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Legend
March 18, 2018

Acrobat does not use an external library, Acrobat is a PDF processor itself.

Acrobat has no Java API.

Acrobat must not be used on a server.

You may may look into The Adobe PDF Library, licensed by Datalogics.

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Legend
March 18, 2018

Acrobat does not use an external library, Acrobat is a PDF processor itself.

Acrobat has no Java API.

Acrobat must not be used on a server.

You may may look into The Adobe PDF Library, licensed by Datalogics.

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Legend
July 12, 2016

But you would have to write a separate app in C/C++ for the library.

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March 18, 2018

Hi,

Could someone please go through below points and help me understand how can I proceed further.

1) We've Acrobat Adobe Pro tool which is used to convert pdf files of any format(encrypted, protected) into PLAIN readable pdf files.

2) And then we will use these readable pdf files as inputs to our java programs and extract the content from them.

3) When I use our JAVA program to extract the content from these kind of encrypted PDF files, we're getting the output text in symbols and non recognized fonts. So I hope if I use your "SDK\Library\jar" while extracting the content from PDF files, I'll get the content in readable text format. Even when I'm copying the content from pdf and pasting in a text file, the same thing is happening, the pasted content will have symbols and non recognized fonts.

4) We'd be happy if you can let us know about the SDK\Library\jar  which Acrobat Adobe PRO is using to convert these encrypted PDF files into PLAIN PDF files, so that we can use the same library in our JAVA programs to convert the encrypted PDF files into plain PDF files and then extract the content in text format.

5) I can see SDK in JAVASCRIPT here "https://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/sdk/eula.html", but could not find it in JAVA. Also, I’m not sure whether this will be useful to meet my requirement.

Requesting your assistance at the earliest possible, as it’s very urgent. Thanks in advance

Thanks,

Mahesh

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Legend
July 12, 2016

If you negotiate a license for the PDF Library, you will get lots of DLLs. Contact DataLogics. The documentation is also on their web site.

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Legend
July 12, 2016

To save a lot of time I will tell you the SDK is useless to you. Acrobat is not for server use. Adobe's server product is Adobe PDF library, licensed by DataLogics. C and C++.

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lrosenth
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
July 12, 2016

OR AEM Forms (formerly known as LiveCycle)

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Legend
July 12, 2016

Is this for a server?

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Participant
July 12, 2016

Yes

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Legend
July 12, 2016

there is only one SDK for all languages and interfaces. Is this for a server?

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Participant
July 12, 2016

OK can you send the SDK link now.

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Legend
July 12, 2016

Have you downloaded the Acrobat XI SDK? That's what you need. Not sure if there is an API for this, but if there is, it will be in there.

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Participant
July 12, 2016

I need the SDK for the Dotnet.

Please send the link

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