Hi,
Trying to solve the perennial problem for small developers, in my case eLearning, to provide some way to protect unauthorized use of a PDF form via password restriction. I have an eLearning package (KnowledgePresenter) which in its latest version has the ability to add JavaScript routines for example to launch a PDF. So, if I were to create a Designer form, password protect/encrypt its PDF version, in order to open it in the eLearning lesson, the lesson would need to do 2 operations: (1) launch the PDF and (2) for deterring unauthorized use, enter the PDF's password in the JavaScript launch of the form. Not sure if # 2 is possible, especially since I am not very skilled at writing JS routines, plus this PDF launch with a password, all in one action, may not even be possible for a Designer PDF?
The 'fall-back' would be to give the student the password to open the launched PDF form themselves. But, if the password could be hard-coded into the lesson's JS/HTML scripting, as described above, then no one would need to know the password. It would open from inside the lesson. And, since password protected, while it could be copied for external use, it would not open without the password.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially any ideas about what the JS routine would look like.
Kind Regards,
saratogacoach
