Creating Rights-Enabled Documents; Accessing Additional Usage Rights - Adobe ACROBAT 7.0.5 SDK Manual

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PDF documents can be "rights-enabled" using Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions .
Developers cannot programmatically rights-enable a PDF file.
During the design process, a PDF document may be created through the usage of Adobe
LiveCycle Designer, Adobe LiveCycle Forms, or Adobe Document Server. The document
creator can assign appropriate usage rights using Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions. The
PDF document is made available on the Web, and users can complete the form on the web
site, or save it locally and subsequently complete and annotate it, digitally sign it, add
attachments, and return it.
In effect, Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions enables additional functionality within Adobe
Reader for a given document. After the user has finished working with the document, those
functions are disabled until the user receives another rights-enabled PDF file.
One major advantage of Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions is that it supports data
automation through XML-based representation and transfer via SOAP, ensuring seamless
integration with business logic and advanced data transport capabilities available within
enterprise applications.
For more information, see the Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Guide.

Accessing Additional Usage Rights

When a rights-enabled PDF is opened, Adobe Reader changes the user interface and
enables additional features. Previously unavailable APIs, for both JavaScript and plug-ins,
are then available to developers.
To check whether a PDF document has rights enabled, plug-in developers can use the
PDDocPermRequest
JavaScript developers cannot programmatically access or assign additional usage rights
with a PDF file. For this reason, it is advised that try-catch blocks be used around methods
which might violate the constraints related to the document's rights.
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methods.
Rights-enabled PDF Documents

Creating Rights-enabled Documents

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