Determine if commenting is allowed in PDF?

Is there a way in Workbench to determine if a PDF allows commenting, short of trying to add a comment and catching the exception? I know I could test the properties of a PDF to see if it's a fillable form, but that is not the only case where commenting is not allowed: security/password protection is at least one other case.
Thanks!

That depends on what you mean be "allows commenting" (e.g., the usage right has been applied) and under what conditions you need to determine it.

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The option to allow commenting is checked and the document is saved replacing the first exported doc.
I guess that part of your terminology is confusing. What do you mean by "checked".
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Good morning all,
I believe the following information may be helpful, I came across this issue this morning and found that this works:
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I have installed Adobe LiveCycle designer 8.2 in my windows 7 machine, i opened a brand new pdf and entered contact details, then am trying to write comments, but, when i saw its peoperties, i noticed that COMMENTS: NOT ALLOWED under security tab!! Pls. let me know how i can enable and so that i can write comments.
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The issue is that the form is opening in the free Adobe Reader (even if opening in a browser, the Reader is still being used). As a result certain functionality is not available.
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