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February 22, 2017
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Email a Locked / Uneditable PDF

  • February 22, 2017
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Searched the forums and couldn't find if this was possible...looking to add a submit form button to a PDF to email a PDF and make it locked for editing (so even the blue boxes around inputs don't show). Not sure if Adobe has this functionality or if it can scripted?

Currently using a work around of printing the document to PDF and emailing that, but hoping there's a more elegant/efficient solution. Thanks!

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Correct answer try67

The best way to do that is to digitally sign the form, and set the Digital

Signature field to lock all the form fields in it.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 5:29 PM, jeffb67887384 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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NKOWA555
NKOWA555
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February 23, 2017

See example #3:

www.pdfemail.net/examples/

You can do this with the Signature field or you can submit the form to an ASP.net script. The script can "Flatten" the fields with iTextSharp so it can not be reversed, and e-mail the form to the desired recipients using an SMTP server (w/o client-side email software). Then the script responds back to the end user with a redirect URL or a FDF status message.

try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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February 22, 2017

The best way to do that is to digitally sign the form, and set the Digital

Signature field to lock all the form fields in it.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 5:29 PM, jeffb67887384 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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