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Problem: to open PDF files encrypted as a whole using 3rd party methods, such encrypted files have custom file extension (like foo.pdf.newext).
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Perhaps the Helper app could pass a request to a plug-in, and have the plug-in do the open on a custom ASFileSys. I do not say this is easy, but it does not sound impossible. What you are doing seems very forced and against the way Acrobat is intended to work, but you may be able to get something even if the user experience is not ideal.
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What you want to do is outside the design aims.
1) Maybe you can associate your file type to a helper app that communicates with Acrobat
2) It's too late. The file is already open as an ASFile on a specific ASFileSys
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Thanks for your quick response. Could you please elaborate your suggestion for (1)? Do you mean that helper app should decrypt the file and handover to Acrobat? Intention is to keep file encrypted on disk at all times. This is the reason we are exploring ASFileSys to perform decryption in-place.
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Perhaps the Helper app could pass a request to a plug-in, and have the plug-in do the open on a custom ASFileSys. I do not say this is easy, but it does not sound impossible. What you are doing seems very forced and against the way Acrobat is intended to work, but you may be able to get something even if the user experience is not ideal.