# PDFs and container fields not working suddeny

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/pdfs-and-container-fields-not-working-suddeny/2221>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** pdf, container\
**Created:** [June 13, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/pdfs-and-container-fields-not-working-suddeny/2221 "2021-06-13T10:49:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cpking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/cpking/32/1179_2.png) [@cpking](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/cpking)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/pdfs-and-container-fields-not-working-suddeny/2221/1 "2021-06-13T10:49:06Z")

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Suddenly my container field won't show the content of a PDF. In some records, I see just an Acrobat icon and in other records, the entire field has a gray background, as if it's trying to display the pdf and can't.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

I'm on Windows 10 Pro, FM 18 Pro with Acrobat DC.

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**Author:** ![Cecile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/cecile/32/98_2.png) [@Cecile](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Cecile)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/pdfs-and-container-fields-not-working-suddeny/2221/2 "2021-06-13T11:09:55Z")

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> [@Windows updates breaks PDF display in FileMaker](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/6):
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> Isn't Microsoft suppose to remove IE with a specific new version of Windows 10 ? I may be wrong on this though thinking.

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**Author:** ![cpking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/cpking/32/1179_2.png) [@cpking](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/cpking)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/pdfs-and-container-fields-not-working-suddeny/2221/3 "2021-06-13T11:24:33Z")

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Not sure. IE is still there, although it's not my default browser.

I had both Acrobat Reader and Acrobat DC installed. I uninstalled Reader, and Filemaker launched Acrobat DC automatically when it encountered a PDF in the record.

I uninstalled Acrobat DC, and now Filemaker is trying to launch whatever app is used to read PDFs (i.e., asking what app to use).

EDIT: I should add that this initial behavior in my OP started a couple of weeks ago.

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**Author:** ![steve\_ssh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/steve_ssh/32/160_2.png) [@steve\_ssh](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/steve_ssh)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/pdfs-and-container-fields-not-working-suddeny/2221/4 "2021-06-13T15:08:53Z")

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[https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker)