topic Cannot open ArcReader doc's through ArcCatalog in ArcReader Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689545#M803 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>WIN XP SP2, ArcDesktop 10.0 SP2, ArcReader 10.0 SP2</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dbl-Clicking the published map document (PMF) from ArcCatalog does not open the document in ArcReader.&nbsp; It works through Windows' file manager.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This error is displayed: "Edit Properties Failed" (dialog), "Failed to edit the selected object(s)" (message)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>update: forgot to mention, other documents (e.g. mxd, pdf, txt, etc.) open fine through arccatalog.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:22:48 GMT BruceLang 2011-09-29T16:22:48Z Cannot open ArcReader doc's through ArcCatalog https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689545#M803 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>WIN XP SP2, ArcDesktop 10.0 SP2, ArcReader 10.0 SP2</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dbl-Clicking the published map document (PMF) from ArcCatalog does not open the document in ArcReader.&nbsp; It works through Windows' file manager.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This error is displayed: "Edit Properties Failed" (dialog), "Failed to edit the selected object(s)" (message)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>update: forgot to mention, other documents (e.g. mxd, pdf, txt, etc.) open fine through arccatalog.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:22:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689545#M803 BruceLang 2011-09-29T16:22:48Z Re: Cannot open ArcReader doc's through ArcCatalog https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689546#M804 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I held off doing this due to following message, but I finally added the PMF extension ArcCatalog's "file types."&nbsp; ArcReader PMF's documents can now be opened through ArcCatalog.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Extension In Use</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>"PMF" is a file type used by some Catalog items.&nbsp; If you add this file type, some Catalog items may not work properly. Are you sure you want to continue.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:57:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689546#M804 BruceLang 2011-11-03T15:57:46Z Re: Cannot open ArcReader doc's through ArcCatalog https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689547#M805 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>FYI - Had to do this at version 10.2.2 as well.&nbsp; Note: Must exit and restart ArcCatalog after making the changes.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 May 2015 16:44:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcreader-questions/cannot-open-arcreader-doc-s-through-arccatalog/m-p/689547#M805 BruceLang 2015-05-06T16:44:54Z