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Carolyn27820300jhwt
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January 5, 2023
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Any Progress in Adobe Acrobat Pro allowing users to Attach files without javascipt?

  • January 5, 2023
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Had Adobe made any changes to Acrobat Pro that would allow me to design a form in which the user can attach a file (via Reader) that doesn't require me to use javascript?  This seems like this would be such a common requirement that Adobe would put it in Acrobat Pro.

Thanks.

--Carolyn

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January 9, 2023

Also... it really isn't just about what Adobe put in Acrobat Pro. That's not what most end users will have. So it would have to be in Acrobat Reader. But most users aren't using Acrobat Reader either. They are using Chrome or Safari or Edge or Preview or the Android or iOS default PDF viewers. So ALL those people (Google, Apple, Microsoft and more) would have to agree to support it. This would have to be part of PDF 3.0, thrown around by committee for years and years. But given that no viewers even support all the current PDF standard fully, this could be decades away.

JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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January 9, 2023

You can do the same type of document with Acrobat Pro and JavaScript, but in your first question you asked for a solution without JavaScript, hence my first answer.

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Carolyn27820300jhwtAuthor
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January 9, 2023

Thanks.  I already have the javascript solution.  I was just wondering if Adobe had incorporated this function into Acrobat so we wouldn't have to use a javascipt.

JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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January 8, 2023

Your form is an XFA-PDF made with Adobe Designer 7.0, it's not an AcroForms-PDF made with Acrobat Pro.

What is the difference between AcroForms and XFA?

See: https://appligent.com/what-is-the-difference-between-acroforms-and-xfa/

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Carolyn27820300jhwtAuthor
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January 8, 2023

Thank you for the information.  I do have access to Adobe Designer 7.0.

--Carolyn

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Carolyn27820300jhwtAuthor
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January 8, 2023

Oops, I meant Adobe InDesign.  Is that the same thing?

JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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January 5, 2023

Users can use the Attach File comment tool, it works with Acrobat Reader too.

 

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    Carolyn27820300jhwtAuthor
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    January 6, 2023

    I guess that is a start.  I have seen Adobe Forms that have a more elegant presentation.  But I am guessing that they must use sophisticated javascript and c programs.  I am attaching an example below (this is a publicly available form from Grants.gov).  I looked at the xml for this file.  It refers to many grants.gov libraries to which we don't have access.

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