Add Attachments button

[Shay]

Hi everyone!

I'm new to adobe livecycle and hope this isn't a silly question...

I'm trying to get an add attachments button to work for both users
with Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. I've been reading that in order
to do this I need to "apply usage rights using the reader extension on
the server." I'm wondering if anyone has done this and could elaborate
a little more on what I need to do to set this up.

Thanks so much for any help you can provide!

- Shaylyn

[fred.pantalone]

There are no silly questions, only silly walks...

When using Reader, only documents that have been "Reader Extended" can
have attachments added. Does your organization have LiveCycle Reader
Extensions? It is a server-side enterprise software application.
Without it, you won't be able to accomplish what you want for your
Reader users.

Fred

[Brooks, Craig]

Shaylyn,

 

Assuming you have code behind your button, you’ll need to apply rights as outlined below. You can turn on additional capabilities, but your need these at a minimum.

 

You’ll need to have something along these lines…

 

…

var embeddedObj = event.target;

var fAttachments = embeddedObj.dataObjects;

embeddedObj.importDataObject(fAttachments.length);

…

               

 

-Craig

 

[Shaylyn]

Thank you both! I am looking into if we are using server-side capabilities.

[Craig Martin]

Reading up on your post....  as I have a similar situation where I

want the endusers of either Reader or Acrobat to be able to attach

files to the PDF when submitting by email.   How can one tell if they

have the LiveCycle Reader Extension?  Do I need the code Craig suggests below?

Also, is there specific code for an "add Attachments" button? 

Thanks in advance!

Craig

[fred.pantalone]

Hi Craig,

The end-user doesn't have Reader Extensions, individual documents must be Reader-extended. Once you've Reader-extended a document for attachments, the built-in attachments functionality can be used or you can create an attachments user interface on your form. 

Fred