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Leonard,
Is there any documentation anywhere on this? Do you know of an example iText
program that I could look at?
-Sam
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: Leonard Rosenthol
To: Post all your questions about iText here
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] How to change a PDF but preserve the rights
It _IS_ possible to fill in a PDF that has been "Reader Enabled" w/o
violating the rights - but it MUST be done in a very specific fashion using
"append mode" on the source PDF AND only modifying a limited number of objects
in the PDF.
So yes, if you are going to create a whole new PDF - you'll break the "Reader
Enabling". If you're careful about what you do, and how you do it, you CAN
accomplish your goal.
Leonard
On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:05 AM, Samuel B. Quiring wrote:
I have a PDF containing an XFA form; isXfaPresent() == true. The PDF was
authored so that it can be opened in Adobe Reader, fields in the form can be
filled, and the form can be saved by Reader to the file system.
Using iText I have read in the PDF, obtained the XfaForm, changed values in
the XML Document, and written a new PDF to the file system.
The PDF I write out contains the values I put into the XML, but the rights
to save the PDF from Reader have been lost. Is this expected? Other features
of the original PDF are also lost in the newly-written PDF.
I wrote the changed PDF to a new file. If this is the reason the save
rights were lost, is there a way I can modify the existing PDF in place so that
the rights to save the file from Adobe Reader are maintained?
-Sam
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Leonard,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there any documentation anywhere on this?
Do you know of an example iText program that I could look at?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Sam</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=leonardr@(protected) href="mailto:leonardr@(protected)">Leonard
Rosenthol</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=itext-questions@(protected)
href="mailto:itext-questions@(protected)">Post all your questions
about iText here</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 03, 2007 4:20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [iText-questions] How to
change a PDF but preserve the rights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>It _IS_ possible to fill in a PDF that has been "Reader
Enabled" w/o violating the rights - but it MUST be done in a very specific
fashion using "append mode" on the source PDF AND only modifying a limited
number of objects in the PDF.
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>So yes, if you are going to create a whole new PDF - you'll break the
"Reader Enabling". If you're careful about what you do, and how you do
it, you CAN accomplish your goal.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Leonard</DIV>
<DIV><BR>
<DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:05 AM, Samuel B. Quiring wrote:</DIV><BR
class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a PDF containing an XFA form;
isXfaPresent() == true. The PDF was authored so that it can be opened
in Adobe Reader, fields in the form can be filled, and the form can be
saved
by Reader to the file system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Using iText I have read in the PDF, obtained
the XfaForm, changed values in the XML Document, and written a new PDF to
the file system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The PDF I write out contains the values I put
into the XML, but the rights to save the PDF from Reader have been
lost. Is this expected? Other features of the original PDF are
also lost in the newly-written PDF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wrote the changed PDF to a new file.
If
this is the reason the save rights were lost, is there a way I
can
modify the existing PDF in place so that the rights to save the file
from Adobe Reader are maintained?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Sam</FONT></DIV>
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