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Nope and nope :(.
Leonard
On Dec 3, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Samuel B. Quiring wrote:
> 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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>
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<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit
-line-break: after-white-space; ">Nope and nope :(.<div><br class="webkit-block
-placeholder"></div><div>Leonard</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 3, 2007, at 9:33
AM, Samuel B. Quiring wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<blockquote type="cite"> <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> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT:
5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<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)
.net">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"> <blockquote type="cite"> <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> <div
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