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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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Loop not opening PDFs...so copy/Paste to Excel fails (I think)

Apologies in advance for the length of this post, but I wanted to describe my issues in detail in the hopes one of you VBA masters can assist Goal Loop through all PDFs in a folder For each PDF:select all/copy/paste into Excel Call a separate…
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Is there any library similar to itext and can write field values in pdf form?

I use itext 's setField function to save field value into pdf form, but I find after I use itext, the whole pdf will corrupt, you can not edit the pdf in adobe reader any more. It will show you that the file has been changed and extended feature in…
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Any free way to disable copying text in .pdf?

I'm providing a free sample page that will be downloaded from my website that is in .pdf format. I want to prevent users from selecting and copying the text content of that document. How can I do this for free?
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Is it possible to open a PDF inside a c# application with Acrobat.dll?

I know that I can display a PDF file in my c# executable (not web app) with: private AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF axAcroPDF1; axAcroPDF1.LoadFile(@"somefile.pdf"); axAcroPDF1.Show(); But that is the regular pdf viewer like in the browser. I don't want…
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PDF document generated using itext# opens in Foxit but not Acrobat

My application is generating PDF documents using itext#. The files open fine and display correctly in Foxit Reader but in Adobe Acrobat it errors with: There was an error processing page. There was a problem reading this document (109). Why will…
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PDFBox - convert image to PDF, PDF resolution

I am using PDFBox v2 to convert jpg images to PDF. JPG image is already on the filesystem, so I just pick it up and convert it to PDF. Below is my code public void convertImgToPDF(String imagePath, String fileName, String destDir) throws IOException…
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In Adobe Acrobat X Pro, how do I use javascript to prefill text fields in an acrobat pdf form?

I've created a form using Adobe Acrobat Pro. I would like the Date field (the first text field on the form) to be pre-filled with instructional text like "Enter date". On clicking, this should vanish and, furthermore, if the form is printed, the…
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Missing file for Javascript debugging in Adobe Acrobat

Whenever I open a PDF in IE with javascript debugging enabled I get the following error message: "The file debugger.js is missing from the Javascripts folder. The Debugger will not run correctly without this file." I recently installed Adobe Acrobat…
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Why doesnt Acrobat Distiller embed all fonts fully?

When I use Acrobat Distiller (v.9.1.3), it seems that I cannot embed all fonts -- at least not in the way I want to (no subsetting). One example is Wingdings (TrueType). I activated the tickboxes and settings to "Always embed" and "No subsetting".…
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Is It Possible to Create Named Destinations In A PDF Using JavaScript?

I'm trying to create a menu option in Adobe Acrobat that will use JavaScript to parse through a large pdf document and create named destinations using the titles in the document. The titles all follow the same unique format, so I am able to identify…
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pdf form sends FDF instead of PDF

UPDATE i discovered it sends PDF if opened by adobe reader at my computer, but same pdf form sends FDF if opened in Chrome browser at website UPDATE END i am using Acrobat XI Pro trial version Adobe Acrobat offer forms in pdf documents, those forms…
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How to access full Adobe Acrobat AcroExch COM API from Internet Explorer embedded object?

I have the following situation: Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 SP1 32-bit Adobe Acrobat Professional version 10 A webpage with code like this: Given that: The default PDF reader on the system is Adobe…
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How to get all key-value pairs of a PDF form fields using javascript in Acrobat?

I have searched and found out code snippet for getting a value for particular field in a PDF using javascript in Acrobat. But I need to get all fields as key-value pair in javascript. I tried some of the code but it won't work for…
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Edit PDF online and save and form data to server

I have some PDF documents which are being displayed in the browser, with some fields already being pre-populated from the database using iTextSharp (we are running Windows Server 2008, IIS 7, SQL Server 2008, and ASP.NET 2.0/2.5 with C#). Our…
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PDF document in webBrowser control cause 'The memory could not be "read"' error when closing application

I am using a webBrowser control to open PDF document in winforms, it works fine but when closing the application I get sometimes an error : "The Instruction at "0x2d864aa2" referenced memory at "0x00000008". The memory could not be "read". Is there…
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