> I currently have a PDF form that has had usage rights enabled (in Acrobat > under 'Advanced' then 'Enable Usage Rightes'). If I give this form, as is, to > someone with only Adobe Reader they > can enter info, save it to their desktop, and continue editing again at their > leisure. > > What I would like to do is pre-populate a number of fields of the PDF form > based on certain application criteria and THEN email it to a person for > additional data entry. However, when I try > using CFPDFForm - either by itself to create a new PDF or inserted as a PDF > between the CFDocument tags - opening the newly created PDF on a user's > machine who only has Adobe > Reader give the following message: > > "This document enabled extended features in Adobe Reader. This document has > been changed since it was created and use of extended features is no longer > available. Please contact the > author for the original version of this document." > > Is the copy produced by ColdFusion 'flattening' the PDF? What is going on? > Why can't I populate a section of a PDF form automatically and then pass it > off for additional data entry?
You can't make changes with CF's PDF manipulation stuff without breaking Reader Extensions functionality. That's just the way it is, right now. You can do this sort of thing fairly easily with LiveCycle ES; CF only includes a tiny subset of LCES functionality. 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:318292 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
