I finally found an answer and have been able to solve the problem. There is a Java open source library from a German company that makes this really easy.
Tool is called jPod: http://opensource.intarsys.de/home/en/index.php?n=JPod.HomePage Maybe this info will help others, too. ---markus--- On 22.07.2014, at 11:59, Markus Ruggiero <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > I have a large D2W application that generates tons of product spec sheets as > PDF. The customer requires that all the PDFs are copy restricted (no copy > allowed, just view and print). That all works. > > Now the customer has the idea that I should bundle all the generated PDFs > into one large PDF. I can do that, no problem. BUT (there is always one, > isn't there?) there are externally created PDFs (also copy restricted) that I > need to include into the compound PDF. Those 3rd party PDFs are out of my > control. I suggested to bundle the PDFs into a ZIP archive but the customer > wants ONE large PDF. No, they don't care about inconsistent page numbering, > they just want ONE PDF with 150+ pages and one cover page with internal links > to the embedded documents. > > Here is my problem: I have no idea how to do this. All the code I have found > cannot deal with protected PDFs (and I have no way to unprotect them easily). > The customer is even willing to accept something that can circumvent the > protection. The only way I know of to get rid of the restriction is by > opening the PDF in ColorSync on the Mac and then print to pdf. However the > production app runs on Solaris, there is no Mac around. I might be able to > talks the customer into buying a Mac just for this kind of processing. But > this is really really last resort. > > Any ideas? Any PDF guru out there? > Thanks for any help, I urgently need it. > > ---markus--- > > > > Markus Ruggiero > [email protected] > Check out the new book about Project Wonder and WebObjects on > http://learningthewonders.com/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/mailinglists%40kataputt.com > > This email sent to [email protected]
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