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Adobe Acrobat is a family of applications developed by Adobe in order to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).

All members of the family, except Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader), are proprietary commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded from Adobe's web site. Adobe Reader enables users to view and print PDF files but has negligible PDF creation capabilities.

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pdftk + xfdf + php can't handle umlauts

I'm using XFDF files to fill out PDF-forms serverside with PHP and pdftk but my problem is that no non-english characters (ä, ö, å etc.) are printed to the form fields. Here is the function I use to parse the XFDF file: function…
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How to properly exit CAcroApp?

I referenced Acrobat.dll in a simple C# Console program, and then wrote a couple of lines of codes to run Acrobat. CAcroApp mApp = new AcroAppClass(); Console.WriteLine("Acrobat is running"); bool bClose = mApp.CloseAllDocs(); bool bExit =…
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How can I call the Acrobat feature OCR from C#?

I want to write a C# application that can utilize the OCR function in Adobe Acrobat. How can I call this? Is there a public API?
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Use javascript to switch pages in acrobat reader in webbrowser

For a project I am looking for a good way to display pdf files in a webbrowser (IE8 and newer). The browsers used in my project have acrobat reader installed, so thatwillbe the preferred way to visualize thepdf file. Is there a way to access…
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Server response to PDF form submitting

I have a PDF form with a submit button that http submits the pdf to an ASP.NET application. What should be the application response? I figured out that I need to send the pdf back in the output response stream. This makes the Adobe Reader open a new…
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Acrobat (reader): to open at a specific page number via command line on Windows

I am running a Windows batch file to convert a document to PDFand on the last line of the batch file I have: Acrobat "%1.pdf" This opens the produced PDFfile just fine but I also wish to be able to open the PDFfile at some specific page of the…
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pdftk - fill_form leads to "This document contained certain rights" dialog?

I'm using pdftk and the fill_form command to fill in a PDF form from FDF data. When I execute the command the PDF output is created successfully except that when opening the PDF : A dialog appears in Acrobat reader says "This document contained…
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How to create & attach a nested OCG / layer to a parent using javascript in a acrobat PDF?

Half of my reason for posting is to put something on here that can be useful for others, as there is next to nothing good online about PDF OCGs/Layers, but I also need some help getting this to work right. 90% good, still need 10% to be done. I have…
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Error: Illegal Character 2

I'm not too exposed to Javascript (only for this mini piece of work) however I'm trying to help a friend add a dynamic field to show the username and date when an Acrobat form was updated. So far I have the following: Event.value = (new…
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Combine all files in a folder as pdf

My current problem is that starting from the root folder I have to look into each folder and if one file exists then save it as a pdf with the folder name in a different location. If more then one file exists then combine this into one file, save…
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Calling WebServices from Adobe Acrobat X Javascript

I am trying to call a SharePoint web service from Acrobat JavaScript, and I am encountering an error that I cant seem to get around. Hoping for some help on what I am doing wrong to call sharepoint. I have seen two ways of doing a SOAP call to a…
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PDF Signature: "Expected a dict object"

I'm creating a library for digitally signing a PDF document. During my quest I stumbled upon an other problem. In Acrobat I'm getting the error: Error during signature verification. Adobe Acrobat error. Expected a dict object. I know it expects…
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How to extract field names, and properties, from PDF form?

I have 40+ forms and I want to make sure that common fields have the same names. This would greatly help me in storing and sorting the entries. Apart from that i want to make sure the formatting is consistent through all the forms. Is there a way i…
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Global Variables for Javascript (Acrobat Reader)

I have a PDF form and I'm trying to declare a global variable in the Document-level Javascript editor... I'm using global.myVariable = "0"; and then on a field in the form, I'm running the code: if(myVariable == "0"){ app.alert("Hello!"); …
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Laravel - barryvdh/laravel-dompdf - Cannot Open in Acrobat Reader via Chrome Extension

I'm running into an issue with Laravel PDF Generation and the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Extension in Chrome. With this extension installed, whenever you view a PDF on Chrome, you get a little button that allows you to open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat…
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