On Apr 29, 2007, at 4:13 PM, William Alexander Segraves wrote:
> I've
> read that Adobe views iText as a competitive threat; but hope that
> view has
> changed. Clearly, iText has significant value to Adobe, else it
> wouldn't be
> distributed with any Adobe products.
>
I don't know where you read that, but I would say that it is
completely UNTRUE! As you point out, Adobe ships iText with some of
it's server products (two, I believe - LiveCycle PDF Generator and
ColdFusion, IIRC). I have also recommend it's use in other projects
as well. If anything, we are committed to HELPING iText...
> Indeed. The only concern I had about the EULA was that the Reader
> EULA for
> Reader 7 (and up, I presume), prohibits the use of Reader on the same
> computer or network with software that makes it possible to save a
> filled
> PDF (thereby circumventing the need for Reader Extensions).
Same computer, yes. Same network, no.
> I understand. So, it's O.K. for the "localhost" server-side
> software to save
> the form data, as long as the server-side process does not save a
> copy of
> the filled PDF.
Correct.
The localhost server can save the data to it's own data-store all it
wants - no problems! It is the creation of a filled-in PDF via the
server process that creates the violation.
> Is it also O.K. for the "localhost" server-side process to "emit" a
> filled
> PDF, e.g., a dynamically-filled PDF via an iText class?
>
No, it is not. That is what we wish to prevent, since that's
functionality equivalent to "Save As".
>> We already offer dynamic forms support via XFA forms. They are VERY
>> powerful including both single field dynamism as well as entire "sub
>> forms" that can grow and shrink. Try it - you'll like it!
>>
>
> Perhaps there's a potential solution here for the problems I've
> described. I
> look forward to trying it. Do all these capabilities exist with the
> free
> Reader, or ar Reader Extensions required to play nicely with them?
>
Yes, all this works quite nicely in Reader! If you want to be able
to save a copy locally, then you also need Reader Extensions. But if
you only want to work with the form and then submit data to a server,
you need only Reader.
> O.K. One thing comes to mind. It seems that Reader 7 does not
> support an
> "Import Form Data" action, a capability that WAS provided in all prior
> versions of Reader that I've tested, i.e., v. 3 through 5 (I
> haven't tested
> this assertion with v. 6).
>
I'd need to check to be certain, but I am pretty sure that this
works just fine with Reader 8.
Leonard
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