Embedding DWF Files: Do You Need New a CAB?

When embedding DWF files in a webpage, part of the embed code checks to see if the person viewing the webpage has Design Review installed on the computer. If not, the embed code automatically downloads and installs Design Review using a CAB file.

If you use this functionality, you may have noticed that the auto-installed CAB file hasn’t been updated recently. The embed code installs Design Review 2009, instead of the most recent version, Design Review 2011.

 
Using the Comments section below, please let us know:

1. How many of your customers are affected by this issue?
2. What revenue impact has this issue had to your company?
3. How important is an updated CAB file to your application?

As always, we appreciate your input!

Thank you.

Comments

[Merle]

Obviously, this topic doesn't generate much interest. It seems like it would for corporate environments where it's nice to be able to attempt to control the version being used within the corporation by hosting the CAB file locally. Though it's a wonderful thing to point to the AutoDesk site for the most up-to-date version, I'm always a bit nervous when new versions come out and they may not be compatible with other software (other than AutoDesk, that is) that's in place and which relies on the viewer.

Maybe it's passe to try to maintain that integrity and stability, but I always thought it saved our company money by "just working" so the users didn't have to worry about it or take their precious time to mess with installs, etc.

To rant a bit (gently, I hope), it always seems a bit difficult to find information on the whole embed codebase method. The last posted on this blog was in 2006, I think, and I don't know whether what's posted there even still works. A search for "CAB" or "codebase" in the AutoDesk Design Review KB yields not one result.

Not sure I can answer your questions specifically, but:

1) 300-some individual users/month according to internal site stats. Obviously, it only affects them when they first hit the site or there's a new version release.
2) No idea
3) See above.

Merle