Solved pdf reader/utility for latest Adobe changes

byrnejb

byrnejb

Recently we began to encounter the following message when opening newly revised form obtained from the government:
Please wait...If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDFviewer
may not be able to display this type of document.

You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader for Windows®, Mac, or Linux® by
visiting http://www.adobe.com/go/reader_download.

For more assistance with Adobe Reader visit http://www.adobe.com/go/acrreader.

Windows is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac is a trademark
of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other
countries.
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Every tool that I have tried gives the same message. Acrobat Reader is not, insofar as I am aware, available for FreeBSD. Is there any solution for this?
 
your PDFviewer may not be able to display this type of document.
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Which PDFviewer?

forums.freebsd.org

FreeBSD utility to open and fill pdf forms created in Adobe 8 +

Government pdf forms requiring Adobe 8+ to read and fill are beginning to be distributed. What utilities exist on FreeBSd to handle these?
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org

Duplicate?
What happens if you open it with Firefox?

More:

View PDF files in Firefox or choose another viewer | Firefox Help

You can view PDF files in Firefox with the built-in viewer. You can also choose a different viewer or set Firefox to always ask. Learn more.
support.mozilla.org support.mozilla.org

Firefox's built-in PDF viewer allows you to view almost all PDF files found on the web without an external application (exceptions to this are PDF files with a MIME type incorrectly set).
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Nothing about the version.

What does file your-file.pdf return?
 
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