Cross platform "work around?"

I've done some searching, so I know the answer to cross platform product transfers is a resounding no. I have a mac and I originally bought CS5 for Windows a few years ago when I had a PC. The PC has since died. It appears there's a few ways mac users can switch between running OSX and Windows on their Macs though. My question is, if you ran the Windows operating system on a Mac, would you be able to install /use a Windows CS5 disc on your mac at that point? Theoretically it would seem possible. Anyone have any experience with this?

Just remember that Virtual machines and machine emulation does not perform as well as running a programs in it native environment. Also some things may not work exactly like the should. If you hace a PC CS5 licence you can upgrade that to Mac Photoshop CS6 standard for $200 or Extended for $400

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I'm looking for some help setting up a cross platform work station with Mac/Windows

I've worked with Mac for all CS Suite programs to date, but now need more power for some publishing/editing work - and would like to keep two computers working back and forth for various parts of projects - and a PC desktop is more affordable for an upgrade to my laptop. Can I work interchangeably between platforms with the CS subscription? What are the drawbacks (file integrity) and any device issues that I may need to deal with?

The Cloud forum is not about using individual programs
The Cloud forum is about the Cloud as a delivery & install process
If you will start at the Forums Index https://forums.adobe.com/welcome
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says All communities) to open the drop down list and scroll

Cross platform work Font issues

What's the best way for a PC user to send me their .FLA file
so that I can continue working on the project WITH the fonts they
were working with? Seems that embedding the fonts is not working.
The font is in the library on the PC. They created their text with
the library font... when it gets to the Mac... I get the prompt:
"One or more fonts used by this movie are not available".
Thanks,
J

You should be able to get this to work. (btw - mac guy :) Is
the Font listed in the Flash 'Library' panel, or are you refering
to the main Font menu, and embedding? I'm uncertain, and perhaps
I'm mistaken.
You can create a Font 'file' the resides in the FLA Library.
Have you tried using the small icon in the upper right corner of
the 'Library' panel, and selecting 'new Font...'? this should
create a complete Font package?

Cross platform CS on PC to CS3 on Mac does not work like video says

Your video on cross platform workflow states that you can import older Premier CS files on a PC into CS3 on a Mac. I tried this and get the message, "this project was saved in a aversion prior to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and cannot be opened on a Mac. Please refer to the User Guide for import options." I guess I have to assume then that the video, www.adobe.com/go/vid0236, is wrong about this? Can someone please explain how I can salvage the work I did 3 years ago on Premiere Pro 1 on a PC when I am now exclusively working on the Mac in CS3?
Thank you.

Ty,
This has come up a few times and the solution is to find a PC CS3 user, who will Open the Project and then Save it in CS3-CS4 for you. I does mean that you'll have to befriend a PC-person, but who knows, maybe you can reciprocate later on. In each previous instance, this workflow, PC to PC to Mac worked perfectly. Note: the same holds for Encore Projects, and there is some PC to PC incompatibilities between very early versions and later versions. I had to Open and Save an Enocre 1.0 Project in CS2, so a CS4 (only) user could then Open in CS4. This stuff happens, and the skip in Mac porting can play a role in it. If I had CS3 on my PC's, I'd do it for you, but CS2 will not hlep you.
I believe that P 6.5 was the last previous version ported for the Mac, until CS3.
Good luck,
Hunt

Can I use Messages in OSX to text with a person on an Android platform? My iPhone works cross platform but I don't get the text in Messages on my desktop with OSX 10.8.2

Does "Messages" in OSX 10.8.2 work cross platform? My daughter has an android phone and I can text with her OK in iOS. However, her texts don't show up on OSX whereas texts from my son, who has an iPhone, work in iOS and OSX.

HI,
The answer is yes and no.
As Barney-15E link says you can get the Messages app to SMS to AIM Buddies. Or rather telephone Numbers as AIM Buddies.
There are limits.
The computer has to be set as if in the United States (System Preferences > Language and Text > Region)
The phone is question has to be on a carrier that supports AIM SMS forwarding which only applies to some US based carriers.
The reason the SMS Messages arriving on the iPhone do not sync is that they are not iMessages (the "No" Part).
I use Messages with the Buddy List Showing.
As a test I have added a made up number as a Buddy and also created a Address Card for it.
So Mousing over the "Buddy" reveal the "Screen Name" which is the phone Number
You have to include the Leading +1 country code as well.
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
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How can I get C3PO's working in the Cross Platform Client

Hi!
I need to know if it is possible to use C3PO's in the GroupWise 7 Cross
Platform Client?
If not, is there some method documented to achieve the same functionality?
Thanks,
Chris

It's even mentioned in the API reference, section "LrView text properties":
height_in_lines : (Read-Only)
    Calculates the minimum height using this as the number of lines
    that should fit. If height_in_lines is set to -1, and width or
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Is there a work around to use two Apple IDs across and iPhone and a MB Pro?

iPhone 5 and Macbook Pro Retina late 2013. iOS 8.1 and Yosemite.
It's a company iPhone and a personal MBP. Phone has an Apple ID associated with company credit card and MBP personal Apple ID with personal credit card.
There is a cross platform issue as you cannot use two Apple IDs in Facetime and Messages. Therefore my iPhone and MBP do not interoperate correctly, for example, a text message in messages on the iPhone will not appear in Messages on the MBP. Similar situation for FaceTime. When you try to enter the second email associated with the second Apple ID on either platform you get "cannot verify because email is already in use".
Any work arounds?
This is something Apple should have really anticipated as iPhones become more widespread in corporate use.

Thank you for your continued interest and research on my behalf on this situation. I was on the phone with Apple support (at no charge) for over an hour yesterday. Becasue I have what they cal a "vintage computer"(7 1/2 years old), there are some additional issues. We thought it was solved at teh end of the phone call but aparently it was not. I am going to call them now and see what else can be done. I will keep you posted.
Thanks again.

Cross platform, multiple versions, multiple architectures.

I am fairly new to Illustrator plugin development. I played around with the ADM on the Windows side and got that working. Then realized we needed to build a plugin to run on Mac. And although the SDK says you can target multiple platforms in the PiPL, it never really worked right.
Now I'm working on Mac with Xcode. I'm running CS5. Some of the machines I'm developing for are running CS4. I've tried building the samples from the CS5 SDK and they work on my machine great. When I build the CS4 SDK samples the tester can't load the plugin. (LiveDropShadow). Do you think it is the version of Xcode? I targeted the right OS version... made sure of that.
So next question.. can I build/deploy the same Flex UI in CS4 and CS5? Any tips/suggestions?
thanks,
Will

You can absoultely hit both CS4 & CS5, Mac & PC -- we do! Hell, we used to hit CS3, CS4 and CS5
Your problem with CS5 & CS4 is probably that you're using a suite version that is only available in CS5. When Adobe updates a suite, they still make the old version available, but the headers will always use the version that shipped with their Illustrator by default (makes sense). So, for example, the Art Suite might be version 14 in CS4 and 15 in CS5. If you use the CS5 headers, kArtSuiteVersion is 15, but 15 doesn't exist in CS4.
Its easy to see if that's the problem -- add a message if AcquireSuite fails and have it print out the suite & version that failed. If that's the case, you'll just need to look at the CS4 SDK and figure out what version it shipped with (likely one less than you requested!). If you're not using anything added in the CS5 version, just switch the types & version requested to the CS4 one and after a recompile, you should be fine. Of course, this may repeat for several suites It might be faster to look at what suites you're requesting and then just check each one. A fast way is to look in the legacy folder -- if theres an AI140*.h version of your suite, that means it was updated in CS5, and you'll run into this problem.
As for the ADM, well, we had the same experience. That's why we switched to Qt. There are undoubtedly other cross-platform toolkits you could use, but that one will work (albeit with some work). The next version of Illustrator won't even have the ADM in it, so its definitely wise to avoid the ADM at this point.
I'm not too familliar with Flex, but I believe you can hit CS4 & CS5 with the same UI. I'm not the one to answer that unfortunately, as we don't use Flex. There's another thread from the last week that discussed the finer points of 3rd party vs Flash UI that you might find useful. It should be one or two down from this one in the thread list.
Good luck!

Cross-Platform video

Is there a work around to use WMV files when creating a
projector for a PC when working in Director for Mac? I'm trying to
create a projector for distribution via CD-Rom that won't require
the end user to download a third party application (ie. Quicktime)
to view video files.

Thanks for your help Sean. I decided to go with Flash because
I'll need it for other things in the future. The video works great,
but I'm having problems with playback controls. I posted another
topic about this, but here's a copy of what I was asking.
>I'm creating a cross-platform projector to be distributed
via cd-rom. I bought flash 8 so i could use the on2 vp6 codec for
the video in my projector. I downloaded the update for Director
10.1.1 with the flash 8 asset xtra, and the video is working fine.
My only problem is I can't get any playback controls. I read in the
flash 8 xtra addendum that it can't support the version 2
components of which the flvplayback component is a part. Is there a
way of getting around this and using the flvplayback component or
can I create my own playback component that will work in Director?
The video is 8 min. and I need at least play/pause and hopefully
scrubbing. I am fairly new to director and brand new to Flash, I
don't have much experience in scripting, but I can figure it out if
I need to. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cross platform program

I'm trying to design a program that could be used on both OSX and WinXP and my thought is to go for Java. My friend wants to use C++ so my question is.. will the C++ code that works on windows compile in Xcode and work?

Hi--
You'd need to do some extra work to get the C++ code to work on both platforms. There are a couple of cross-platform frameworks that you could use. I've never used any however, so I don't really know which are the good ones. You can try wxWidgets for free, so that might be a good place to start.
It might also be possible to keep the user interface code separate from the code that does the actual work. If so, you could make a Mac OS X GUI while your friend makes the Windows GUI.
There's also a product called REALbasic that can build applications for Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, Windows and Linux. In order to get the cross-platform abilities, you'd need to get the Professional edition, which isn't cheap. I have used its Windows compiler just to see if it worked (it did), but I haven't really tried anything very complex with it. They have a limited time demo you can download it and try it out.
The biggest drawback I see with it is that the built apps are really big, around a couple of megabytes for the simplest applications. On the other hand, I find it indispensable for certain kinds of applications (mostly database front ends).
Or you could use Java, but since I don't really know anything about it, I'll leave it up to someone else to comment on that.
charlie

BO 4.1 SP3 WebI section space Issue - Work around

System:
SAP BO 4.1 SP3 Update
Windows 2008 R2 Std x64 Edition SP1
Universe - Single Source UNX
We upgraded from SP2 to SP3 recently and while working on the WebI report, I noticed that WebI reports with Section creates big spaces between sections and the table block. There is a setting to adjust the Top header vs actual section header space using Format Section. But in the View Mode, there will be lot of space between table blocks due to the Section boundary.
So, I read web articles and tried couple of options but in vain. But the following work around helped me to overcome this issue !!
I tried to create it from a new 'Add report' in the same WebI report, so that I can reuse my earlier tables/cross tabs etc.
1. At the bottom of the WebI report Right click the tab -> Add report -> In the new sheet go to Report Elements -> Section -> Insert Section and select the object from the UNX.
2. A new section is created.
3. Now check whether you can adjust the section size manually. If yes, then copy the Header content / table blocks from the problematic tab to this new tab;
4. You can use the newly created section report for other problematic report tabs.
The above steps are work around ONLY.
For me it looks like a SAP Product bug. If anyone else had similar issue please post your comments !!
Thanks,
Chithresh

Are you also having issues with merged dimensions that are used on the sections?
I've had to unmerge, merge, and create the section again. It throws an error if I don't do that.

PDF with special characters (é, ñ) needs to be legible cross-platform(mac & pc)

I am using Illustrator to design a PDF. Because it's in Spanish, accent marks and other special characters are needed (á, ñ).
When I export the PDF from the ai file and view it on my mac it looks fine. However, when I open it on a pc some of the special characters are completely missing.
I tried Creating Outlines with the text, although it will make it harder to update in the future and so less preferable to leaving the text editable. Creating Outlines works fine on the mac, however on the pc the L's appear thicker than they actually are.
Does anyone know how to make special characters legible cross-platform when creating a PDF using Illustrator?
Thanks!!

Does anyone know how to make special characters legible cross-platform when creating a PDF using Illustrator?
Yes. You use a correct OpenType font that has the glyphs in the place where they belong and can be embedded without limitations. Older TrueType or PostScript fonts are simply unsuitable as are fonts that cannot be emebdded and require to be installed locally. It all comes down to system language settings vs. the unified environment inside acrobat. This also requires any PDF to be created on systems with the language settings correct in the first place, i.e. creating Spanish text with a Japanese version of AI would be pretty desastrous due to how foreign language fonts are accessed... check these things and then try again. If possible, enforce embedding of the full font in the PDF settings, not just a subset and choose a suitable font.
Mylenium

How to make cross platform screensavers

I work on an Imac on os X. I need to make screensavers for
cross platform (win/mac) distribution. I have flash 8 pro. Is there
any viable solution cheaper than the $200 for "Iscreensaver" or
$300 for "screentime" softwares? Failing that, does anyone have a
preference between the two? do you know if they allow flash
interactivity or just animation?
thanks in advance
Bob

chakradude wrote:
> I work on an Imac on os X. I need to make screensavers
for cross platform
> (win/mac) distribution. I have flash 8 pro. Is there any
viable solution
> cheaper than the $200 for "Iscreensaver" or $300 for
"screentime" softwares?
> Failing that, does anyone have a preference between the
two? do you know if
> they allow flash interactivity or just animation?
Unfortunately there is no choices for you when comes to MAC.
Windows has over
30 really good screensaver tools, some of which very capable
and totally free.
Myself do not use Mac but friends who do, use the
"screentime" as preferred tool.
Check the features, see what you need and which tools deliver
what you looking
for than pick the winner :)
Best Regards
Urami
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If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

What's a good cross-platform choice?

Hey,
I use LE and GB, but I would like to have any suggestions about a good cross-platform program that I could use to do some collaborations with a friend who is stuck with a Windows-based system for now.
Anyone?

If you want a DAW that is cross platform, you have the choice between Cubase, ProTools and Live. Cubase is probably the most Logic-like but considering the full-of-bugs reputation it has, I'd stay away from it. ProTools is great but you'll need dedicated hardware. That left us with the last but not the least: Live. Altough people think this is a loopy, djing kind-of-software, it's a pretty good DAW by itself, even if you're working in a more traditionnal, linear way. I used to do the bulk of my composition work with Logic and do the audio edition with ProTools. Now, the more I use Live, the more I don't use the other two anymore. And believe me, even if that asks you to think differently at the beginning, it gets very addictive!

Can I use RMAN transportable database cross platform from 10g to 11g?

Hi,
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Can I use RMAN transportable database for this purpose?
Coz I have read the restrictions on Cross-Platform Transportable Database, but it does not mention whether it can work for different version of database.
please help.

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