R help - Aug 2013 - force pdf()

Hi

is there a way to generate a pdf, e.g. pdf("test.pdf"), even if the
file
"test.pdf" is open? (e.g. with acrobat)

i.e. I would have to close "test.pdf" in the viewer without any user 
interaction, than override the file and maybe open it again.

thx
Christof

On 14/08/2013 11:23, Christof Klu? wrote:
> Hi
>
> is there a way to generate a pdf, e.g. pdf("test.pdf"), even if
the file
> "test.pdf" is open? (e.g. with acrobat)
>
> i.e. I would have to close "test.pdf" in the viewer without any
user
> interaction, than override the file and maybe open it again.
>
> thx
> Christof
This is not an R question, and depends on your unstated OS and precisely 
how it was opened by the viewer.

R behaves just like any other standards-conformant C program in this 
respect.  For Acrobat, ask Adobe, and so on.  For Acrobat Reader the 
three OSes I use regularly all behave differently, and other PDF viewers 
behave differently from Acrobat Reader.

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Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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Hi,

this is not a problem of R it is a problem of the pdf viewer.

Solution: just use an alternative pdf viewer like gsview or (even 
simpler) SumatraPDF.

Hope it helps

Thomas P.