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Hi Dan,

Thanks for the ideas.  Would I need Acrobat to undo the print message?
 Or could it be accomplished through Java and the Reader alone?

I'm really disappointed that there isn't an add-on for Reader to allow
a program to send the password.  Password protection is such a neat
way to prevent the drawings from walking out of here ...

Thanks again,
Robin

"Dan Sideen" <dansideen@rogers.com> wrote in message news:<BKYlc.404667$2oI1.209737@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>...
> I wanted to do something like this a few years ago, but eventually gave up.
> 
> While it may be possible to write a plug in to do this without violating the
> licensing agreement, that plug in would need to be installed on each
> machine. And plugins are generally not portable across Acrobat versions.
> 
> Your probably better off setting the properties that you want in
> File:Document Security to prevent inproper access.
> 
> A couple of thoughts.
> 
> 1. Why not add an invisible form field with  a "NOT FOR REPRODUCTION" text
> or icon message. Set the field properties to "invisible, but prints. This
> will prevent anyone from printing it. .
> 2. Add some javascript that checks that the form is being viewed inside a
> browser, and you can turn undo the print message. This allows them to print
> from inside the browser on your intranet.
> 
> "Robin" <msrado@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:b1cee833.0404291228.49cbd724@posting.google.com...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've searched the web and can't find an answer to my particular
> > question, so please bear with me ...
> >
> > I have an intranet site that I would like to populate with PDF files
> > that are password protected.  (User or owner password - we haven't
> > decided yet.)  I would like to have some ASP code in the web pages
> > open the PDF files by sending them the password, not by having the
> > user type it in.  (This is our way of protecting the files from being
> > saved or opened outside of the intranet.)  I've looked at the Adobe
> > SDK and see that I can't automate Reader to do this.  Is there an
> > add-on to Adobe Reader that I can use for this?
> >
> > I also want my purchasing agents to be able to perform batch password
> > changes on copies of these files as they are sent to vendors.  I would
> > like to create a VB program that allows the agents to specify the new
> > password and the directory that the files are located in.  The program
> > would send the old password to the files, then change the password and
> > resave them.  Can I do this with an add-on to Reader?  If not, can I
> > do this with an add-on to Acrobat?
> >
> > BIG thanks in advance!
> > Robin