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2007-06-12 04:31:03
JohnDoyle
Registered: May 3 2007
Posts: 26

Can anyone help with this problem. I have applied Adobe Reader Usage Rights using Acrobat 8 to a form but when pressing the submit button a pop up appears telling me that I need Reader 8 to submit the form. This form will be used throughout a large company and I believe that most people are unlikely to have Reader 8. Is there a way around this? Can the usage rights be applied so that the form can be submitted using an earlier version of Reader?
Many Thanks

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-06-12 06:40:09
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pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
Try putting this JavaScript on the first page of your form. On the navigation panel, click the page icon, right click to display the Page Properties, click the Actions tab, select Page Open (trigger), select Run a JavaScript and add this code:

if (app.vewerVersion < 8) {
app.alert("You must have Adobe Reader 8.0 or later to open this document.\n\nGet the latest Adobe Reader at [url=http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.php"]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.php"[/url], 2 ,2)
this.closeDoc(true)

This code will instruct users on where to update their version of Adobe Reader.

My favorite quote - "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

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2007-06-22 11:04:22
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pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
Sorry. I forgot you are using Acrobat 6. Enabling Reader Extensions is not available in version 6. Here are your options:

(1.) go to the Adobe web site and search for Adobe Reader Extensions and purchase a license for your form.

(2.) Upgrade version Acrobat 6 to version 8. This option is located under Advanced tab, Enable Reader Usage Rights.

(3. Go to [url=http://www.formrouter.com]www.formrouter.com[/url] and purchase a license for this option. Read all of the information related to PDF forms before you make a decision. I think they are cheaper than Adobe.

(4.) Find someone who has Acrobat 8 and have your form converted to version 8 then Enable Reader Usage Rights.

My favorite quote - "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

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2007-06-22 10:38:46
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bhavani
Registered: Jun 21 2007
Posts: 7
john, how did you applied the usage rights. I could not see such option on my version. i am using acrobat 6 pro n reader 8.
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2007-06-25 03:07:05
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JohnDoyle
Registered: May 3 2007
Posts: 26
Think there may have been some confusion somewhere along the line. If you refer to my initial question I am using Acrobat 8. I don't think there is an option in earlier versions of Acrobat to apply usage rights to documents.
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