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Locking a PDF document

2008-11-13 10:55:31

ranjanakhati

Registered: Sep 3 2008

Posts: 16

Answered

Hello All,
Any idea about how to lock a PDF document which has been stamped using Stamp annotation so that the user cannot modify the stamp using even Adobe Standard?

Thanks,
Ranjana

2008-11-13 11:52:50

Dimitri

Registered: Nov 1 2005

Posts: 1389

Hi ranjanakhati,

You could use JavaScript to flatten all content in the PDF so it will no longer be accessible even to someone with Acrobat Pro. This does however flatten all interactive parts of the PDF, not only the stamps. See the tip and forum thread for how to do it-

http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/flattening_comments/

http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=15215

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com
www.pdfscripting.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

2008-11-13 12:43:52

ranjanakhati

Registered: Sep 3 2008

Posts: 16

Thanks Dimitri,
I'll try this approach...and I believe this will solve my problem.

Thanks again,
Ranjana

2008-12-16 15:04:17

ranjanakhati

Registered: Sep 3 2008

Posts: 16

Hello Dimitri,
I have a scenario where in i have a bunch of documents that needs to be flattened when i perform an action of Submit or button click. Is there any way where I don't have to use it as a Javascript but can use it in Java code.

Thanks for your help in advance,
Ranjana