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Is there a way to disable Copy/Paste via Script in a LC Form

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2008-09-03 09:30:48
Tech264
Registered: Apr 4 2008
Posts: 111
Answered

My job has issues with employees who were given the courtesy to type their notes in forms I created from Word 2007 and converted to PDF and imported to LiveCycle for field placements, etc.

However and I knew this would happen. Apparently we have some workers who were still lazy not to type new notes for clients and instead decided to type a handful and then copy and paste the same information in a new form when they see the client again. I can disable or hide the main menu from Adobe reader with the customize toolbar but is there a way in LiveCycle Designer ES with a script where they can't right-click a sentence they highlighted and choose Copy. Is there also a way where if the sentence is highlighted they cannot do CTRL-C?

They need to be able to save their work but one suggestion was to take off the user rights so they can only print their work and not save it for later use to copy/paste.

Thank you in advance for any creative suggestions.

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2008-09-03 22:05:37
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
you can apply security in Acrobat Pro that disables copy. But this is thin.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]

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

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2008-09-04 03:33:32
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Tech264
Registered: Apr 4 2008
Posts: 111
If this is a setting that's in PRO version is it also available in the reader v9 since that's what most people have on their computers? Where is this feature located in Pro? Thank you.
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2010-02-23 12:43:50
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Tech264
Registered: Apr 4 2008
Posts: 111
Although I wrote this a while back, I'm wondering if there's a javascript code that upon entering a form a person cannot right click to copy the same way you cannot right click on a website to save a photo. Just a thought.
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2010-02-23 23:21:38
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radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
In Designer you can set security settings for your forms.
Go to File > Form Properties > PDF Security Tab.There you can disable the function named "Enable Copying Of Text, Images, And Other Content".

radzmar
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