Configuring Macintosh Systems To Work With The Web-Based FORE Financial System

The FORE Financial System requires "PDF Drill Downs". Out-of-the-box Macintosh systems do not provide the framework required for the FORE system. Therefore, additional plugins are required for a Macintosh to work correctly with the FORE system. If the end user prefers to use the Firefox web browser, Firefox may need to be installed on the system. Our "imaged" Macs provide an installed version of Firefox, but the Firefox version is very specific, see below.

To check if drill downs are working, go to the Drill Down Test Page, provided by Dani Roloson of MFCF.

The following web browser and browser plugin combinations have been demonstrated to work on a Macintosh system with the FORE system.

1. Firefox with PDF Browser Plugin
2. Safari with PDF Browser Plugin
3. Safari with AdobePDFViewer Plugin

The first two solutions use the PDF Browser Plugin from Schubert|it.

Obtaining PDF Browser Plugin

Note: PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.2 is the highest release that works correctly with the FORE system.

The .dmg installation file for PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.2 can be downloaded from Schubert|it or locally.

Firefox with PDF Browser Plugin

Note: Versions of Firefox greater than 17, will not do the "drilldowns" for the FORE system, even with PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.2 configured with Firefox.

Firefox 17 was an ESR (Extended Support Release), but this ESR became out-of-date a short time after version 24 ESR came out. This means that Firefox 17 is no longer receiving security updates. Firefox 17 ESR can be downloaded from Mozilla or locally.

After, both Firefox 17 ESR and PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.2 are installed, the following changes are required in Firefox's configuration.

• Go to the Tools menu and select Add-ons and disable the Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in.
• Go to the Firefox menu and select Preferences. Go to the Applications tab. Change PDF settings to use PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.2.

Safari with PDF Browser Plugin

Safari with AdobePDFViewer Plugin

-- StephenNickerson - 2014-09-23

• pdf-plugin-242.dmg: Copy of PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.2 from www.schubert-it.com
• Firefox17.0esr.dmg: Copy of Firefox 17 ESR from mozilla.org