue won't let me open the file. BUT I can type anything I want in the Password dialogue and the file will open as separate pages just like it does in the 64bit version!
So while there is the oddity regarding the password thing in 32bit PSP 2019, both my 32bit and 64bit versions open the various PDF files I originally created. It would be nice to get feedback from others using PSP2019.
