LCD 3 Reader Enablement

Can you save as "Reader enable" a LiveCycle form using Acrobat XI just as you could using AX? Or must you buy the LC Reader Extensions server to allow the Reader user to save filled-in data?
We currently have AX and LCD 2, and create forms in LCD2 before opening in AX to reader enable. I'm concerned that since adobe is decoupling Acrobat and LiveCycle, that you can't use Acrobat in this capacity.

Yes, you can use Acrobat 11 to enable XFA forms. In Acrobat 11 the menu item is: File > Save as Other > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools
Also, you may have heard that Reader 11 is able to save a filled-in form, comment, etc. even though the document is not Reader-enabled. This applies to non-XFA PDFs, so you still need to enable forms created with LiveCycle Designer if you need Reader users to save them.

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Hello,
When I try to save a form as “Reader Extended PDF” in Acrobat Pro, I get an error message “This document could not be reader enabled”.
The steps I’m following are described below:
1. Insert electronic signatures
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- Move the square to the place where you want to put the signature and click.
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- When it is done, click anywhere on the screen.
- In Tasks, click on “Close Form editing”.
- Go to menu “File -> Save as -> Reader Extended PDF ->Enable additional features”, click on “Save now”.
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2. Save the Form
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- Fill in the file name and click on “Save”.
I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.0.0 on a W7 workstation
Here's a screenshot of the problem.
Thanks a lot.
Gael

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Unable to submit a Reader-enabled PDF: "This operation is not permitted"

Hi I've looked through the forums but haven't found an answer to this particular query: I've created a simple form (text boxes, radio buttons, and a submit button which should send the entire PDF to an email address). I have tried different options:
Reader enabled the form, then saved it and emailed a copy to a friend to test. When he clicked on "submit" he received the error "this operation is not permitted". Unfortunately I didn't ask what version of Reader he has. The form was created in Adobe Acrobat X.
Did not reader-enable the form, but opened it with Adobe Reader XI. When I click on submit I get a "server connection error". I'm using Gmail, Chrome and Windows 7 (I went to Start > Default Programs and was able to associate "MAILTO" with Chrome, but there is no option to actively choose Gmail as my mail client). p.s. Before submitting the form I checked and my internet connection is up and running.
I tried to submit the form from Acrobat X and I get a similar error, "Acrobat is unable to connect to your email program".
There are no unembedded fonts or hidden objects in the PDF.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Melissa

Submitting forms by email isn't really submitting. In my view it's a useful quick test, but not suitable for production use. For reasons you've already discovered. A particularly bad case is where a user uses GMail (or whatever) but has a WORKING email client that accepts the mail; but then it goes nowhere because they never set it up.
Submit really means "send to a web server" (where a script written by a professional will handle the data). Like the forms on every web site.
Web sites COULD "submit by email" too, but they don't because it isn't any good.
(Caveat: some big companies control the email set up exactly, and it can work for them.)

Reader enabled PDF won't save to Word

Hi,
I'm sorry if I'm not putting this question in the right place, but I can't find a better location.
We have a PDF that's reader enabled for editing with the typewriter tool, and we want to save it as a Word document. Whenever File > Save as > Word doc is clicked, we get a message that Acrobat has stopped working. This is only with this particular PDF, as we've tried 'plain' ones that converted beautifully.
How can I save the reader-enabled PDF as a plain PDF?
Thank you!

Thanks for replying!
There is no 'Save a copy' in the File menu; maybe that option is just in
Acrobat, not Reader. I solved it, though; what I did was print to Adobe
PDF. As we know, that doesn't actually print anything, it just saves; and
it was saved as a plain PDF! Well, that was a lesson learned...and enabled
PDF cannot be converted.
Thanks anyways!

FORMS: Reader Enabled forms are not saving for all users

I have created several fillable forms with both Acrobat Pro 8 & 9. All have been created with Extend Reader Rights In my testing i have success saving the forms in Reader (various versions as old as 7).
After sending the forms out via email the saving functionality is hit and miss for all of our employees. Some can save others cannot. I can't seem to find a common thread as to why this is happening.
All forms are created on a Mac OS X 10.6.1 and then sent out via email to Windows and Mac users about 50/50. Both OS users are having trouble
There is no need to collect the data on a server or anything just trying to make it easier and waste less paper. We don't mind send PDF attachments all the time.
Any help would be great!
Thanks!

here is one of the forms that is not working in Reader (except on my wife's PC and another Mac) it is the current PDF form i am having trouble with. If we can resolve the issue then it will help me resolve my other forms too. I have made them all using the same process. (Maybe therein lies a problem)
Form Creation Process:
Create initial page layout in Pages (mac app for those that are not familiar)
Export as PDF
Open PDF in Acrobat Pro 9 (started making forms in v8 now i am working in v9 - both have produced this problem)
Run Form wizard, adjust fields, save final version of form
Extend Features in Adobe Reader (via Advanced menu) - Follow steps to save a new Reader Enabled version
Email new RE version to co-workers
All can fill out the form, only a couple can actually save the partially completed / fully completed form for reference, filing, or submission.
Am I missing something? Thanks for all the help so far!

Reader enabling plug-in on Mac OS X

Hi,
I have successfully created and reader-enabled a plug-in on a Windows platform (prooving that the KeyPair and certificate I have are correct).
The same plug-in works fine too with Acrobat on Mac OS X.
But I could not manage to reader-enable it on Mac OS.
In the Release notes / Issues for Acrobat XI SDK, I've found this :
MakeKey Reader-enabling Tool
At this time, the MakeKey tool for Reader-enabling does not generate keys if you are using Mac OS 10.x on MacIntel or Windows Vista on 64-bit machines. Please check www.adobe.com/go/acrobat_developer periodically for future updates to this tool.
And in the Tools folder for mac in the SDK in empty... I've tried with similar tools provided with 9.1 SDK but... even it SignPlugin says the plugin has successfully been enabled... it does not load...
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Script on parent pdf opens attached pdf, but attached is no longer Reader-enabled

Hello everyone,
I have a fill-in pdf that uses the following JS to auto open an attached pdf:
this.exportDataObject({cName: "mypdf.pdf", nLaunch: 2});
Now, the problem is that the user (if using Adobe Reader) cannot save data entered into the attached document. Using Acrobat, I reader-enabled the attached file "mypdf" before attaching it to the parent pdf. Somehow, when it becomes attached, it just loses this functionality. Even when I reader-enable the parent pdf, it warns me that it cannot reader-enable attached files.
This seems like a huge flaw, so I imagine there's a solution. Any ideas? Anyone face this problem before?

That's extremely helpful. Thanks. Works fine now. David

Why do I get a message when trying to reader enable forms developed in Acrobat 9 that the form cannot be reader enabled?

After creating the form, I reader enable it. Then a message pops up saying the form cannot be reader enabled. When I try to reader enable it again, it says it's already reader enabled. Users are not able to fill out the form and save it. Only print. I would like them to be able to save the filled form. What am I doing wrong?

I'm not sure what you try to do.<br />
If you type or paste http://odb.org/ in the location bar then that website should open.
Only if you use the https: protocol then encryption is used and the technical info will show that like you see with this website (Verified by Equifax).
Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache.
* Press and hold Shift and left-click the Reload button.
* Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
* Press "Cmd + Shift + R" (MAC)

Reader Enabled Forms with Acrobat 8.0

Hi,
I am considering upgrading from 7Pro to 8Pro and need to confirm some aspects of the new features for applying reader rights to forms. I have a number of forms generated in Lifecycle Designer 7.1, where the user is using the Reader version to email the XML data.
If I reader enable these forms with Acrobat 8 Pro, will the User be able to still email the XML data and also save the completed form locally? In addition will it be possible to inport and export XML data into & out of Reader Enabled forms?
In addition do you know what the story is with "500 users of the forms"? Is is 500 per form over the lifetime of the form? Some of my forms are distributed to different Clients and I am not sure how this will work
Any help/guidance gratefully appreciated ;-)
Thanks, Niall

It should, yes. Can't confirm 100% as I haven't tried.
Chris
Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

Is it possible to edit a reader-enabled form?

I have Adobe XI and recently created an interactive fill-able form. I saved it as reader enabled. The challenge is that when I made the form, I copied some of the text boxes instead of inserting new ones each time. Those text boxes are now linked in some way. When one box is filled, then that info populates in all those fields. Can I correct this?

You need to remove the reader rights first, by saving a copy of the file
under a new name.
When you done editing it, re-apply the rights.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:17 PM, ashleyk46474910 <[email protected]>

Plugin issue after using SignPlugin and Reader-enabling

Hi all,
I would like to ask for a help with plugin that we have developed for Adobe Reader.
We are running into an issue with the plug-in and I was hoping that you can help me out. It looks like plug-in works perfectly in the Acrobat but we have an issue with getting it to work with Reader as described below. I would greatly appreciate your help.
We have a problem with plugin after signing it using RIKLA certificate provided by Adobe and Reader-enabling.
Our plugin has been developed to allow users to sign PDF XML data from Reader user interface using custom library (sign library) and msxml3.dll library ( to transform PDF form XML into custom XML format). Plugin target is Adobe Reader 9 and it has been tested using Adobe Acrobat 9 earlier. Recently we received RIKLA certification key and after we tried to sign plugin and use it in Reader we started to have problems.
Plug-in, compiled directly from source code and installed in Adobe Acrobat 9 is working correctly. We haven’t experienced any issues and everything seems to be working properly.
The same plug-in signed using SignPlugin tools from Acrobat SDK 9.1 (command SignPlugin -kp keypairFileName -cf Reader_Integrated_Key_FileName MyPlugin.api) and RIKLA key is not working correctly in Adobe Reader 9.
The problem appears when plugin is trying to access external library msxml3.dll and execute createProcessor() function. The same function work properly in Adobe Acrobat 9 before sing plug-in with RIKLA key.
Below there is fragment with code that doesn’t work in Adobe Reader after reader-enabling but works in Adobe Acrobat.
Plug-in crushes in line pProcessor = pTemplate->createProcessor();.
try{
pProcessor = pTemplate->createProcessor();
} catch(_com_error &e) {
printf("Error setting XSL style sheet : %s\n",
         (const char*)_bstr_t(e.Description()));
AVAlertNote("Error setting XSL style sheet");
AVAlertNote(e.Description());
exit(-1);
Code that we use in catch() block lets us know that error source is “msxml3.dll” library.
As we have discovered problem occurs only after Reader-enabling .api plugin file. Clear compiled .api file works properly in Adobe Acrobat 9 without any problems.
We would like to know if you have experienced any similar issues? If yes, what have caused them?
Why same plugin is working in Acrobat 9 before signing and after signing using provided certificate it stops working?
Are there any restrictions of using external libraries in Reader that are not working there, and these restrictions are not obeyed in Acrobat?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Irosent,
Is there a way that Acrobat and Reader differentiate between library initialization?
Would it be useful if I place any part of code or project configuration for you so maybe you will be able to help?
Libraries that we use (our own dll files) we place in windows/system32 folder (there also exists msxml3.dll file that we use).
Here are preprocessor definitions that we have defined:
_AFXDLL
_USERDLL
READER_PLUGIN
NDEBUG
WIN_PLATFORM
WIN32
_WINDOWS
WIN_ENV
ACRO_SDK_LEVEL=0x00090000
As for library msxml3.dll that we use in code we have:
#import <msxml3.dll> named_guids
using namespace MSXML2;
MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocumentPtr
          pXml(MSXML2::CLSID_DOMDocument);
MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocumentPtr
          pXslt(CLSID_FreeThreadedDOMDocument);
IXSLTemplatePtr pTemplate(CLSID_XSLTemplate);
IXSLProcessorPtr pProcessor;
Later there is a part of code that I have posted in first post and where plugin crashes.
I would really appreciate your help.

Adding attachments to Reader enabled forms in Adobe reader

I am creating a form for a user where they need to add an attachment to the form from Adobe Reader.
They also need to save the form locally, as this is a low volume usage, approx. 100 uses in total the rights are being enabled in Acrobat Professional 8.0
Functionality all works fine until the form is reader enabled and the script no longer functions.
the script being used is as follows
var oDoc = event.target;
oDoc.importDataObject("Strategic Research Plan");
var d = oDoc.getDataObject("Strategic Research Plan");
app.alert("The name of the file you attached is: " + d.path);
I have seen some comments indicating the file system cannot be accessed when rights have been applied, does anyone know if this is the case? or if there is a way to make this work.
this is being done with Professional 8 and Reader 7.02 or later
Any comments will be appreciated!

Hi Pat,
Yes I was using Firefox 19 indeed. This certainly fixed it.
Thanks for the help!

Button to save as reader enabled

Good evening!
I have a form that I am automatically saving with a button. However, I will have to go into each form and save as reader-enabled. It is for evaluation forms--so does not exceed the EULA.
Is there a way to save as reader extended with a script?
Or--is there a way to save as other where the dialog box will pop up to be able to select the Reader Extended?
I would like the dialog to open in the same file path that the open file is currently saved in.
I am using Livecycle Designer ES3 with Adobe Acrobat Professional XI. The form was created in Livecycle Designer.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you

No, there's no way to automate Acrobat to Reader-enable documents. This is an intentional limitation. If you need to automate this, you're expected to use LiveCycle Reader Extensions, or now the Adobe PDF Java Toolkit (http://www.datalogics.com/products/pdfjavatoolkit/features/#enablement) available from Datalogics.

Personalized reader enabled forms

HI, Here is my use case:
1) Visitor completes an HTML form on website
2) Info is stored in local db, some transformations are done etc
3) Some info is then populated into fields of a PDF reader enabled form
4) pdf saved and emailed to visitor
5) Visitor enters additional information into the form saves it and and sends to a company rep
6) Company rep enters additional info in form, saves it and sends back to visitor
7) repeat 5 and 6 as neccessary.
8) Form is printed
Where I am at implementing this
1) I have Acrobat X and have created "reader enabled" form
2) Using 3rd party tool (ABCpdf) I am able to populate pdf form fields via webserver script
3) PDF is emailed to visitor
4) Visitor is unable to enter data because form is no longer "read enabled"
This is were things fall apart. As soon as the 3rd party tool touches the PDF it is no longer a "reader enabled" form. This is true even if all the 3rd party tool does is "open" and "save" with absolutly not other operations performed on PDF, the simple act of opening and saving disables the "read enabled". I have spoken with the vendor of the 3rd party tool and says that there is nothing they can do about this. I have experimented with other tool vendors and the same seems to be true.
Questions:
1) If instead of ABCpdf I used the Acrobat SDK would I be able to programmically populate my form while having it remain "reader enabled" ?
2) If I installed Acrobat on my web server and used the Core API would that work?
3) Is this what LiveCycle is for?
4) Looking at the the LiveCycle portion of the Adobe website and it looks like there are many different products. Which is the minimum product for this use case?
5) Is there a way to use LiveCycle that doesn't involve having the PDF submit the data to the back end directly? I really do just want the info saved in a PDF.
6) Since I have no need of digital signatures or some of the other features I have read about with LiveCycle, should I just drop PDF from this use case and use web forms instead? (I would be done by now if I had started with this option).
Much thanks to anyone who can answer these questions.

Thanks Bernd, I will look into LiveCycle Reader Extensions.
This is supposed to be a short term solution to help smooth workflow while a full web portal is being developed. The web portal will provide access for customers, sales, partners, etc. and emailing pdf's around won't be part of it.   So this solution is supposed to be for the next siz months so I would rater not spend more then a day or two on it and I have already burned a day
"transforming form data (FDF, XFDF, XML), which works much better with Reader, "
Can you tell me more about this?   Is this like shooting an XML file at a PDF for presentation?
Thanks

How do I save a reader enabled form as a "normal" form, or no longer "reader enabled?"

I made a form for my office to fill out and submit that will be used over and over again. Along the way, I got confused and thought I would need to reader enable it. Our IT guy came in and installed the full version of Acrobat on everyone's computers and now when someone tries to attach a document to this form it says they can't because it's reader enabled. How do I change this back to a normal document?

That's a very round-about way of doing it, and I don't see why it should work.
When you open a Reader-Enabled file you should see this option under the File menu:

LCD 3 Reader Enablement

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