I believe that this is actually caused by the broswer.  The service sends a file to the client (a browser in this case) of type "application/pdf".  The browser then says: "Hey, I know what to do with that.  I'll open Reader/Acrobat".  This is because of the association made in the browser with appli...

The SDK comes with the sever software.  look in the {install directory}/LiveCycle_ES_SDK folder (C:\Adobe\Adobe LiveCycle ES2\LiveCycle_ES_SDK on my machine)

I'm not a licensing expert, but I'm pretty sure the EULA says something about using the code server side (regardless of the number of licenses owned). You should check with your Adobe Rep (or support) to make sure

Jared;If you believe that its a bug (and I'm not saying it is or it is not), then make sure it gets filed with Adobe Support.  They can't fix it if they don't know about it.

I'm pretty sure that using the Acrobat SDKs server side violates the SDK EULA, not to mention the issues of thread saftey and scalability.Its true that using LiveCycle can be like cutting your butter with a chainsaw, but it does take care of all of the server side stuff that can come back to haunt y...

Prepopulation (and data extraction) of forms is generally done with LiveCycle Forms.    Adding the signatures is usually done client side, but if you need to add them server side then look at the Digital Signatures module (it also can verify client side signatures).As far as using it with .Net goes,...

To answer the first part of your post - the trial version can be downloaded from Adobe's web site.  Have a look at:http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/trial/You'll want to take a look at the ReaderExtensions component.  There is a right that product can add to a document to allow commenting.

Even Marcel's suggestion may not always work, but it certainly is worth a quick try.  I seem to remember trying that and finding that one of the LiveCycle EAR files has a version of dom4j buried inside it (I don't remember which version of LC it was). Of course altering an Adobe supplied EAR is not ...

If you need the form to be interactive after the data is added then you will want to look at LiveCycle Forms.  If the file is not to be interactive then you can use Output.One other note.  If your clients are going to be use the Free Reader and you want them to add a signature or save the data then ...

Change your button to a "Regular" button.  In the button's Object panel set the Control Type to Submit (on the Field tab) then (on the Submit tab) set the Submit As to PDF and the Submit to URL to the email address:mailto:joanne.berry@caymanchamber.ky?subject=Leadership Cayman Application Submission