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December 19, 2018
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XDP with PDF href to website not working after 2019.010.20064.

  • December 19, 2018
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After the 2019.010.20064 update, I am no longer able open XDP files where the XDP includes a HREF to a website for a PDF file.  An XDP file of something like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xfa generator='XFA2_4' APIVersion='3.0.11263.0'?><xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp='http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/'><xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa='http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/'>

<xfa:data>

... [data here] ...

</xfa:data></xfa:datasets><pdf href='http://someserver/somepdffile.pdf' xmlns='http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/pdf/'><document><chunk></chunk></document></pdf></xdp:xdp>

What happens when this XDP is opened, Adobe Acrobat Pro (or Reader) will open and I get a warning message about "This PDF file is attempting to launch: [URL specified in HREF]".  After I select "Yes", it will open the PDF specified in the href in a new tab in whatever my default browser is instead of loading the form in Adobe and populating it with the data in the <xfa:data> section of the xdp.

I've played around with all the security settings, including disabling/turning off both Protected View and Enhanced Security. 

If I change that href to a local file like this:

href='C:\somedirectory\someform.pdf'

The form will come up in Adobe and populate with the data specified in the <xfa:data> section correctly.

The href pointing to a website was working properly prior to this update.  On one system that has Adobe XI, it is still working properly.  I'm not able to figure out how to downgrade to the previous version to Acrobat to make sure it was 2019.010.20064 that caused this, but I'm almost certain it was working up until this version came out.

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Correct answer AnandSri

Hi All,

Thank you for your time and patience on this.

The official patch of Acrobat/Reader 19.010.20069 is available now, please install the latest patch from help>check for updates, or install it manually from 19.010.20069 Out of cycle update, January 03, 2019 — Release Notes for Acrobat DC Products

Reboot the machine if possible and check.

Let us know if you experience any issue.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

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AnandSri
Legend
December 20, 2018

Hi Deanb,

We're sorry for the trouble you had and thank you for sharing all the details, the issue is already reported to the Engineering team and a fix has been identified and undergoing internal validations. An official patch with the fix will be released shortly.

Will share an update as soon as it is available publicly.

Thanks for your time and patience thus far.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

Participant
January 3, 2019

Hi Anand Sri,

Is there any update to this issue being fixed?

If not patched yet, do you have an idea of when it will be?

Thank you,

Tony

AnandSri
AnandSriCorrect answer
Legend
January 3, 2019

Hi All,

Thank you for your time and patience on this.

The official patch of Acrobat/Reader 19.010.20069 is available now, please install the latest patch from help>check for updates, or install it manually from 19.010.20069 Out of cycle update, January 03, 2019 — Release Notes for Acrobat DC Products

Reboot the machine if possible and check.

Let us know if you experience any issue.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.