topic ArcReader will not open .pmf unless ArcMap is running. in ArcReader Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/arcreader-will-not-open-pmf-unless-arcmap-is/m-p/593875#M719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>We are experiencing an issue with ArcReader in so much as unless there is an instance of ArcMap running, we get an 'unknown error' when opening the .pmf.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The ArcMap instance just has to be running, even just a blank unsaved map, it doesent have to be the .mxd of the published map.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We are running the published .pmf over our 2X network and it has worked faultlessly for over 12 months without issue. We have performed testing by both publishing and packaging a local copy of the .mxd to rule out an issue with 2X but as before even with a local .pmf or local packaged .pmf, unless an instance of ArcMap is running we get the same unknown error.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>We have also tested in the same way using different builds of ArcReader just to try and rule out a versioning issue but again we get the same unknown error response.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Has anyone else had this issue?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dean</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Senergy Survey and GeoEngineering</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:49:58 GMT DeanSanders 2012-06-25T20:49:58Z ArcReader will not open .pmf unless ArcMap is running. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/arcreader-will-not-open-pmf-unless-arcmap-is/m-p/593875#M719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>We are experiencing an issue with ArcReader in so much as unless there is an instance of ArcMap running, we get an 'unknown error' when opening the .pmf.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The ArcMap instance just has to be running, even just a blank unsaved map, it doesent have to be the .mxd of the published map.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We are running the published .pmf over our 2X network and it has worked faultlessly for over 12 months without issue. We have performed testing by both publishing and packaging a local copy of the .mxd to rule out an issue with 2X but as before even with a local .pmf or local packaged .pmf, unless an instance of ArcMap is running we get the same unknown error.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>We have also tested in the same way using different builds of ArcReader just to try and rule out a versioning issue but again we get the same unknown error response.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Has anyone else had this issue?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dean</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Senergy Survey and GeoEngineering</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:49:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/arcreader-will-not-open-pmf-unless-arcmap-is/m-p/593875#M719 DeanSanders 2012-06-25T20:49:58Z