CFPDFForm and Ability to Update From Reader Later?
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? Matthew ~| 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:318290 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: CFPDFForm and Ability to Update From Reader Later?
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
Re: CFPDFForm and Ability to Update From Reader Later?
It's just the way it is Not so. Apple Preview Users are able to edit the generated PDF's just fine. This seems to imply a couple things: 1) There is nothing wrong with the structure of the PDF - rather, Adobe Reader is enforcing arbitrary restrictions 2) Would they be doing this to encourage folks to get a LifeCycle license Obviously, having employees using Apple Preview to process forms isn't dependable - I would think a call from Adobe to Apple and that little loophole would be patched up. My biggest confusion is WHY Adobe CF would handle things that way? Matthew ~| 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:318293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFPDFForm and Ability to Update From Reader Later?
It's just the way it is Not so. Apple Preview Users are able to edit the generated PDF's just fine. Apple Preview is not Adobe Reader. It's a third-party application which can do whatever Apple wants it to do with PDFs. Third-party PDF applications are not constrained by the limitations of Adobe Reader. It is, in fact, just the way it is that if you use CF to manipulate Reader-enabled PDFs, that breaks the Reader Extensions functionality. This seems to imply a couple things: 1) There is nothing wrong with the structure of the PDF - rather, Adobe Reader is enforcing arbitrary restrictions 2) Would they be doing this to encourage folks to get a LifeCycle license Obviously, having employees using Apple Preview to process forms isn't dependable - I would think a call from Adobe to Apple and that little loophole would be patched up. My biggest confusion is WHY Adobe CF would handle things that way? I can't tell you why Adobe does things. I can only tell you how things are. But yes, Adobe Reader does enforce arbitrary restrictions that other PDF applications are free to ignore. And I'm sure Adobe would like everyone to buy LiveCycle ES servers, too. I don't know why CF breaks Reader Extensions functionality; I don't know if it's intentional or just an oversight. 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:318294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
