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The text that Acrobat brings up is quite clear and indeed describes
what you did:
"THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CHANGED..."
Therefore, you need to apply any rights to the document AFTER you
change it. You can do this dynamically via Adobe LiveCycle Reader
Extension Server, which can be licensed from Adobe.
The alternative is to switch from a mail-based system to a web-based
one where the user POSTS the data back to a web server (ala HTML),
since this can be done w/o the need for reader enabling the PDF.
Leonard
On Aug 21, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Robert Cearley wrote:
> Hi Leonard,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Is there any other way to save the document
> so the settings are not lost - a possible hack or via XFA? Here's
> the scenario. We have a software system that has multiple pdf
> templates that users can select to merge with their data. They do
> a merge and then download the merged document to enter additional
> data on their side. Once they are done, they mail the pdf document
> back to the server, and the server imports the data they changed
> back into the database.
>
> I was able to narrow it down to the following, which causes the
> same problem.
>
> string sourcefilename = @"c:\temp\saveenabled.pdf";
> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(sourcefilename);
> PdfStamper stamp = new PdfStamper(reader, File.Create(@"c:\temp
> \saveenabled1.pdf"));
> stamp.Close();
>
> When you open the document it says: This document contained
> certain rights to enable special features in adobe reader. this
> document has been changed since it was created and these rights are
> no longer valid. please contact the author for the original
> version of this document.
>
>
>
> On 8/21/07, Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@(protected)> wrote:
> You need to do your form filling BEFORE the PDF is "Reader Enabled".
>
>
> Leonard
>
> On Aug 21, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Robert Cearley wrote:
>
>>
>> In adobe professional 8.0, there is a setting called: Enable Usage
>> rights in adobe reader. This setting allows you to create a pdf
>> document so a person can enter data into the pdf and save it.
>>
>> If I populate the pdf document using the setnodetext method below,
>> the populate method works; however, the document seems to lose the
>> ability for a user to type in data into the document and resave it.
>>
>> Here's what I'm trying to do. The code below will populate some
>> basic fields on a pdf. The pdf will be sent to a user that will
>> add additional text in the pdf. He will save the pdf with the data
>> he entered; however, the save option is lost. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Sample code:
>>
>>
>> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(sourcefilename);
>> stamp = new PdfStamper(reader, File.Create( base.NewFileName));
>> AcroFields form = stamp.AcroFields;
>> XfaForm xfaForm = form.Xfa;
>> XmlNode internalIdNode;
>>
>> internalIdNode = xfaForm.FindDatasetsNode("firstname");
>> xfaForm.SetNodeText(internalIdNode, "john doe");
>>
>> stamp.FormFlattening = false ;
>> stamp.Close();
>>
>> Thanks...
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<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line
-break: after-white-space; ">The text that Acrobat brings up is quite clear and
indeed describes what you did:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>
<DIV>"THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CHANGED..."</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block
-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Therefore, you need to apply any rights to the document
AFTER you change it.? You can do this dynamically via Adobe LiveCycle Reader
Extension Server, which can be licensed from Adobe.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml
-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The alternative is to switch from a mail-based
system to a web-based one where the user POSTS the data back to a web server
(ala HTML), since this can be done w/o the need for reader enabling the PDF.<
/DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Leonard</DIV><DIV><BR
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Aug 21, 2007, at 4
:35 PM, Robert Cearley wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><FONT size="2"><P>Hi Leonard,<BR><BR>Thanks for
your reply.??Is there any other way to save the document so the settings are
not lost - a possible hack or via XFA?? Here's the scenario.? We have a
software system that has multiple pdf templates that users can select to merge
with their data.? They do a merge and then download the merged document to
enter additional?data on their side.? Once they are done, they mail the pdf
document back to the server, and?the server?imports the data they changed back
into the database.? </P></FONT><P><FONT color="#0000ff" size="2">I was able to
narrow it down to the following, which causes the same problem.? </FONT></P><P>
<FONT color="#0000ff" size="2">string</FONT><FONT size="2"> sourcefilename = <
/FONT><FONT color="#a31515" size="2">@"c:\temp\saveenabled.pdf"</FONT><FONT size
="2">;<BR></FONT><FONT color="#2b91af" size="2">PdfReader </FONT><FONT size="2">
reader = </FONT><FONT color="#0000ff" size="2">new</FONT><FONT size="2"> </FONT
><FONT color="#2b91af" size="2">PdfReader</FONT><FONT size="2">(sourcefilename);
<BR></FONT><FONT color="#2b91af" size="2"> PdfStamper</FONT><FONT size="2">
stamp = </FONT><FONT color="#0000ff" size="2">new</FONT><FONT size="2"> </FONT>
<FONT color="#2b91af" size="2">PdfStamper</FONT><FONT size="2">(reader, </FONT>
<FONT color="#2b91af" size="2"> File</FONT><FONT size="2">.Create(</FONT><FONT
color="#a31515" size="2">@"c:\temp\saveenabled1.pdf"</FONT><FONT size="2">));
<BR></FONT><FONT size="2">stamp.Close();</FONT></P></DIV> <DIV>When you open the
document it says:? This document contained certain rights to enable special
features in adobe reader.? this document has been changed since it was created
and these rights are no longer valid.? please contact the author for the
original version of this document. </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>?</DIV> <DIV><SPAN class
="gmail_quote">On 8/21/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Leonard Rosenthol</B> <
;<A href="mailto:leonardr@(protected)">leonardr@(protected)</A>> wrote:<
/SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px
0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">You
need to do your form filling BEFORE the PDF is "Reader Enabled". <DIV><BR>?<
/DIV> <DIV>Leonard</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN class="e" id="q
_1148a0882dee4204_1"> <DIV>On Aug 21, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Robert Cearley wrote:<
/DIV><BR></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><SPAN class="e" id="q
_1148a0882dee4204_3"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><SPAN> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in
0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2"></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2">In
adobe professional 8.0, there is a setting called: Enable Usage rights in adobe
reader.? </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2"> This
setting allows you to create a pdf document so a person can?enter data?into?the
pdf?and save it.? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2"></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2">If I populate the pdf
document using the setnodetext method below, the populate method works; however
, the document seems to lose the ability for a user to type in data into the
document and resave it.? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2"></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2">Here's what I
'm trying to do.? The code below will populate some basic fields on a pdf.? The
pdf will be sent to a user that will?add additional text in the pdf.?He will
save the pdf with the data he entered; however, the save option is lost.??Any
ideas?? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT
-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2"></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt
"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2"></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><FONT size="2">Sample code:<
/FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"> ?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size="2"><SPAN style="COLOR: #2b91af">PdfReader</SPAN><SPAN>
reader = <SPAN style="COLOR: blue">new</SPAN> <SPAN style="COLOR: #2b91af"
>PdfReader</SPAN>(sourcefilename);</SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in
0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size="2">stamp = <SPAN style="COLOR: blue">new</SPAN>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #2b91af">PdfStamper</SPAN>(reader, <SPAN style="COLOR:
#2b91af">File</SPAN>.Create(<SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> base</SPAN>.NewFileName))
;</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size="2"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #2b91af">AcroFields</SPAN><SPAN> form = stamp.AcroFields;</SPAN><
/FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size="2"><SPAN style="COLOR:
#2b91af">XfaForm</SPAN><SPAN> xfaForm = form.Xfa;</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size="2"><SPAN style="COLOR: #2b91af">XmlNode
</SPAN><SPAN> internalIdNode;</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<SPAN><FONT size="2">?</FONT></SPAN></P> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN>
<FONT size="2">internalIdNode = xfaForm.FindDatasetsNode("firstname");</FONT> <
/SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size="2">xfaForm
.SetNodeText(internalIdNode, "john doe");<SPAN> ????? </SPAN><SPAN>?????????????
???????????</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT
size="2">?</FONT></SPAN></P> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=
"2">stamp.FormFlattening = <SPAN style="COLOR: blue">false</SPAN> ;<SPAN>???????
???????? </SPAN><SPAN>????????????????</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size="2">stamp.Close();<SPAN>??????????????? <
/SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size="2"
><SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>?</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT
size="2"><SPAN>Thanks...</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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