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Can I use a HTTP monitor to capture PDF submit

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2011-03-08 08:58:55
michelleny914
Registered: Sep 1 2009
Posts: 11

Hi,
 
I would like to know if anyone out there has ever used a HTTP monitor or a embedded web server to capture the submit data without using an external web server. The idea is to embed the HTTP Monitor into my app. The PDF file will be viewed within my app using either the PDF activex control or using the OpenInWindowEx function (Haven't decided yet). When the user clicks the Submit button. I'd like the app to capture the data from the HTTP submit. Thanks for any suggestions.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1.1, Windows
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2011-03-10 10:08:26
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thomp
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Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
I've used MS IIS as a local server to capture submits and I've written custom local severs to do it. So it works, give it a try.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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2011-03-10 14:16:15
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michelleny914
Registered: Sep 1 2009
Posts: 11
Hi Thom,
Thanks for the reply. Is this legal as far as Adobe is concerned? I was told by a Adobe employee on one of there forums, that this could not be done if these items are running on the same machine as reader.
Not sure if this will be an option for us as far as using MS IIS, because we still have a lot of machines that are still running windows XP, which if I remember correctly, XP does not include IIS (although I do think the pro version has it, its been a while since I've played around with XP). Thanks for any info.
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2011-03-10 15:09:51
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thomp
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Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Ahh, well I do it for testing purposes, and I don't do it to get around security issues. But in general it is a no-no to use a local server. A few versions ago people were using this method save files filled out in Reader locally, so Adobe disallowed Reader from connecting to a local server. For reader I just test from a different machine on my network, or even from one of the companies hosted domains.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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