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javascript identity.login not working

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December 13, 2017
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I have created an Adobe Acrobat form that has a textbox that retrieves the windows logged in user using JavaScript with identity.login. This works fine when the document is opened with the Adobe Reader. I have uploaded the document to our SharePoint Online. The document now opens in the browser in SharePoint Online, but, fails on retrieving the login of the user. How can I make this work?

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Correct answer Thom Parker

Did you read the reference entry for the "Identity" object?

Acrobat DC SDK Documentation

This object is protected and requires a privileged context. There is no way it could have worked in Reader unless, it was in a stamp script.

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Perhaps you are no longer using Adobe technology. What browser is it? You say it "fails" - what is the failure?

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The browser is IE 11. The text box returns Undefined instead of the login, (e.g., abc1). The Adobe PDF Reader plugin is Enabled.

Name: Adobe PDF Reader

Publisher: Adobe Systems, Incorporated

Type: ActiveX Control

Architecture: 32-bit and 64-bit

Version: 17.12.20093.238000

File date: ‎Monday, ‎July ‎31, ‎2017, ‏‎6:31 PM

Date last accessed: ‎Today, ‎December ‎13, ‎2017, ‏‎5 hours ago

Class ID: {CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}

Use count: 0

Block count: 94

File: AcroPDF64.dll

Folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX

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Did you read the reference entry for the "Identity" object?

Acrobat DC SDK Documentation

This object is protected and requires a privileged context. There is no way it could have worked in Reader unless, it was in a stamp script.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often