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DB Connectio and Adobe Reader

Jesus
Registered: Mar 27 2007
Posts: 54

Thom,
 
Thank you for your answer.
 
When you say one of the Adobe Server what specifically you reffer to.
 
Thanks!
Q: I have a form developed with Designer 8 which has multiples drop-down list boxes and standard buttons defined with java scripts and a data connection to an Access database. When I try to view this form in Adobe Reader 8 those java-scripted boxes and buttons aren't able to display the data when you execute them. Does Adobe Reader 8 has the capability of interpreting Java Scripts and displaying data from a data connection?
 
A:Yes, of course it does. However, the document requires Reader Rights Enabling before it will work. Unfortunately, DB connections are not part of the Rights that can be applied from Acrobat 8 Pro. You need one of the Adobe Servers for that.

My Product Information:
Reader 8, Windows
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Adobe sells a number of different servers that manipulate PDF files. One of the servers adds what is called Reader Rights Enabling to a document. If a document has a certain "Reader Right", then it can do a special thing in Adobe Reader, like being saved with filled in form data, or having comments added to it. Database access is one of those special things.

Check out the Adobe Document Center and you'll see what I mean.

[url=https://dc.adobe.com/]https://dc.adobe.com/[/url]

Thom Parker
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