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2009-03-22 13:41:46
sboyse
Registered: Mar 22 2009
Posts: 10
Answered

I'm using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

With normal forms a user with free software (Adobe Reader) can type into a field and the text is set to one specific spot on the PDF.

I need the person to be able to click a button / select a field, and have that open the option to browse for a picture on their computer and put it into that specific form field.

To be very specific, this is the PDF I'm working on:
http://app4.websitetonight.com/projects/4/5/6/9/456932/uploads/Power_Cards_Form.pdf
(as an example, I added a button named "add image" that doesn't function)

Ideally, people would go to my site, and save this PDF from it. Without needing anything more than Adobe freeware, they should be able to click a button or highlight a field, have the window open to find a file, select it, click open, and have that picture in the form field (the black almost-square on the top half of the PDF, not an attached page with the image).

If it only works to have the picture take the button place, that’s doable if needed. If this isn’t possible with Acrobat 9, what would I have to turn to that I could at least trial before I have to buy it?

Apology to the mod in advance if the post needs moving.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1, Windows
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2009-03-22 16:08:15
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
The whole "image field in a form" thing is a regular question on here, and the answer, bluntly, is that it's (semi) possible but in a hugely-roundabout way unless you're using Livecycle Server.

See http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=17877 for a guide. Note the critical fact that doing it with just Acrobat and Reader (not LCreESS) means you can ONLY receive the data back as FDF. Extracting a binary image stream from FDF data is slightly more difficult than knitting with soup, so given you mention "your site" it would be far more sensible to forge the PDF entirely and use an HTML form.
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2009-03-23 02:34:47
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sboyse
Registered: Mar 22 2009
Posts: 10
Thanks for the quick response UVSAR, so far I feel this is the closest thing to what I need out of a good chunk of my searches, and it looks like I'll need to invest in LiveCycle (or at least make good use of the trial!). Thanks again.
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2009-03-23 11:43:51
#3
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
If you have LiveCycle Designer you can try the technique detailed in Ted's blog [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/enabling-adobe-reader-users-options-importing-images-forms]Enabling Adobe Reader Users Options for Importing Images on Forms[/url]. It's not the most user friendly (mostly because of the resizing problems) but it might work for your application.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2009-03-23 14:45:59
#4
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Lori's link ::
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/enabling-adobe-reader-users-options-importing-images-forms]Enabling Adobe Reader Users Options for Importing Images on Forms[/url].

Be well...

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2009-03-23 16:16:10
#5
sboyse
Registered: Mar 22 2009
Posts: 10
Thank you Madam Admin, seeing an example like that showed me exactly what you meant (which is what I wanted!). Both replies were right, I would recommend anyone wanting to put an image into a PDF, not just attach an image after the file, at least try the trial of LC with a handful of documents ready go.
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