On Jul 14, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Harakiri wrote:

> Ok i figured out the root of the problem.
>
> For Adobe there is a difference between
>
> a) An attachment somewhere on a specific page
>      
> b) An attachment attached to the PDF
>
> Method b) will enable the Save Dialog in the
> Attachment Pane, whereas a) will not. The only way to
> issue a save is rightclick on the annotation hotspot.
>
 That is 100% correct - and has been since Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) when
(b) was introduced. (a) was introduced in Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3).


> I did not find an option to actually reproduce a
> hotspot with attachment link like a) in adobe acrobat
> to see if the pdf performs the same...
>
 Use the File Attachment Tool - been there since Acrobat 4.

 And yes, it will behave EXACTLY the same.


> Whats the difference between the two ? I want a
> reference in my pdf and the save button should work in
> the attachment pane...
>
 Then use the attachment form instead of the annotation form.


Leonard


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