I like to think about Adobe Reader Extensions Server
(updated name) as a 'black box': you put PDF in and you get 'enabled PDF' out.
The enabled PDF has rights embedded in it such that when
this PDF is opened in Adobe Reader - the features you enabled (i.e. local save,
digital signing, comments) are turned out (for example - if you select
'comments' the commenting toolbar is available)
To answer your question - Your client would
only need Adobe Reader. They would not have to worry about getting 'back to the
server' at all. In fact, one of the cool things about an enabled PDF is that you
can work totally off-line and still fill and save the data with your form
(assuming you selected 'Local Save' as one of the features to 'turn
on')
I hope this helps
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Lindblad
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Out of curiosity, how does the Document Server for Reader Extensions work? Would I send Adobe a form and upon return it would allow clients to save using the standard Reader? Would clients have to download anything additional? Would the document(s) have to be accessed through a server? I seem to recall someone, probably Max, state that the "Server" was not actually a server...
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On 21-Apr-04, at 11:24 PM, Lori DeFurio wrote:
And if you don't have an Adobe contact - you can always contact me and I can help you out.
Please keep in mind - to quote Max Wyss - Reader is a "READER" not a "SAVER". Someone will have to incur a cost to allow the end-user to SAVE form data.
The developer - using toolkits.
The form creator/owner - using Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions
The client - using Acrobat Standard/Professional.
Lori
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Rosenthol
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:53 PM
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Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] Saving information in forms
At 12:24 PM 4/20/2004, Rich Sprague wrote:
You cannot "save" a PDF form with Reader, without the extensions embedded in your PDF. And it is expensive.
If you know the exact number of people you will be sending the forms to - it's not that expensive (about the same price as equivalent seats of Approval).
It's only if you want to allow the form to be used with ANY NUMBER of users that it gets expensive...
Leonard
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