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jenookerwalkie Junior Member	posted 10-01-2000 09:43 PM I have Adobe Acrobat, but when I click to read my assigned script and the new window comes up, it is blank. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. (I even downloaded the latest version of Acrobat, but that doesn't seem to work either) Any help would be greatly appreciated. IP: Logged
willis Junior Member	posted 10-01-2000 09:54 PM I had the same problem as above. I downloaded my script (or tried to) and Acrobat 4.0 gave me an "error processing document" message. I'd be happy to read this but I can't and I'm not sure where the problem is. OH, and I tried to decline it just to get moving on this and it wouldn't open the decline confirmation page. Help, please!! And good luck to all. IP: Logged
Ne1butme Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 07:46 AM The File that we are downloading when we click the read button (read_script.asp) doesn't have any information in it. It's an empty file with no links pointing to the script that we need to read. <sigh> IP: Logged
ZilberHere Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 07:51 AM At least you've FOUND the "read" button. No such thing has made itself self-evident to me yet. Perhaps I'm being a tad impatient and all will become clear shortly -- but where, pray tell, did you find this mythical "read" button? IP: Logged
DimitriL Member	posted 10-02-2000 10:16 AM Okay, I finally got through the annoying personal review page (and for those of you wondering, severely truncate your answers in the text fields if you're having a problem proceeding past, say, page 3 or 4 - it may say brief paragraphs in the text, but it's not going to take more than a longish sentence or two). So, my SP is uploaded, I've done the review, and I've finally been assigned a screenplay to review myself, and... You guessed it. Just like for others in this topic, the .asp file delivers up a blank page. It does not trigger a script selection page or Adobe Acrobat or anything else. I say... [ahem] Yeeeeeeeargh! Dimitri IP: Logged
Roxbury24 Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 10:18 AM quote: Originally posted by DimitriL: Okay, I finally got through the annoying personal review page (and for those of you wondering, severely truncate your answers in the text fields if you're having a problem proceeding past, say, page 3 or 4 - it may say brief paragraphs in the text, but it's not going to take more than a longish sentence or two). So, my SP is uploaded, I've done the review, and I've finally been assigned a screenplay to review myself, and... You guessed it. Just like for others in this topic, the .asp file delivers up a blank page. It does not trigger a script selection page or Adobe Acrobat or anything else. I say... [ahem] Yeeeeeeeargh! Dimitri IP: Logged
Roxbury24 Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 10:20 AM I seem to be having the same technical problems as all of you. Now, I can't seem to call up the script I'm supposed to review. This worries me because the guidelines say one's submission will be disqualified if one doesn't do the mandatory three reviews. Does anyone have any suggestions. IP: Logged
theblondewritr Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 03:22 PM "JUMPIN' Jahose-phat! IP: Logged
jenookerwalkie Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 04:33 PM quote: Originally posted by ZilberHere: At least you've FOUND the "read" button. No such thing has made itself self-evident to me yet. Perhaps I'm being a tad impatient and all will become clear shortly -- but where, pray tell, did you find this mythical "read" button? When you login to the website with your user id and password and the screen comes up, on the right side should be your screenplay assignment and below that read / review / decline are written in green. I assume these are to lead you to either read the assigned script, review said script, or decline said script, but I think there are some problems with the link. IP: Logged
buster Member	posted 10-02-2000 04:44 PM Well, I'm having the same problem as you guys now, but it was fine before. I read my first assigned script, reviewed it, and submitted my review. When I went to read script "2", it wouldn't load, though. On my home page the name of the next script I'm supposed to read is there, but it just doesn't load. IP: Logged
bdpit Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 07:38 PM I can't get past confirming my personal review. Now I cant retrieve it to re-submit. Serious software probs with this contest. At least some of you have gotten through to the other end. :-) IP: Logged
Roxbury24 Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 07:42 PM Dear Buster, Since you're the only one who has actually been able to read someone else's script, I have a question for you. When you open it up, can you print the script? I spend so much time at the computer that I like to take my reading to the gym with me. I'm really not looking forward to having to read three scripts straight from the computer screen. I did get to the point where my script was uploaded, my review was accepted and I was assigned a script to read. But, I can't upload the script. IP: Logged
T16Skyhopper Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 10:35 PM Same deal on the blank pages. These error messages occurred within Adobe Acrobat 4.05 on my Macintosh when the document window first appeared and while scrolling down:"There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document (114).""Unable to extract the embedded font 'FJABBF+Courier'. Some characters may not display or print correctly.""There was a problem reading this document (114).""There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document. (114).""There was an error processing a page. Too few operands."And on the Adobe Acrobat site troubleshooting area I found a message board where someone was unable to load a file from an FTP site in either Windows NT or Mac. They mention the dialog box message "There was a problem opening this document. (14)" which may or may not be related to the (114) error number I received in my file. Here's what Adobe's technical support guessed from their case and a related one following it:Cannot open PDF file via FTP Aandi Inston - 02:48am Sep 25, 2000 Pacific (#1 of 3) Generally ["There was a problem opening this document. (14)"] means [THE FILE WAS DAMAGED]. This can happen especially if the upload did not use the "BINARY" or "RAW" option. Never use Text, Ascii or MacBinary options. Aandi Inston Post Message back to top Aandi Inston - 07:17am Sep 15, 2000 Pacific (#1 of 4) One possible cause of the problem is that [THEY MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO EMBED THE FONTS]. This can be checked in their Distiller options. Aandi Inston Post Message back to top IP: Logged
T16Skyhopper Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 10:35 PM Same deal on the blank pages. These error messages occurred within Adobe Acrobat 4.05 on my Macintosh when the document window first appeared and while scrolling down:"There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document (114).""Unable to extract the embedded font 'FJABBF+Courier'. Some characters may not display or print correctly.""There was a problem reading this document (114).""There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document. (114).""There was an error processing a page. Too few operands."And on the Adobe Acrobat site troubleshooting area I found a message board where someone was unable to load a file from an FTP site in either Windows NT or Mac. They mention the dialog box message "There was a problem opening this document. (14)" which may or may not be related to the (114) error number I received in my file. Here's what Adobe's technical support guessed from their case and a related one following it:Cannot open PDF file via FTP Aandi Inston - 02:48am Sep 25, 2000 Pacific (#1 of 3) Generally ["There was a problem opening this document. (14)"] means [THE FILE WAS DAMAGED]. This can happen especially if the upload did not use the "BINARY" or "RAW" option. Never use Text, Ascii or MacBinary options. Aandi Inston Post Message back to top Aandi Inston - 07:17am Sep 15, 2000 Pacific (#1 of 4) One possible cause of the problem is that [THEY MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO EMBED THE FONTS]. This can be checked in their Distiller options. Aandi Inston Post Message back to top IP: Logged
T16Skyhopper Junior Member	posted 10-02-2000 10:49 PM Same deal on the blank pages. These error messages occurred within Adobe Acrobat 4.05 on my Macintosh when the document window first appeared and while scrolling down: "There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document (114)." "Unable to extract the embedded font 'FJABBF+Courier'. Some characters may not display or print correctly." "There was a problem reading this document (114)." "There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document. (114)." "There was an error processing a page. Too few operands." And on the Adobe Acrobat site troubleshooting area I found a message board where someone was unable to load a file from an FTP site in either Windows NT or Mac. They mention the dialog box message "There was a problem opening this document. (14)" which may or may not be related to the (114) error number I received in my file. Here's what Adobe's technical support guessed from their case and a related one following it: Cannot open PDF file via FTP Aandi Inston - 02:48am Sep 25, 2000 Pacific (#1 of 3) Generally ["There was a problem opening this document. (14)"] means [THE FILE WAS DAMAGED]. This can happen especially if the upload did not use the "BINARY" or "RAW" option. Never use Text, Ascii or MacBinary options. Aandi Inston Post Message back to top Aandi Inston - 07:17am Sep 15, 2000 Pacific (#1 of 4) One possible cause of the problem is that [THEY MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO EMBED THE FONTS]. This can be checked in their Distiller options. Aandi Inston Post Message back to top IP: Logged
buster Member	posted 10-02-2000 11:01 PM Yes, you can print the script if you wish. It would be a lot of paper and ink, though. IP: Logged

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