need clarification on "reader enabled" in LC ES

[Former Community Member]

Is "reader enabled" some plug-in or just an option to "mark" before I start developing new form? Cant find much about it in LC help but I see its very important for later user-end capabilities (like sending filled pdf by e-mail using only adobe reader...). If its a plugin, is it needed only on developer station or every user of that form?

Please advice.

[Niall_O_Donovan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I have a summary of reader enabling a form here: http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Using_LiveCycle_Forms_in_Acrobat_and_Reader-16518.html

If you scroll to the end, there is a PDF which summarises deploying a form in Acrobat and Reader. In the PDF there are screenshots if you hover over the question marks.

There are two ways to reader enable a form:

(1) is using Acrobat Standard (v9) or Acrobat Professional (v8 or lower). In Acrobat v9 under the Advanced menu is an option to enable the form. Click this and save the form with a different name. There are license restrictions when you use Acrobat.

(2) Adobe have a server component to their LC Enterprise Suite called LC Reader Extension ES2. This is intended for enabling large numbers of forms and/or for large numbers of recipients. This is an expensive option because it is server based and intended for large organisations or government agencies.

Once you enable a form, then users with Reader will be able to save the form (this ability is needed if you are getting the user to submit the PDF form). They will not need an plugin, as the process of applying the reader extensions will unlock the features in Reader (for that forms only).

However please be aware that when you enable the form, while some features will be turned on, others will be turned off (like data connections).

Good luck,

Niall

[Former Community Member]

This is weird, I use Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (9.0.0) and there is no such thing as "reader enabled" in my advanced. I checked whole tree and cant really see anything equivalent to this.

There is "Change reading options" but its diabled (cant be used) with or without my form loaded.

If you could be so kind and elaborate especially on this what is mentioned in last columnt of this screen.

Its only possible to do so if we had

?

Thank you very much for your insight. Best regards.

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi,

The option is just lower down on the menu:

Option 4 relates only where you have the full LiveCycle Reader Extensions Enterprise Suite. This does not come with Acrobat/LC Designer ES. It is a completely separate server component.

If you are using Acrobat and/or Reader then options 1, 2 and 3 apply to you.

If you have LC Reader Extensions ES2 then option 4 is applicable.

Hope that helps,

Niall