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Ah HA!!
I finally found a solution to this that REALLY works (for anyone that still cares that
is)! I really liked the idea of using Distiller to create the PDF's without the
ability to print them, but I DID forget one crucial element to that. I only want the
PDF to be unprintable from certain computers preloaded with AR 5.1. The user will
have to save the PDF to a memory stick for backup purposes, AND so they can print it
out at another computer (yeah, I know, weird project). So, I did some snooping, and
what I REALLY needed was a javascript in the config.js file to hide the File menu and
to hide the print icon (only two places I could tell where a user could print the
PDF). The code is SUPER simple. Looks like this:
//config.js goes in Program Files\Acrobat\Adobe 5.0\Reader\Javascripts folder
app.hideToolbarButton("Print");
app.hideMenuItem("File");
Yep, that's it. It hides the print icon and the File menu. I'm sure there's a way to
SPECIFICALLY hide the print option from the file menu, but I haven't figured that out
yet. There is nothing the user REALLY needs to see on the file menu anyway. The Open
icon still shows, so that works for them.
I knew there was something else, but I just couldn't figure it out. Then that helpful
little Acrobat JavaScripts Oject Specification manual popped into my mind. There it
was all along.
Thanks for everyone's input on this. The Distiller method I'm sure will come in handy
SOMETIME, so I'll keep it in mind.
THANKS!
Brian Mihalic
LAN Technician
The PA Board of Law Examiners
5070A Ritter Road
Ste. 300
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 795-6443
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Thanks everyone for that pretty simple solution. Yep, I never knew you could set
Distiller like that. That will do the trick.
THANKS!!!
Brian Mihalic
LAN Technician
The PA Board of Law Examiners
5070A Ritter Road
Ste. 300
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 795-6443
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in Acrobat distiller 6.0 you can use the security option from the menu
setting - security to prevent the print option from each pdf .
so what you need to do is configure the distiller and then you will be able
to create as much PDF as you want without print option or even required
special password for printing .
Regards
Ahmed
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> That would seem to make sense, but you have to then set that security on
each individual PDF, don't you? I'm going to be making PDF's on the fly
from Access, and I just want to view them then in the Reader. So, I need a
method that kind of disables the general print function from Reader (I don't
want the user to be able to print the PDF, just view it).
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> I wish I COULD just put the individual security on the PDF, but
unfortunately, that's getting WAY to code heavy to try to do dynamically
from Access while also creating the PDF (I think anyway).
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> Any other ideas?
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> Brian Mihalic
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> You would just set the security settings to not allow printing ... File
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> Hello all,
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> I don't make many posts to the email forum because I can generally
> figure out most of my simple needs easily. However, I'm trying to do
> something now that kind of boggles my mind, although I think it should
> be simple.
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> If I have a copy of the Adobe Reader 5.1 on a computer, can I disable
> it's print functions? I know there is a javascript folder installed
> when you install AR 5.1 that has scripts that are run when the Reader is
> opened. I was wondering if there were some way to put a script in one
> of those folders that would handle this. I think I remember hearing
> about this before (could be wrong though).
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> If anyone has any clues, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> THANKS!!
>
> Brian Mihalic
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