New Instance For Each Opened PDF File

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itelect01
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New Instance For Each Opened PDF File

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When my application runs it creates multiple PDF files. FlexiPDF 2022 opens each PDF file in it's own instance. None of these instances know about the others, so I cannot combine them into one file. The only option seems to be saving a single file from each instance and combining them manually which is very time consuming. How do I stop FlexiPDF from starting a new instance for each file, and open them in the same session to work with them?
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Re: New Instance For Each Opened PDF File

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Thank you for your post, but currently this feature is not available. I have forwarded this improvement suggestion...
GuernseyMan
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Re: New Instance For Each Opened PDF File

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I must admit I was very surprised that multiple pdfs didn't open in tabs in the same instance. That almost seems like a standard feature in all the other readers/editors that I've tried.
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GuernseyMan wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:25 am I must admit I was very surprised that multiple pdfs didn't open in tabs in the same instance. That almost seems like a standard feature in all the other readers/editors that I've tried.
The versions of Acrobat and Adobe Reader that I'm using don't open new documents in tabs. Each opens in a separate window -- and I would not want it to be any other way. I'm old-fashioned. I have never understood the current obsession with tabbed applications.

Note to SoftMaker: If you intend to add this "feature," please be certain to make it an option that users can choose or opt out of, because to some of us it is NOT a feature, it's an annoyance.
Guuz
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Still no tabs!!!!
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Re: New Instance For Each Opened PDF File

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Yes, but I have forwarded this improvement suggestion.
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+1 for ability to default to opening pdfs in one window. Make that +10 at least. I'm starting to curse the app every time I have to go through the multiple windows business. I open files by doubleclicking in my file manager, or having them open automatically when a pdf is created.

Please, please, please give us the option. If I wanted to use Acrobat, I'd be using Acrobat.
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Re: New Instance For Each Opened PDF File

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This feature is already implemented in FlexiPDF 2025.

“The new version of FlexiPDF opens several documents at the same time and displays them in tabs – just like you know it from SoftMaker Office or your web browser.

This keeps you on top of your documents.”
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