Is it possible to call a web service within acrobat reader.

[Former Community Member]

Hi,



I designed a form template which makes a web service call.

Then tested the form using acrobat professional 8.0.

Everything was fine.

But, when I open the same form with acrobat reader, the web service call didn't work.

I want to know is this a known issue that It is not allowed to call a web service in acrobat reader?

[Former Community Member]

I have the same problem. Does acrobat reader have rights to call web service ? Did you solve the problem ?

[Former Community Member]

Nope yet. I couldn't find any documentation to clarify this issue..

[HowardTreisman]

Hi

Reader does not have the capability to call Web Services.

You have two options:

1. Get your clients to buy a copy of Acrobat.

2. Purchase a product from Adobe called "Reader Extensions". This allows you to "extend" your form in such a way that it will be able to call web services. (You can also save it locally, and do a bunch of other things that normally you can't do in Reader.) Your clients will then be able to call web services (for this form only) using Reader.



If you'd like more information on Reader Extensions, email info-at- avoka.com.



Howard

http://www.avoka.com

[Former Community Member]

Is it possible to enable web service calls using Acrobat 8 or is 'Reader Extensions' the only product that can do this?



I am hoping that Acrobat 8 is able to do it as 'Reader Extensions' appear to be a server type producdt and will require a J2EE container to run it - things I would like to avoid just to enable a PDF document to call a web service.

[HowardTreisman]

Is it possible to enable web service calls using Acrobat 8?

Yes.

Is it possible to enable web service calls using Reader?

Yes, but only if you first apply Reader Extensions to the PDF before you open it in Reader.

Howard

http://www.avoka.com