Please HELP. I have been searching for hours for the answer. I would like to email a form (through distribute forms) to a customer that they can fill in and send back to me. When they send it back I want to prove that I did not/can not change the information they filled in in any way. (without asking the customer to apply any settings before sending it back)
distribute a fill in form that upon return I can not change/alter the information filled into the form
2010-09-30 07:31:23
My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.0, Windows
Acrobat Standard 9.0, Windows
2010-09-30 09:22:38
#1
Is applying a digital signature considered "apply[ing] any settings before sending it back"?
2010-10-01 05:04:14
#2
We haven't decided if we will have customers digitally sign or just check a box that says agree and type their name. We are in a remote area and some may be overwhelmed with the steps to create the digital signature.
2010-10-01 08:14:49
#3
OK, but a digital signature will give you what you want. The form can be locked upon signing and the signature can be validated to prove that the document has not been modified after the signature was applied.
2010-10-01 10:17:48
#4
Ah!! this makes sense. Although, Is there any other way to accomplish this without the digital signature? Thank you very much for your help!!
2010-10-01 16:55:34
#5
Lallard:
You can "flatten" the PDF several ways.
#1 - Submit to web script file such as ASP.net, and "flatten" the PDF document on the server, and return the "flattened" PDF to the buffer.
->User Submits PDF to www script.
->script flattens the PDF.
->e-mail and/or output "flattened" PDF to buffer for save-as or download prompt.For server-side "Windows ASP.net" solutions, Google "itextsharp flatten".
or
For server-side "JAVA" solutions, Google "itext flatten".
or
Check out: http://www.fdftoolkit.net/
#2
You can also enable "Usage Rights" on the PDF, so Adobe Reader users are able to sign the PDF.
Once the signature is signed, the PDF will be locked, or the PDF will become "invalid" once a change is made and the PDF is resaved.
You can "flatten" the PDF several ways.
#1 - Submit to web script file such as ASP.net, and "flatten" the PDF document on the server, and return the "flattened" PDF to the buffer.
->User Submits PDF to www script.
->script flattens the PDF.
->e-mail and/or output "flattened" PDF to buffer for save-as or download prompt.For server-side "Windows ASP.net" solutions, Google "itextsharp flatten".
or
For server-side "JAVA" solutions, Google "itext flatten".
or
Check out: http://www.fdftoolkit.net/
#2
You can also enable "Usage Rights" on the PDF, so Adobe Reader users are able to sign the PDF.
Once the signature is signed, the PDF will be locked, or the PDF will become "invalid" once a change is made and the PDF is resaved.