> fail to understand how when I try to concatenate both files, rights are trashed. >Maybe is it because the merged file is not considered to be the same so that rights are not applied? > That is 100% correct! The rights are applied to a specific document (as determined by using a cryptographic hash function) and if that document changes IN ANY WAY (even just a single byte difference), then the rights are invalidated.
The only software that can be used on a server to reapply the rights after you break them is Adobe LiveCycle. So either you need to rethink your design/architecture or get LC Reader Extensions approved... Leonard On Oct 3, 2008, at 4:37 AM, Ana Santos wrote: > > > > > Leonard Rosenthol wrote: >> >>> There is no way to maintain the rights. You would need to use Adobe >>> LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server to reenable the rights... >> >>> Leonard >> >> >> My first pdf is created with adobe Livecycle and then I apply user >> rights, >> later I use PdfStamper to add values from my database into form >> fields. >> My second pdf is created solely with iText. >> >> I fail to understand how when I try to concatenate both files, >> rights are >> trashed. Maybe is it because the merged file is not considered to >> be the >> same so that rights are not applied? >> >> Is there any way to use PdfStamper to concatenate the two files ( I >> can´t >> use Adobe LiveCycle Reader ES its a nono in my proyect) without >> losing >> rights? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Ana Santos >> >> On Sep 29, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Ana Santos wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> My situation is as follows. I have one pdf with user enabled rights >>> (one XFA >>> form that users can edit/save multiple times) and one pdf generated >>> using >>> iText. When I try to concatenate these files, the resulting file >>> loses the >>> user enabled rigths. >>> >>> I use PdfCopyFields to concatenate the pdfs. >>> >>> >>> Any help will be welcomed! >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Concatenate-two-pdfs-keeping-user-enabled-feature-tp19720450p19720450.html >>> Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>> great prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iText-questions mailing list >>> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >>> >>> Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Concatenate-two-pdfs-keeping-user-enabled-feature-tp19720450p19793959.html > Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
