> From what I've been able to find on the Adobe website so far, it seems > there are different kinds of pdfs. PDFs created with Acrobat Pro can be > digitally certified and locked to prevent the recipient from editing. > CFDocument allows you to add a password, and prevent edits as well, but it > is not the same as a digital certification. Does anyone else have any > experience with this? > > What the project folks would like is to use ColdFusion to generate > certified pdfs, but I don't think this is possible, as from the docs I've > read so far, the pdf types are different.
PDFs are certified through the application of a digital certificate. This is completely different from password protection. CF doesn't support this, and if you use CF to modify a certified PDF, it will break the certification. To generate certified PDFs, you will need Adobe LiveCycle. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
