Re: Convert flat PDF to interactive PDF
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 03:18:19PM -0400, Jerry wrote: I am looking for an application that can convert a standard flat PDF file into an interactive PDF. I can locate several that work under MS Windows, including Acrobat XI; however, I was trying to find one that will work under KDE on FreeBSD. A lot of those kinds of features are only supported by acrobat reader. E.g. with KDE's Okular, annotations, forms and playing movies are listed as in development (see http://okular.kde.org/formats.php). Furthermore, it seems that the PDF viewer often needs javascript built-in and enabled for them to work. Few open source PDF readers support that, because it can be a huge security risk. The graphics/mupdf port supports it, but the port is built _without_ javascript by default. Using e.g. print/pdftk you can uncompress the streams in a PDF file, so you can edit it in any editor. This would allow you to see which stream contains javascript. Using that and the relevant adobe documentation, you should be able to add javascript to your own pdf files. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpP5CKZiKuWE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Convert flat PDF to interactive PDF
On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:40:24 +0200 Roland Smith articulated: On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 03:18:19PM -0400, Jerry wrote: I am looking for an application that can convert a standard flat PDF file into an interactive PDF. I can locate several that work under MS Windows, including Acrobat XI; however, I was trying to find one that will work under KDE on FreeBSD. A lot of those kinds of features are only supported by acrobat reader. E.g. with KDE's Okular, annotations, forms and playing movies are listed as in development (see http://okular.kde.org/formats.php). Furthermore, it seems that the PDF viewer often needs javascript built-in and enabled for them to work. Few open source PDF readers support that, because it can be a huge security risk. The graphics/mupdf port supports it, but the port is built _without_ javascript by default. Using e.g. print/pdftk you can uncompress the streams in a PDF file, so you can edit it in any editor. This would allow you to see which stream contains javascript. Using that and the relevant adobe documentation, you should be able to add javascript to your own pdf files. I am think about giving print/scribus-devel a try out. Acrobat XI is a pretty nice application, but if I could find something that worked in a similar fashion for a non Windows system, it would be nice. The work I am doing is for a municipality, so cost is not an issue, job security is. If I can do the same job on a non Windows machine, the odds of someone else being able to do the same thing are greatly reduced. If I use Acrobat XI, anyone would be able to do the job making my presents less of an issue. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Convert flat PDF to interactive PDF
I am looking for an application that can convert a standard flat PDF file into an interactive PDF. I can locate several that work under MS Windows, including Acrobat XI; however, I was trying to find one that will work under KDE on FreeBSD. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org