Thanks for answering, so "Reader Enablement" isn't supported by iText. If I
understand correctly, it's not possible to support "Reader Enablement"
Thanks again,
Joe
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From: Bruno Lowagie (iText) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Editing AcroForms
Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> On May 31, 2007, at 1:19 AM, Bruno Lowagie wrote:
>> It is legally impossible for a product other than an Adobe
>> product to change a PDF that has the permissions for 'reader
>> enabling a PDF' while keeping these permissions intact.
>>
>
> I am going to be a bit pedantic and correct some specific things here.
No problem, I was the one being pedantic.
I'm getting tired of this question.
> First, the issue isn't legal it is technical. "Reader Enablement"
> is an extension to PDF that Adobe has chosen not to publish/
> document. In that way, it is no different than the various
> extensions created by many of our 3rd parties over the years.
> Because it is undocumented and happens to rely on private
> information, it can not be duplicated by others.
So it's a trade secret like RC4 was?
> Second, even Adobe can't modify a file that is Reader Enabled w/o
> breaking it. However, two of our products - Acrobat Professional and
> LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server CAN remove the old permissions and
> then reapply them.
That's clear. Thanks!
Bruno
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