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On past december I ask you about how create an editable pdf. This is the thread:

http://forum.stimulsoft.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=2774

On this moment, I was done a simple test project that results ok.

Now, is the time for activate this funcionality on my project, and again don't work.

Using the same test program, the resulting pdf is editable, but I can't save the edited PDF if I use Adobe reader. Only using Adobe professional.

The piece of code that I am using is:


Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim stiExportPdf As New Stimulsoft.Report.Export.StiPdfExportService
Dim file_pdf As String
Dim exportSettings As New Stimulsoft.Report.Export.StiPdfExportSettings

exportSettings.UserAccessPrivileges = Stimulsoft.Report.Export.StiUserAccessPrivileges.All

file_pdf = "C:\tmp_pdf\llistat1.pdf"
Stimulsoft.Report.StiOptions.Export.Pdf.AllowEditablePdf = True
StiReport1.Render()
StiReport1.ExportDocument(Stimulsoft.Report.StiExportFormat.Pdf, file_pdf, exportSettings)

End Sub


The difference from december is the use of different version of libreries. Now I am using 2010.2.707.0

Thank you

Hello,

Mpanal wrote:On past december I ask you about how create an editable pdf. This is the thread: ...
Using the same test program, the resulting pdf is editable, but I can't save the edited PDF if I use Adobe reader. Only using Adobe professional.
The difference from december is the use of different version of libreries. Now I am using 2010.2.707.0

We did not changed nothing in this direction.
We have checked many old versions - the problem exist in all of them.
But this problem is not in our program.
It is restriction of Adobe Reader.
A few quotes from various forums:

You won't be able to save any changes to the form with Adobe Reader. They sell the complete suite for that and give away the reader to induce people to buy it.
Check and see if the form is available in another format, like doc.

You cannot save the form with data in it in Reader 7 unless the form has been "reader-enabled" to allow you to.
Reader-enabling can be expensive (it's intended for large companies and governments, primarily), so your best option would be Acrobat Pro, which will let you do it.

If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro, you may have attempted to add form fields, only to discover that the typical user with Adobe Reader does not have the rights to save the form with entered data.
To enable your forms to be filled out, open the form in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Select "Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader" from the "Advanced" menu.

So you want to create a form using Adobe LiveCycle and want to distribute it to people and allow them to fill in the form and be able to save it locally to send back to you. Sadly using LiveCycle alone you won’t be able to do this. You could purchase Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions which allows anyone with Adobe Reader to save the form and the form data, but this costs an unknown amount of money and is aimed at larger corporates.

Thank you.

Ivan wrote:But this problem is not in our program.
It is restriction of Adobe Reader.

:pffft:

Really I have a problem.

Which other editable format I can use for export to?

How I can send a report to a person that he can fill and return filled to me?

Export to HTML and export to MHT are generating error: "'object reference not set to an instance of an object"

Thank you

Hello,

Mpanal wrote:Really I have a problem.
Which other editable format I can use for export to?

RTF - you can edit this file with standard WordPad;
MS-Word, Excel - MS-Office required.

Mpanal wrote:Export to HTML and export to MHT are generating error: "'object reference not set to an instance of an object"

We couldn't reproduce this bug.
Can you please send us a sample report with data, which reproduces the issue?

Thank you