Acrobat Mac OS background process saps CPU

I have had a background process on my Mac OS (Mountain Lion and Mavericks) that occassionally shows up. I find it via Apple's Activity Monitor and see it on the CPU tab, and sorted by CPU Time it shows up near the top.
I think it has more to do with Acrobat Pro X (maybe 9 as well), since I haven't seen it while just using Acrobat Pro XI (yet!).
Anyway, the process is called "Acrobat and Adobe Reader" in the listing, with an icon that looks like the Adobe Acrobat updater, the one with the rotating arrow on it. This process will start up at some point, and then it will never quit on its own.
While it runs, it uses up immense amounts of CPU cycles (in the CPU histogram it is the red area that grows higher than 60% of the activity), and consequently other operations get starved, and it makes the CPU run harder and hotter.
The only way I have been able to get it to stop is to select it in the Processes list and call it to quit.
Anyone else run into this? Is there any way to keep it from coming up?
Thank!

Hi pathblaster,
Please refer the following KB to diable autoupdater for Acrobat : http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-automatic-updates-acrobat-reader.html
Alternatively you can install the updates manually from : http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh

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http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/50a6f5e8-8164-2b10-7ca4-b5089df76b33?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true&36837934524320
Thanks in advance for your assistance,
Brad Hood
06-26-14
OK.. I did some more investigating on this today. I have found out when I move the sub report that generates the error under another sub report, the sub report in question runs without issue. But when I try and move the sub report that produces the error above any other sub report, the error still generates. Can this get any weirder.... FYI.. there is a total of ten sub reports on this report.

Hi Brad
I'm not sure that Modules would show us anything in this case, so let's try a few other things:
1) Make sure you are using SP 1 for Crystal Reports Basic Runtime for Visual Studio:
Crystal Reports for VS 2005 and VS 2008 Updates & Runtime Downloads
2) Seeing as this works on dev, this may be some db inconsistency so enabling the report option "Verify on 1st Print" will be a good idea.
3) Double check the database client and make sure the same client is used on dev and deployed systems. Actually I take back my Modules negative as this is where it may prove useful. Once you have the Modules logs, look at who is loading the crpe32.dll, then look at that process and see the client dlls.
4) Check the printer driver; see if there are any updates. Try a different printer driver.
Ten subreports is not too bad, though not that good either as you are loading the report engine with at minimum 11 simultaneous reports (each subreport is considered to be a report). If a subreport is in a details section and the details section returns a 100 records, you are running 100 + 1 reports. This may lead to memory issues, which may lead to the error.
If I was a betting man, I'd put most of my money on the printer driver (based on your last addition to your post). What ever money I had left would go to some database issue (be it actual data or client related).
- Ludek
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Background Processing? how schedule job for "System Error" Message .

Hello everyone,
in sap help i have read.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/5a/f72040599a8f5ce10000000a155106/frameset.htm
PCK> Monitoring>Message Monitoring-->Background Processing
you can schedule jobs for various background processing:
●     Archiving of messages processed successfully
●     Deletion of messages that are not to be archived
●     Restarting of messages with errors
●     Rescheduling of lost messages
can anyone understand this docu?
give me some introduction, how can i define and schedule these jobs ?
thx in advance!!
best regards
Yaning

Background Processing
Prerequisites
You have started the message monitor on the initial screen of the PCK and are in Background Processing.
Features
Archiving
You require two archiving sessions to archive messages:
●     One session to write the messages to the archive
●     One session to delete the persisted messages that have been archived
To do this, you schedule an archiving job, which implicitly schedules the sessions to write to the archive and delete the archived messages.
You can define one or more rules for each archiving job; these rules contain conditions that a message must meet in order to be archived by the job. At least one of the defined rules must be met for archiving to take place.
All information that is displayed for a message in message monitoring is archived, in addition to the audit log for each message.
Deleting
A standard delete job is created automatically. It runs once a day. You can schedule additional delete jobs; however, you cannot define rules for them.
Restarting
Instead of restarting messages with errors manually with message monitoring, you can schedule a job to automatically restart these messages. This is possible for all messages for which the number of defined restart attempts has been exceeded (messages with the system error status).
You can define one or more rules for each job to restart messages; these rules contain conditions that a message must meet in order to be restarted by the job. At least one of the defined rules must be met for archiving to take place.
Rescheduling
A standard job to reschedule messages is created automatically. The job runs once a day and ensures that messages lost as a result of database failure, for example, are rescheduled. You can schedule additional rescheduling jobs; however, you cannot define rules for them.
Thx Aamir.
But I mean the messages with errors in Adapter Engine , not in Intergrations Engine.
the situation is like Naveen Pandrangi's WebLog
II. Errors in Adapter Engine [XI : How to Re-Process failed XI Messages Automatically|XI : How to Re-Process failed XI Messages Automatically]
I
Till now we have seen how to resubmit/restart message that failed in Integration Engine. One a message makes it from Integration Engine to Adapter Engine, the message is flagged as checked in Integration Engine. The status of the message in Adapter engine does not effect the processed state in Integration Engine. Now if this message was asynchronous, XI will by default try to restart the message 3 times at intervals of 5 minutes before the status of the message is changed from Waiting to System Error .
*how can i schedule a job to automatically restart these messages with errors?
best regards
Yaning
Edited by: Yaning Liu on Aug 18, 2008 1:43 PM

Background processing needed...

iWeb needs to background process.
Each shape/rollover/png/navbar/image-resize file needs to be generated as you make it, or in the background if you're working fast. Every time you alter the item's size or appearance on the iWeb page, it should regenerate it, but if you don't alter the item it leaves the generated file untouched. Moving the item on the iWeb page should not alter the already generated file. Altering plain text on a page should not change anything, only the html file.
There should be an info page like iDVD informing you of background encoding status. You can however save at any time (like iDVD).
When you come to publish, it should generate all other items that have changed or not yet been background encoded (as it does now).
Next time you open iWeb to work on it, all encoding is all up to date (as it did it all prior to publish), so any items that have not been changed should be untouched, and only new items need to be encoded and hence published.
That way, only changed items are generated, not the whole shebang. Thus saving everybody's wasted time and effort in uploading/finding changed files etc.
It should be perfectly possible as iWeb has an undo and a restore feature, so it is already keeping track of changes all the time.
What do you think, will this be in iWeb 1.2, iWeb 2.0, or Web Studio Pro 1.0 ?
Michael
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Hi,
This is the F1 documentation for calling a FM in Update task
Flags the function module func for execution in the update task. It is not executed at once, but the data passed with EXPORTING or TABLES is placed in a database table and a subsequent COMMIT WORK then causes the function module to be executed by the update task.
This is the F1 documentation for calling a FM in background task
Flags the function module func to be run asynchronously. That is, it is not executed at once. Instead, the data passed using EXPORTING or TABLES is placed in a database table and the next COMMIT WORK executes it in another work process.
Hope this helps
Regards,
San

BACKGROUND PROCESSING, REPORT NOT LOADING, "OBJECT NOT SET TO INSTANCE..."

Post Author: thecoffeemachine
CA Forum: .NET
I already posted this message in other Web sites, but I am almost getting crazy here and I need help:
HI:
The Web application I am testing was having several issues related to loading Crystal Reports. It was fixed and I do not know which of the 1000 things I did to fix it; but now it began, again, to have the same behavior after I had a conflict with another Web site that was in the same server.
The thing is that I had another virtual directory where resided a copy of the same Web app. for testing purposes/working with the Visual Studio. The reports were loading all fine, very fast, all perfect... And suddenly the assemblies of one Web site and the other began to "blend" together and..... well the same behaviors appeared again. I tried to copy the last stable backup and rebuild the Web app... but it did not work.
At the very first time that one requests the report, it shows without problem. At the second time it shows an error message related to "cannot submit to background processing", and sometimes "object not set to an instance.." ... and on the third time it just never shows up and the app. becomes unresponsive. I have to close the window and request the Web site again in another browser window. If I wish to see the report again I have to wait for hours until it shows it.
I am using Visual Studio 2003 and the Crystal Report version that was shipped with that Visual Studio version. I am working with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Below is the VB code:
    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load             Me.SqlConnection1.Open()
       Me.SqlSelectCommand1.Parameters("@CourseCode").Value = Request.QueryString("CD")         Me.SqlSelectCommandReferences.Parameters("@CourseCode").Value = Request.QueryString("CD")         Me.SqlSelectCommandTextbook.Parameters("@CourseCode").Value = Request.QueryString("CD")         Me.SqlSelectCommandObjectives.Parameters("@CourseCode").Value = Request.QueryString("CD")         Me.SqlSelectCommandTopicData.Parameters("@CourseCode").Value = Request.QueryString("CD") Me.SqlSelectCommandCourseOutcomes.Parameters("@CourseCode").Value = Request.QueryString("CD")
        Me.SqlDataAdapterMainData.Fill(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1, "procWebSelectCourseSyllabusData")         Me.SqlDataAdapterReferences.Fill(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1, "procWebSelectCourseReferenceData")         Me.SqlDataAdapterTextBook.Fill(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1, "procWebSelectCourseTextbookData")         Me.SqlDataAdapterObjectives.Fill(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1, "procWebSelectCourseObjectivesData")         Me.SqlDataAdapterTopicData.Fill(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1, "procWebSelectCourseTopicData")
Me.SqlDataAdapterCourseOutcomes.Fill(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1, "procWebSelectCourseOutcomes")
        Dim myExportOptions As CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportOptions         Dim myDiskFileOptions As CrystalDecisions.Shared.DiskFileDestinationOptions         Dim myExportFile As String         Dim myReport As New ABETFormat         myReport.SetDataSource(Me.DtsSyllabusCompleteData1)
        myExportFile = "C:UNTempPDF" & Session.SessionID.ToString & ".pdf"         myDiskFileOptions = New CrystalDecisions.Shared.DiskFileDestinationOptions         myDiskFileOptions.DiskFileName = myExportFile         myExportOptions = myReport.ExportOptions
        With myExportOptions             .DestinationOptions = myDiskFileOptions             .ExportDestinationType = .ExportDestinationType.DiskFile             .ExportFormatType = .ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat         End With
        myReport.Export()
        Response.ClearContent()         Response.ClearHeaders()         Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
        Response.WriteFile(myExportFile)         Response.Flush()         Response.Close()         System.IO.File.Delete(myExportFile)         Me.SqlConnection1.Close()
    End Sub
I already have tried moving the Crystal Reports dll´s to the bin directory. ..... I have tried calling the Garbage Collector at page unload...I also have checked, inside the report, that the database is "up to date"... ... recycling the worker process of the IIS... etc...
I see that, in debbuging mode inside the Visual Studio, when the page loads the debbuging window shows a message notifying that the symbols related to the Crystal Reports dll's could not be loaded.
Should I need to modify the default properties of the database? I checked "database is case insensitive", "use indexes or server for speed".. I have tried checking and unchecking the box "performing grouping on server"
Oh by the way, my report has about 4 subreports in it. Each report loaded shows 1 or 2 pages.
ANY HELP WILL BE EXTREMELY APPRECIATED....
MMS

See [Crystal Reports For Visual Studio 2005 Walkthroughs|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/index?rid=/library/uuid/2081b4d9-6864-2b10-f49d-918baefc7a23&overridelayout=true] article, page 107 and on for details on how to use Crystal reports in session.
Ludek

Error: The request could not be submitted for background processing

I'm getting an intermittent error in our custom reporting application using Crystal Reports Server XI R2 w/ SP1:
Error in File C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{F6D30537-956A-458C-96D0-84ECB520D688}.rpt: The request could not be submitted for background processing.
I'm using the Report Application Server XI Release 2 .NET SDK. This is the code that produces the exception (The export type is pdf):
ByteArray ba = this.reportClientDocument.PrintOutputController.Export(ConvertExportReportTypeToCrystalReportExportType(),0);
The error is also logged by Business Objects in the crystalras log file:
ErrorLog 2007 12 3 12:24:56.531 6624 4872 (\servers\ras\dtsagent\reporthandler.cpp:11592): CReportHandler::buildReportViewerError: CSResultException thrown. ErrorSrc:"CRPE" FileName:"\servers\ras\dtsagent\reporthandler.cpp" LineNum:11588 ErrorCode:685 ErrorMsg:" Error in File C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{F6D30537-956A-458C-96D0-84ECB520D688}.rpt:
The request could not be submitted for background processing." DetailedErrorMsg:""
This has been happening regularly about once a week, at which point the RAS fails and no more reports can be run until the CMS and RAS servers have been restarted.
Has anyone else had this problem, or have any ideas?
Thanks

It was not a bug (not in all cases anyhow), but it is one of those error message that might as well say; something went wrong. I wrote an article on the most likely cases for the error and the article can be downloaded from here;
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/50a6f5e8-8164-2b10-7ca4-b5089df76b33
See if the above article will help you out. Please note that having the latest SP / FP is step one. The downloads page is here;
http://service.sap.com/sap/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm
Ludek
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Request could not be submitted for background processing

Using Crystal Reports XI R2
 Using Visual Studio .NET 2005
 
 Here's the scenario. The client goes to run a report and specifies the filters they want for the report. We load a pre-built rpt with no saved data and pass the filters in to the report via the parameters. We then generate and export the report to another rpt file with saved data using the PULL method from the report itself. When the viewer wants to view the report the file (with saved data) is copied locally to the web server and the CrystalReportViewer control is pointed at the rpt with the saved data in it. In almost every case the reports come up fine and display in the viewer no problem. The error above (Request could not be submitted for background processing) tends to show itself in the CrystalReportViewer control whenever the report has large amounts of data (like 8 megs worth). I've tried everything I can find on this issue including the steps listed in the white paper for this issue.
 
 So just to be clear on the steps taken:
 1)If I take the saved rpt and open it in Crystal Reports itself then it works fine.
 2)If I point to the rpt with the CrystalReportViewer control in my development environment it works fine.
 3)I've run Process Monitor and there were a couple of access denied messages to one of the HKLM registry keys but I modified the permissions so those went away but the problem still remained
 4)As far as I can tell the report has no design issues. Nothing runs over any edges, no overlapping of any kind, the Font itself exists on the machine in question.
 5)Its not a dataset problem since the report is using the PULL method to generate itself plus the rpt with saved data is correctly generated its just showing the above error when trying to view it in the control.
 6)The client is using a WIndows 2003 server, with 4 Quad Core processors and 8 gigs of RAM and 100 gigs of hard drive space remaining (so hardware is not an issue)
 7)In code the ReportDocument object is inside a using statement (C# .NET) and only exist for the brief period needed to create the rpt with saved data. So they are getting closed and disposed of correctly. Also as pointed out above the rpt with saved data is already being generated correctly its just not displaying in the control.
 
 So to recap on a web server used by multiple people whenever a user tries to view a saved rpt file that has a large amount of data using the CrystalReportViewer control the error above tends to get generated even though the vast majority of the reports do display. I'm at a loss for what else to try to make the report display correctly in the control. Any thoughts would be helpful.

Make sure you are using SP6:
https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100015859952009E/crxir2win_sp6.exe
Runtime
msm:
https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100000634042010E/crxir2sp6_net_mm.zip
msi:
https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100000633302010E/crxir2sp6_net_si.zip
Other than that, I'd consider installing the CR designer - as a test, on the user machine and see if the designer can open the report.
Ludek

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