RAVE is Dead

[Lutzgaterr]

I have relied on my old version of Acrobat 4.0 for RAVE for years.
Suddenly, it no longer works. Before I spend countless and I am sure unproductive hours of research and fiddling around, does ANYONE know how to update the RAVE package to utilize the later versions of Adobe? Yea, I am a PDF dummy.
Thanks in advance.

 

[96DiscoSE7]

no way to update the rave cd..... and it is not used by dealers anymore i belive.... sorry dude, but just run on its own old computer, thats what i do, old laptop in the garage... just for rave

 

[Lutzgaterr]

man that blows!
I have swapped other Acrord32.exe files around to no avail.
I have gotten so accostomed to sitting down at the keyboard and fixing issues...
Arrrrrrrggggggg!:banghead:

 

[Dan Erickson]

I thought that the version needed for RAVE (Reader 4.0) was included on the CD.

If you had no reader installed when you run RAVE from the CD, it installs automaticaly (or so I thought).

You could try uninstalling whatever version of Reader you have, then insert the cd and run RAVE and see what happens.

Worth a try.

Dan

 

[marc olivares]

.. sorry dude, but just run on its own old computer, thats what i do, old laptop in the garage... just for rave

LOL that exactly what i do too.
old sony VAIO running, get this, windows 95....:rofl:
this is my RAVE, topo software and OBDII computer.
the silly little 8gb harddrive is packed full.

LOL i have ipods that have more memory/storage than this PC:smilelol:

 

[Jaime]

LOL that exactly what i do too.
old sony VAIO running, get this, windows 95....:rofl:
this is my RAVE, topo software and OBDII computer.
the silly little 8gb harddrive is packed full.

LOL i have ipods that have more memory/storage than this PC:smilelol:

Funny.. I have an old AST laptop in the truck..same setup, Rave, OBD-2, and DeLorme Topo..Win 95. I have to run Topo off CD because of no space on the hard drive.

 

[macklow]

If you kill off all the acrord32.exe processes, whne you fire up Rave it will use the old acrobat reader 4.0 version.

ctrl-shift-esc will pop up the task manager. click on the processes tab and find acrord32.exe, right-click on it and choose "end process"

Then double-click on "rave.sxe" wherever you have it installed, and it should fire up using its own version of Acrobat.

 

[Rover Puppy]

Bruce,

Make a directory on your hard drive and copy the entire RAVE cd to it.

It will install a green oval icon that says "RAVE".

Make sure that the "target" of the icon shortcut links to the RAVE.exe file in whatever directory you created. On my computer it goes to: "C:\Program Files\RAVE\RAVE.exe" because I created a RAVE directory under my program files.

If for some reason the icon didn't create itself, go directly to the RAVE.exe file and right click create shortcut and send it to your desktop.

Click on the icon to open the RAVE program just like you would any other program. (You don't use the disk since you've copied it to your hard drive)

When Acrobat opens it will go looking for the missing file needed to run the RAVE on later Acrobat versions. IT WILL NOT FIND IT, so RAVE won't start.

That's good.

Close it. (Click the "X" in the upper right corner of the Acrobat box)

Click the RAVE icon again, and it will open right up, and work for you just like it used too!!

Best Regards Jamie, Blue, and Angel

Edit:

p.s. Actually it will work much better and faster than it used to because you get rid of the slow cd.

 

[Errant]

I've got the 2nd ed. of the workshop manual as its own pdf (so that I can use it on my Mac). It opens with anything. I can email it, if needed

 

[ptschram]

and it is not used by dealers anymore i belive....

Until GTR goes down and the techs come running to me for my Rave CD

Sometime in the near future, all of the FSMs will be available on CD-R through Classic parts. They should run about $40 each. From SI through LR3. Getting all of them will be mighty expensive, but for what's been promised, it's gonna be well worth it.

PT

 

[Lutzgaterr]

Thanks for the input. I have already tried all of the suggestions:
- wiping out all Adobe via-cntl panel
- Task mgr to kill arcord32 when running earlier versions of Adobe before RAVE start
- wiped RAVE and re-installed
- tried running RAVE from CD

My next step is to locate a download for version 5.0 and this may solve my issue, but I cannot be sure.
Any more input would certainly be welcome.

I will E-mail you about the full PDF version. That would be great.:banghead:

 

[skydiver]

Hey.... I just want to chime in.

I'm currently running acrobat 7 on a fairly new laptop (running WinXP), and I have no problem with the RAVE acrobat v4. I copied the entire CD to a directory on my hard drive and I just run the RAVE.EXE file.

Good luck!
-Tommy

 

[Lutzgaterr]

Certainly it is something on my desktop machine since my other two laptops, both XP Pro with latest Adobe reader running, have no problems at all with RAVE.

So Kristina was kind enough to send me the entire file and now I use Adobe reader to read the manual versus RAVE. It is a workable solution for sure. Plus the features in the newer reader as so much better.

 

[MarkP]

Try the latest beta version of Opera 9.0 It opens pdf files in a browser window. I don't know if it's running the installed Acrobat reader engine or its own embedded version.

It's worth a try.

 

[skydiver]

Try the latest beta version of Opera 9.0 It opens pdf files in a browser window. I don't know if it's running the installed Acrobat reader engine or its own embedded version.

It's worth a try.

Wouldn't work... the RAVE PDF's are encrypted.

-Tommy