I just started a set of blog posts that make the need for Reader Extensions and ways to acquire it more clear. Check my blog at Datalogics titled "Tried to put a dynamic PDF417, QR or Data Matrix Barcode on a PDF form? Still have your hair?" I hope that these posts answer your questions about Reader...

Yes, you do need Reader Extensions to enable this functionality in Reader.  This fnctionality is now available from Datalogics, as they have made Reader Extensions available with a lighter server footprint. You can see more on the Adobe PDF Java Tooklit with Reader Extensions page on Datalogics webs...

There were problems like this that were caused by a flashplayer security patch.  See https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/livecycle/ZRj27vcLXOIMy memory is a bit hazy on this, as it was three years ago.  There was a LiveCycle blog on this November 11, 2008http://blogs.adobe.com/livecy...

This is a two part reply, first to answer your question and then to raise a general licensing issue.To answer your direct question, the reader extension rights will expire when the credential expires (in your example April 1, 2012). After that time, the user will get a message that depends on the ve...

Correct.  Reader-extending a PDF is a capability only in full Acrobat that then enables features in Reader.

I'd suggest contacting technical support. They can work through this with you pretty easily.

So you are a combination of cases 1 and 3.  There is good information out there to point you in the right direction.Thom Parker, one of the Acrobat experts, did a great tutorial on this on Acrobatusers.com . So watch this and then just make sure that the form has been reader-extended for Embedded Fi...

There are a few different scenarios for how you may be using Reader Extensions and Reader.  Let me lay them out and a bit of what may be happening in each case.  Then tell me which case is yours and we can go deeper.The form is a dynamic XFA form: Annotations, even file attachment annotations, are n...

You can reader-extend for comments with Acrobat Pro on your desktop. See this page in help, which references a video, that explains it in more detail. This will allow file attachments in comments, just so long as your form is not a dynamic form.If you're like to try this with a reader-extended form ...

I gave this a try on a system with Acrobat Pro and Reader 10.1.1 on a 64-bit windows 7 system and did not have any issues.Can you be more specific about your operating environment? Also, is this issue isolated to your current machine, or can you replicate it on others. Reproducability is the key at ...