>> I have an issue here and was wondering if I could get some help here.
>> If anyone could offer some help with my start up business, I am happy to pay
>> for the service if required. I am really stuck here. Andreas Lehmkühler has
>> already offered some support and suggested I post this to the developers.
>>
>> We have a form created with Adobe Acrobat that is for sale via an opencart
>> shopping cart. (commonwealth bank)
>>
>> http://www.oceantimemarine.com/download.html
>>
>> The functionality that we want is to be able to write to the PDF
>> (watermarking
>> or to specific form fields) at point of sale without affecting the Adobe
>> signed certificate required to then open the PDF and retain the form
>> functionality in Adobe Reader once purchased.
>>
>> So far I have tried PDFtk and FPDF plugins (among others) to watermark the
>> PDF
>> 'on the fly', which successfully watermarks the PDF after the sale and before
>> the download is made available. The problem is that this requires server-side
>> PHP to copy to template on the server which subsequently invalidates the
>> Adobe
>> signed certificate, rendering the form fields inoperable for use with Adobe
>> Reader.
>>
>> I have considered server generated DRM which is too expensive. I have also
>> considered rebuilding the form in PHP at point of sale, but this would be too
>> time consuming because we have many thousands of form fields in the document.
>>
>> Do you know of a way to get around the Adobe certificate for using server
>> generated forms to work in Adobe Reader?
>>
>> Or perhaps you know of another way the process could run to watermark or
>> write
>> to specific fields in the document without invalidating the form field
>> functionality for use in Adobe Reader?
>>
> I'm afraid neither me nor anone else can help you with that. The purpose of a
> signature is to ensure that the signed file wasn't altered. If you add a
> watermark to your pdf you have to sign it again.
>
> Maybe you can use PDFBox to sign your pdf. I'm not an expert on that topic.
> You
> should adress your question to our mailing lists.
>
>> The PDF is a document (ebook) that is a safety management system (SMS)
>> template.
>> The client purchases online and then fills in the document in the editable
>> form fields.
>> What I am trying to achieve is basically a water mark of their company name
>> once they have entered this information in the shopping cart so this is like
>> a
>> security feature and that every SMS is unique to that one company.
>>
>> Ok this is the scenario, So the customer enters their details (specifically
>> their company name) and then I'd like this information embedded in the
>> document that they are purchasing as a security feature so that the document
>> remains unique to that company.
>> This will need to happen for every new customer
>>
>> Why not Pay Pal? The reason we chose a bank (commonwealth bank Australia) was
>> the security issues as trust issues by the consumer, mostly because PayPal
>> had
>> issues with paying into a unit trust, it's easier for us to use the bank, the
>> issue is not the shopping cart it's actually adobe.
>>
>> If you want to call me on skype michaeluberti or +61 438527250 or email on
>> [email protected] I can make a plan with you if you think you are able
>> to do this.
>>
>> Mick
>>
>>
>> Michael Uberti
>> +61438527250
>>
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