Reader Enabled PDF forms

I have Reader Enabled PDF forms created in Acrobat 10. Is there away to NOT allow the user to save the PDF form with data UNLESS the user has completed the form in entirety. I want the user to be forced to provide all the information before they can save the form.

Try looking or asking here: http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/acrobat_scripting

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Calculations not working in Reader Enabled PDF Form

I created a basic Excel spreadsheet and imported it into Acrobat 11 to make a fillable form. Acrobat inserted most of the fields but I had to add some to complete the form. I went into the properties of the fields and set up the calculations using the standard Acrobat calculations. I want the product of field1, field2. When I preview the form, the calculations work. I then close the form for editing and save as reader extended PDF with more tools. When I open the pdf in reader the calculations do not work. I then researched many possibilities on the forums and even called adobe twice with no resolution. I was able to import a blank excel spreadsheet, then created three new fields with calculations and they worked in reader when I saved the form as a reader extended pdf with more tools. So my question is where does my problem originate? Is the problem with the excel spreadsheet or excel formatting ( Excel 2013)? Is the problem with Acrobat 11? When I asked the support tech at Adobe he said that he hasn't heard of this problem before. I have spent hours and hours on this, I have created new forms from scratch and even on different versions of word and acrobat. I figured these calculations should work, am I wrong? ( I have also tried using every calculation option including JavaScript). Thanks in advance for any help.

It's hard to say without seeing a sample. If you can post one somewhere, I'd be happy to test it out. If you can't post somewhere, you can email me at: acroscript at gmail dot com

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 extend pdf form in designer?

is it possible to reader extend a pdf form in designer?
i did it in adobe acrobat pro trial version, via advanced/extend features in adobe reader but the form is not sending anything to my SOAP endpoint..
it works fine when opening the pdf in adobe acrobat pro, but not in adobe acrobat reader.
E

Hi,
It is not possible to reader enable a form in LC Designer.
LC Designer is part of a suite of server components (LiveCycle Enterprise Suite). Adobe have a component called LC Reader Extensions ES, which can be used to reader enable a form and maintain full functionality. But it is expensive (being intended for large organisations).
Here is a summary of ways to deploy a form and the limits on functionality. It covers not reader enabling a form / enabling it using Acrobat / enabling it using LC Reader Extensions ES.
Now if you reader enable a form using Acrobat, certain functions are turned off, including communications to and from databases.
Hope that helps,
Niall

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!

Open file attachment from text links within reader enabled pdf document...

I created a PDF file with embedded sub pdf documents in Adobe Acrobat Pro X.
Then I created a link to text part (Actions: Run a JavaScript).
The JavaScript code which is executed by clicking the link is shown below:
var d= this.dataObjects;
dd="abcde-123_test.pdf";
for (var i=0; i < d.length; i++) {
if (dd.indexOf(d[i].name)>=0) {
odoc=openDataObject(d[i].name);
dc=odoc.path;
odoc.closeDoc();
app.openDoc(dc);
Having the PDF file without reader enabled extensions, the link works perfectly.
After activation of reader enabled extensions and reopening it in Adobe Acrobat Pro X, the same document raises the following error:
RaiseError: The file may be read-only, or another user may have it open. Please save the document with a dfferent name or in a different folder.
Doc.closeDoc:7:Link undefined: Mouse Up
===> The file may be read-only, or another user may have it open. Please save the document with a different name or in a different folder.
Opening this reader enabled PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Reader X, the following error is displayed:
Exception in line 7 of function top_level, script Link:Mouse Up
The initial non-reader enabled PDF document displays the very same error message when being opend in Adobe Acrobat Reader X instead of Adobe Acrobat Pro X.
Can someone comment on my issue?
Many thanks!

OK, now I changed the code as follows:
dd="abcde-123_test.pdf"
this.exportDataObject({cName: dd, nLaunch: 2});
It works perfectly in Adobe Acrobat.
Once it is saved as "Reader Enabled", again the same issue occurs:
Exception in line 7 of function top_level, script Link: Mouse Up
So... What to do now?
Thanks in advance!

Add dynamic content to reader enabled PDF, maybe using metadata?

The reader enabled pdf can be annotated by several users, in a web browser.
However, when the PDF is retrieved, I want to store the users' username against the annotation/s made. The users details are only available at the time the application receives the request.
I cannot dynamically add any javascript, as this invalidates the hash applied to the PDF i.e. the javascript is classed as unmodifiable content.
I've tried adding the username as custom metadata using
i pdfDoc.getDocumentInformation().setCustomMetadataValue("currentUser", userName);
(and access it in the embedded javascript using 'this.info.currentUser')
but it seems this also invalidates the hash !!
So, my question is, how can i add the username dynamically to the PDF at request time, and access it in the embedded javascript, given that
* the available usage rights are for 'Annot.*'. (* is all available rights).
* the PDF is only reader enabled on creation (as reader enabling for large PDF files for multiple users is too slow!!)

It's hard to say without seeing a sample. If you can post one somewhere, I'd be happy to test it out. If you can't post somewhere, you can email me at: acroscript at gmail dot com

Reader-enabled fillable form is corrupted on Mac

I created a Reader-enabled (extended) fillable form that can work fine if filled out in and saved in Reader. But some users are opening and filling out the form in their browser. When it is returned to me, it is unopenable. If the form is forwarded to an android phone, the file opens fine. If the form is then forwarded back to my e-mail I can open it. What is happening? What can I do to prevent the corrupted form?

You are going to have to find out what apps are being used on the Mac and android phones to fill-in the form. Unfortunately most users just click on the PDF and use what ever opens the PDF and might not even know what app is being used.
Apple's "Preview" is notorious for corrupting PDF forms. Script to Fix Mac OSX Preview.app Form Fill and Save

Automatically opening Acrobat reader when PDF form is downloaded

Hello.
Hope we are all well.
I am wondering if there was a way to have the PDF form open up automatically in Acrobat Reader when the customer downloads it. Unfortunately I am dealing with people who aren't that internet savvy and usually impatient about it (they are tradies, mainly plasterers), so when they download the PDF form and try to open it, the web browser will try to open the PDF in another page making the "submit" button to stop working. Is there any tricks to bypass the browser from doing this so I can have it opened directly by acrobat reader if it is already installed on their pc? Cheers.

That's a shame. I have put a description on the page explaining (with a link) they will have to open in Acrobat for the submit button to work. I was hoping there might be a script to stop the browser trying to open the PDF form instead of Acrobat. Thanks for your reply .

Reader enabled PDF stamp comment with date?

Hi All,
Working with Adobe Reader 9.0.0.
I have a reader extended PDF file and have used the Dynamic stamp tool to mark up as approved.
The approved stamp won't seem to display the date and time that it was used, (as it does so well in acrobat X Pro).
I can right click the Approved stamp and then properties to see the date/time, but the displayed stamp just says APPROVED (By (Name*) at (BLANK*))
Anybody know of any settings that will enable the display of the date and time on an APPROVED stamp within reader 9.0.0?
Thanks in advance.
Knocker.

I too would like to know how this stamp tool dating works. I'm trying to set up a custom stamp, and can't figure out the correct Javascript used to automatically update each new day. Thanks!

Acrobat won't save as a Reader Enabled PDF File

Hello Everyone,
I'm having troubles with creating an editable PDF. What my goal is for this document I'm creating is that when I send this doc to others they can fill in their name and be able to import their logo into this document. Because you can't create an image field, my work around is creating a signature field for where they can place their logo. Anyhow, my problem is that as soon as I create the signature field in Acrobat, I cannot save it as a Reader Extended PDF, because all of the options are greyed out. I've tried changing some of the security settings to allow for this, but its not working. I just want someone to be able to open Adobe Reader and be able to use this signature box. If there is anyone that can help I would really appreciate it.
All the best!
m2b

Hi m2b,
Do you sign the document before extending the features? If you do then make sure "Lock the Document after signing" checkbox is not checked. Try this:
Clear all signature fields.
Click on the field that you want to sign
"Sign Document" window will appear
In the left bottom corner this check box will appear.
Uncheck it.
~Sandeep V.

In Acrobat X Pro, fields are not showing up when previewing or creating Reader-enabled PDF

I have a form with many fields (217 in all). When I click "Preview" within Form Editing, I only see a small subset of the fields. If I save as a user-enabled form, that form only shows the same fields. Why aren't all of the fields showing up? Thanks!

Never mind. I believe I figured it out. I thought that setting the form field to "Invisible" just affected whether the box would be visible to the end-user, not whether it would be fillable at all. Now that I set all of the fields as "Visible but doesn't print" all of the fields show up.

Need help creating Reader Enabled PDF

Is there a restriction on creating editable PDFs for Reader when you only have the trial version of Acrobat? Despite following all instructions, when I attempt to edit the text in Reader I get a security restriction error message.

Reader extensions allow certain things, but it depends which of the reader extending options you choose. EXACTLY what in the form triggers the message? And what is the exact form of the error message? End users can ALWAYS fill out a form, but it's the other stuff after that which can get you, like saving it or emailing it.

Importing XML form data, and reading a PDF form in Reader

The title pretty much says it all. My colleagues have the latest in Adobe Reader (9). They would like to import the form data that they receive in their email as an xml attachment. They would like to read the form as it is filled out in their reader.
Please tell me how.

I think they have to have Acrobat to import the data. Reader was not meant to keep data for the user unless Reader Right's are enabled (limited use of form for this typically). The US gov't has done this for years for tax forms at a substantial cost I am sure. The Reader Right's that comes in Acrobat is limited to the number of uses of the form, but the full rights can be negotiated with Adobe for more than 500 uses.
The answer used to be to buy your colleagues Acrobat, it would be cheaper than paying the additional enabling cost. With the limited use of the rights with the current versions, Adobe has made a compromise on there old policy. You might look at PlanetPDF to see if there are some third party applications that would meet your need.

Saving a reader extended PDF form as read-only

Before posting this, I've searched for hours in the forums and the internet on how to accomplish this but I just can't find the solution.
I've created a simple form in Acrobat and saved it with reader extended attributes so it can be saved by my colleagues in Adobe Reader once filled in. The problem now is they need to send these out to customers but in an unfillable state. I'm not sure if this is possible but I'm hoping for a simple solution if anyone could help me out, thanks.

Create a button somewhere on the form and add the following to the Mouse Up event:
// Set these fields to read-only
getField("Text1").readonly = true;
getField("Text2").readonly = true;
getField("Check Box1").readonly = true;
// continue for any other fields
// Hide this button
event.target.display = display.hidden;
Only use the actual field names that you're using in your form. The users should be sure to save to a new file, and I would suggest that they set the blank form to read-only via the file system so they don't accidentally overwrite it.

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