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Can I require Acrobat Pro 8+?

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2008-11-24 06:44:06
hknight
Registered: Nov 12 2008
Posts: 8

I don't want anyone to be able to view a PDF I am creating UNLESS they have Acrobat Pro 8 or newer installed. If they have Acrobat Reader but not Acrobat Pro then I do not want them to be able to view the PDF. And they must have version 8 or newer.

Can this be done, and if so, how?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
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2008-11-24 08:49:38
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
A document Javascript can check the viewer version number (and if it's Reader or not) and then show a warning, but wouldn't prevent them from subsequently viewing the document (as the JS only runs once the document has been opened, and can't enforce close actions in every situation). Besides if the user has disabled scripting, nothing will happen anyways.

If you were asking for v7 or v9 then you could apply security using that version's keying, which would prevent it from opening in anything earlier - but there's no encryption difference between v7 and v8 and no way to differentiate Reader.
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