PDF X-Change Viewer

PDF-XChange Viewer was last updated in Dec. 2018. Since then, the vendor has replaced it with PDF-XChange Editor. It is a freemium product. “More than 70% of the features in PDF-XChange Editor do not require a license to use.” Even without the licensed features, the product goes substantially beyond the features of Viewer or Acrobat Reader. The user can “Hide all licensed features from toolbars and menus.” (Preferences > Registration). There are several download versions for Editor, but the Editor Portable Version is probably the best one to use with POL.

The last version of Editor on WineHQ is 8.0.343.0:

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=39697

It has a platinum rating. The vendor released the Windows version of 8.0.343.0 in Nov. 2020.

PDF-XChange Viewer was last updated in Dec. 2018. Since then, the vendor has replaced it with PDF-XChange Editor. It is a freemium product. “More than 70% of the features in PDF-XChange Editor do not require a license to use.” Even without the licensed features, the product goes substantially beyond the features of Viewer or Acrobat Reader. The user can “Hide all licensed features from toolbars and menus.” (Preferences > Registration). There are several download versions for Editor, but the Editor Portable Version is probably the best one to use with POL.

The last version of Editor on WineHQ is 8.0.343.0. It has a platinum rating. The vendor released the Windows version of 8.0.343.0 in Nov. 2020.

PDF-XChange Viewer 2.5 build 322 works fine using manual install on Playonlinux. with wine 5.0 configured as windows 7.

No glitches and all tools and features seem to work OK

Thanks for getting this to work. I use it's OCR capabilities to extract text from image PDF's.

Best wishes

Tasmedic.

@@ -1,87 +1,61 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Date                      : 2017-04-18 11:16 UTC
-# Last revision             : 2017-04-18 11:16 UTC
-# Wine version used         : 2.0
-# Distribution used to test : Linux Mint 17.3
-# Author                    : jadedcyborg
-
-if [[ -z "$PLAYONLINUX" ]]; then
-    >&2 echo "PlayOnLinux environment not present"
-    exit 1
-fi
+#!/usr/bin/env playonlinux-bash
+# Date : (2015-03-07)
+# Last revision : (2021-04-12)
+# Wine version used : 5.0.4
+# Distribution used to test : Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon
+# Author : see changelog
+# PlayOnLinux : 4.3.4
+#
+# CHANGELOG
+# [Yaotl] (2021-04-09)
+#   Completely revised.
+# [jadedcyborg] (2017-04-18)
+#   Completely revised.
+# [edgimar] (2019-05-10)
+#   First script.
+
+
+[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
 source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
 
 TITLE="PDF-XChange Viewer"
-VENDOR="Tracker Software Products"
-VENDOR_URL="http://www.tracker-software.com"
-AUTHOR="jadedcyborg"
 PREFIX="pdfxcview"
-WINE_VERSION="2.0"
-INSTALLER_URL="http://downloads.pdf-xchange.com/PXCViewer_x86.msi"
-INSTALLER_ARCH="x86"
-INSTALLER_OS=("win7" "sp1")
-EXE_NAME="PDFXCview.exe"
-
-MSG_BROWSE="$(eval_gettext "Please select the setup file to run.")"
-MSG_WAIT="$(eval_gettext "Please wait while \$TITLE is installed.")"
-MSG_SUCCESS="$(eval_gettext "\$TITLE has been successfully installed.")"
-MSG_FAILURE="$(eval_gettext "An unknown error occured, error code %d.")"
-MSG_ARCH_MENU="$(eval_gettext "Select the architecture of the setup file.")"
-MSG_UNKNOWN_FILEXT="$(eval_gettext "Unknown setup file extension. Must be '.exe' or '.msi'.")"
+WINEVERSION="5.0.4"
+DOWNLOAD_URL="https://downloads.pdf-xchange.com/PDFXVwer.exe"
+#MD5_CHECKSUM=""
+EXE_NAME="PDFXVwer.exe"
 
 POL_SetupWindow_Init
+POL_SetupWindow_SetID 2273
 POL_Debug_Init
-POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"
 
-__finish() {
-    declare -ri code=${1:-0}
-    shift
-    POL_System_TmpDelete
-    if ((code == 0)); then
-        POL_SetupWindow_message "$MSG_SUCCESS" "$TITLE"
-    else
-        POL_Debug_Fatal "${1:-"$(printf "$MSG_FAILURE" $code)"}" "$TITLE"
-    fi
-    POL_SetupWindow_Close
-    exit $code
-}
-
-POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$VENDOR" "$VENDOR_URL" "$AUTHOR" "$PREFIX"
-POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DOWNLOAD"
- 
-if [[ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "LOCAL" ]]; then
-    POL_SetupWindow_browse "$MSG_BROWSE" "$TITLE"
-    INSTALLER="$APP_ANSWER"
-    POL_SetupWindow_menu "$MSG_ARCH_MENU" "$TITLE" "x86~amd64" "~"
-    INSTALLER_ARCH="$APP_ANSWER"
-elif [[ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DOWNLOAD" ]]; then
-    cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
-    POL_Download "$INSTALLER_URL"
-    INSTALLER="$POL_System_TmpDir/${INSTALLER_URL##*/}"
-fi
+POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Tracker Software Products" "https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer" "POL & POM Community" "$PREFIX"
 
-ARGS=()
-case "$INSTALLER" in
-*.exe)
-    ARGS+=("start" "/unix")
-    ;;
-*.msi)
-    ARGS+=("msiexec" "/i")
-    ;;
-*)
-    __finish 3 "$MSG_UNKNOWN_FILEXT"
-esac
+POL_RequiredVersion 4.3.4 || POL_Debug_Fatal "$TITLE won't work with $APPLICATION_TITLE $VERSION\nPlease update."
 
-Set_OS "${INSTALLER_OS[@]}"
-POL_System_SetArch "$INSTALLER_ARCH"
 POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
-POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINE_VERSION"
+POL_System_SetArch "auto"
+POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINEVERSION"
 
-POL_SetupWindow_wait "$MSG_WAIT" "$TITLE"
-POL_Wine "${ARGS[@]}" "$INSTALLER"
-rcode=$?
-[[ $rcode != 0 ]] && __finish $rcode
+POL_Call POL_Install_corefonts
 
-POL_Shortcut "$EXE_NAME" "$TITLE"
+POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DOWNLOAD"
+if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "LOCAL" ]; then
+    cd "$HOME"
+    POL_SetupWindow_browse "$(eval_gettext 'Please select the setup file to run')" "$TITLE"
+    INSTALLER="$APP_ANSWER"
+elif [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DOWNLOAD" ]; then
+    POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"
+    cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
+    POL_Download "$DOWNLOAD_URL" #"$MD5_CHECKSUM"
+    INSTALLER="$POL_System_TmpDir/$EXE_NAME"
+fi
 
-__finish 0
+POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
+POL_Wine "$INSTALLER"
+POL_Wine_WaitExit "$INSTALLER"
+
+POL_System_TmpDelete
+POL_Shortcut "PDFXCview.exe" "$TITLE" #"" "" "Office;PDF;"
+POL_SetupWindow_Close
+exit
\ No newline at end of file

#!/usr/bin/env playonlinux-bash
# Date : (2015-03-07)
# Last revision : (2021-04-12)
# Wine version used : 5.0.4
# Distribution used to test : Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon
# Author : see changelog
# PlayOnLinux : 4.3.4
#
# CHANGELOG
# [Yaotl] (2021-04-09)
#   Completely revised.
# [jadedcyborg] (2017-04-18)
#   Completely revised.
# [edgimar] (2019-05-10)
#   First script.


[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

TITLE="PDF-XChange Viewer"
PREFIX="pdfxcview"
WINEVERSION="5.0.4"
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://downloads.pdf-xchange.com/PDFXVwer.exe"
#MD5_CHECKSUM=""
EXE_NAME="PDFXVwer.exe"

POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_SetupWindow_SetID 2273
POL_Debug_Init

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Tracker Software Products" "https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer" "POL & POM Community" "$PREFIX"

POL_RequiredVersion 4.3.4 || POL_Debug_Fatal "$TITLE won't work with $APPLICATION_TITLE $VERSION\nPlease update."

POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_System_SetArch "auto"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINEVERSION"

POL_Call POL_Install_corefonts

POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DOWNLOAD"
if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "LOCAL" ]; then
    cd "$HOME"
    POL_SetupWindow_browse "$(eval_gettext 'Please select the setup file to run')" "$TITLE"
    INSTALLER="$APP_ANSWER"
elif [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DOWNLOAD" ]; then
    POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"
    cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
    POL_Download "$DOWNLOAD_URL" #"$MD5_CHECKSUM"
    INSTALLER="$POL_System_TmpDir/$EXE_NAME"
fi

POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
POL_Wine "$INSTALLER"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "$INSTALLER"

POL_System_TmpDelete
POL_Shortcut "PDFXCview.exe" "$TITLE" #"" "" "Office;PDF;"
POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit

@@ -1,25 +1,87 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
+# Date                      : 2017-04-18 11:16 UTC
+# Last revision             : 2017-04-18 11:16 UTC
+# Wine version used         : 2.0
+# Distribution used to test : Linux Mint 17.3
+# Author                    : jadedcyborg
+
+if [[ -z "$PLAYONLINUX" ]]; then
+    >&2 echo "PlayOnLinux environment not present"
+    exit 1
+fi
 source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
 
-TITLE="PDF-Xchange Viewer"
-PREFIX="pdfxchange_viewer"
- 
+TITLE="PDF-XChange Viewer"
+VENDOR="Tracker Software Products"
+VENDOR_URL="http://www.tracker-software.com"
+AUTHOR="jadedcyborg"
+PREFIX="pdfxcview"
+WINE_VERSION="2.0"
+INSTALLER_URL="http://downloads.pdf-xchange.com/PXCViewer_x86.msi"
+INSTALLER_ARCH="x86"
+INSTALLER_OS=("win7" "sp1")
+EXE_NAME="PDFXCview.exe"
+
+MSG_BROWSE="$(eval_gettext "Please select the setup file to run.")"
+MSG_WAIT="$(eval_gettext "Please wait while \$TITLE is installed.")"
+MSG_SUCCESS="$(eval_gettext "\$TITLE has been successfully installed.")"
+MSG_FAILURE="$(eval_gettext "An unknown error occured, error code %d.")"
+MSG_ARCH_MENU="$(eval_gettext "Select the architecture of the setup file.")"
+MSG_UNKNOWN_FILEXT="$(eval_gettext "Unknown setup file extension. Must be '.exe' or '.msi'.")"
+
 POL_SetupWindow_Init
 POL_Debug_Init
-POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Tracker Software Products" "http://www.tracker-software.com" "Mark Edgington" "$PREFIX"
+POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"
 
-POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
-POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "1.5.3-heap_allocation_v2-avoid_deadlock"
+__finish() {
+    declare -ri code=${1:-0}
+    shift
+    POL_System_TmpDelete
+    if ((code == 0)); then
+        POL_SetupWindow_message "$MSG_SUCCESS" "$TITLE"
+    else
+        POL_Debug_Fatal "${1:-"$(printf "$MSG_FAILURE" $code)"}" "$TITLE"
+    fi
+    POL_SetupWindow_Close
+    exit $code
+}
+
+POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$VENDOR" "$VENDOR_URL" "$AUTHOR" "$PREFIX"
+POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DOWNLOAD"
  
-Set_OS winxp
-cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c"
-POL_Download "http://www.tracker-software.com/downloads/PDFXVwer.exe"
-
-POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
-POL_Wine --ignore-errors "PDFXVwer.exe"
-POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"
-
-POL_Shortcut "PDFXCview.exe" "$TITLE"
-POL_SetupWindow_Close
-exit
+if [[ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "LOCAL" ]]; then
+    POL_SetupWindow_browse "$MSG_BROWSE" "$TITLE"
+    INSTALLER="$APP_ANSWER"
+    POL_SetupWindow_menu "$MSG_ARCH_MENU" "$TITLE" "x86~amd64" "~"
+    INSTALLER_ARCH="$APP_ANSWER"
+elif [[ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DOWNLOAD" ]]; then
+    cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
+    POL_Download "$INSTALLER_URL"
+    INSTALLER="$POL_System_TmpDir/${INSTALLER_URL##*/}"
+fi
+
+ARGS=()
+case "$INSTALLER" in
+*.exe)
+    ARGS+=("start" "/unix")
+    ;;
+*.msi)
+    ARGS+=("msiexec" "/i")
+    ;;
+*)
+    __finish 3 "$MSG_UNKNOWN_FILEXT"
+esac
+
+Set_OS "${INSTALLER_OS[@]}"
+POL_System_SetArch "$INSTALLER_ARCH"
+POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
+POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINE_VERSION"
+
+POL_SetupWindow_wait "$MSG_WAIT" "$TITLE"
+POL_Wine "${ARGS[@]}" "$INSTALLER"
+rcode=$?
+[[ $rcode != 0 ]] && __finish $rcode
+
+POL_Shortcut "$EXE_NAME" "$TITLE"
+
+__finish 0

#!/bin/bash
# Date                      : 2017-04-18 11:16 UTC
# Last revision             : 2017-04-18 11:16 UTC
# Wine version used         : 2.0
# Distribution used to test : Linux Mint 17.3
# Author                    : jadedcyborg

if [[ -z "$PLAYONLINUX" ]]; then
    >&2 echo "PlayOnLinux environment not present"
    exit 1
fi
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

TITLE="PDF-XChange Viewer"
VENDOR="Tracker Software Products"
VENDOR_URL="http://www.tracker-software.com"
AUTHOR="jadedcyborg"
PREFIX="pdfxcview"
WINE_VERSION="2.0"
INSTALLER_URL="http://downloads.pdf-xchange.com/PXCViewer_x86.msi"
INSTALLER_ARCH="x86"
INSTALLER_OS=("win7" "sp1")
EXE_NAME="PDFXCview.exe"

MSG_BROWSE="$(eval_gettext "Please select the setup file to run.")"
MSG_WAIT="$(eval_gettext "Please wait while \$TITLE is installed.")"
MSG_SUCCESS="$(eval_gettext "\$TITLE has been successfully installed.")"
MSG_FAILURE="$(eval_gettext "An unknown error occured, error code %d.")"
MSG_ARCH_MENU="$(eval_gettext "Select the architecture of the setup file.")"
MSG_UNKNOWN_FILEXT="$(eval_gettext "Unknown setup file extension. Must be '.exe' or '.msi'.")"

POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init
POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"

__finish() {
    declare -ri code=${1:-0}
    shift
    POL_System_TmpDelete
    if ((code == 0)); then
        POL_SetupWindow_message "$MSG_SUCCESS" "$TITLE"
    else
        POL_Debug_Fatal "${1:-"$(printf "$MSG_FAILURE" $code)"}" "$TITLE"
    fi
    POL_SetupWindow_Close
    exit $code
}

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$VENDOR" "$VENDOR_URL" "$AUTHOR" "$PREFIX"
POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DOWNLOAD"
 
if [[ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "LOCAL" ]]; then
    POL_SetupWindow_browse "$MSG_BROWSE" "$TITLE"
    INSTALLER="$APP_ANSWER"
    POL_SetupWindow_menu "$MSG_ARCH_MENU" "$TITLE" "x86~amd64" "~"
    INSTALLER_ARCH="$APP_ANSWER"
elif [[ "$INSTALL_METHOD" == "DOWNLOAD" ]]; then
    cd "$POL_System_TmpDir"
    POL_Download "$INSTALLER_URL"
    INSTALLER="$POL_System_TmpDir/${INSTALLER_URL##*/}"
fi

ARGS=()
case "$INSTALLER" in
*.exe)
    ARGS+=("start" "/unix")
    ;;
*.msi)
    ARGS+=("msiexec" "/i")
    ;;
*)
    __finish 3 "$MSG_UNKNOWN_FILEXT"
esac

Set_OS "${INSTALLER_OS[@]}"
POL_System_SetArch "$INSTALLER_ARCH"
POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINE_VERSION"

POL_SetupWindow_wait "$MSG_WAIT" "$TITLE"
POL_Wine "${ARGS[@]}" "$INSTALLER"
rcode=$?
[[ $rcode != 0 ]] && __finish $rcode

POL_Shortcut "$EXE_NAME" "$TITLE"

__finish 0

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
+source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"
+
+TITLE="PDF-Xchange Viewer"
+PREFIX="pdfxchange_viewer"
+ 
+POL_SetupWindow_Init
+POL_Debug_Init
+POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Tracker Software Products" "http://www.tracker-software.com" "Mark Edgington" "$PREFIX"
+
+POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
+POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "1.5.3-heap_allocation_v2-avoid_deadlock"
+ 
+Set_OS winxp
+cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c"
+POL_Download "http://www.tracker-software.com/downloads/PDFXVwer.exe"
+
+POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
+POL_Wine --ignore-errors "PDFXVwer.exe"
+POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"
+
+POL_Shortcut "PDFXCview.exe" "$TITLE"
+POL_SetupWindow_Close
+exit

#!/bin/bash
[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

TITLE="PDF-Xchange Viewer"
PREFIX="pdfxchange_viewer"
 
POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init
POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Tracker Software Products" "http://www.tracker-software.com" "Mark Edgington" "$PREFIX"

POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "1.5.3-heap_allocation_v2-avoid_deadlock"
 
Set_OS winxp
cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c"
POL_Download "http://www.tracker-software.com/downloads/PDFXVwer.exe"

POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
POL_Wine --ignore-errors "PDFXVwer.exe"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"

POL_Shortcut "PDFXCview.exe" "$TITLE"
POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit

Version 2.5 of the program runs without crashing if you have the right wine version installed (1.5.3-heap_allocation_v2-avoid_deadlock).  When a script is made for intalling PDF X-Change Viewer, it should take this into account!

How can I install this from playonlinux?

I cannot find it in the existing software categories.

wine 1.6.1 (32bit)

After install please: Activating "Use synchronous mode of page rendering" in PDF-XChange Viewer (Edit
-> Preferences -> Performance) solved the problem --- now it works perfectly
for me.