Hi, Acrobat Reader advertises that it support

[dumky]

Hi,

Acrobat Reader advertises that it supports commenting/annotation. But this functionality requires a very expensive server product of theirs...
I tried using the Reader OCX control to program my own PDF view with an Ink layer on top, but the control doesn't support all the APIs that this needs...
The only remaining solution that I see is the "print PDF to Journal" way, but then you lose some of the features of PDF (search, index, links,...)

Anyone having the same problem?
Do you have any alternative suggestions?

See you,
Dumky

http://blog.monstuff.com (Curiosity is Bliss)

[Bishop]

I bought the full version of Acrobat and it has a pen tool. Doesn't write very well and has limited configuration options though.

[chris]

I have the same question: I cant seem to find out what Acrobat product I would need to annotate files and save them with the handwritten eliments intact. What is the server product you are refering to ?

Did you get any further in your research into this?

Thanks

chris

[chris]

I have the same question: I cant seem to find out what Acrobat product I would need to annotate files and save them with the handwritten eliments intact. What is the server product you are refering to ?

Did you get any further in your research into this?

Thanks

chris

[dumky]

I tried Adobe Acrobat 5 (full version) at a friends' at it was able to take handwritten notes on a pdf and save them as part of the pdf.
So it turns out the server product isn't a required component for pdf annotation.

But as Bishop pointed out, the ink isn't as nice as it is in the Journal. They probably have their own implementation, instead of using the Tablet PC libraries.

Cheers
Dumky

[dumky]

I tried Adobe Acrobat 5 (full version) at a friends' at it was able to take handwritten notes on a pdf and save them as part of the pdf.
So it turns out the server product isn't a required component for pdf annotation.

But as Bishop pointed out, the ink isn't as nice as it is in the Journal. They probably have their own implementation, instead of using the Tablet PC libraries.

Cheers
Dumky

[empty]

You know, over the holidays I installed the Acrobat Pro 6.0.1 update, and discovered that the Acrobat pen tool has been vastly improved. I mean, it's USABLE now. Really usable. I'm impressed.

I couldn't find this news reported on the forums -- so I thought I'd mention it.

[empty]

You know, over the holidays I installed the Acrobat Pro 6.0.1 update, and discovered that the Acrobat pen tool has been vastly improved. I mean, it's USABLE now. Really usable. I'm impressed.

I couldn't find this news reported on the forums -- so I thought I'd mention it.

[krisk85]

Ive heard you can download the full adobe acrobat off p2p programs... i havent done it but you could surely try it.. wat you do is upto you tho.. i have nothing to do with it jus sayin i heard u can.. :) good luck

[krisk85]

Ive heard you can download the full adobe acrobat off p2p programs... i havent done it but you could surely try it.. wat you do is upto you tho.. i have nothing to do with it jus sayin i heard u can.. :) good luck

[WillAdams]

For those who're curious, Adobe Acrobat Reader, 5.1 and later is able to annotate specially created .pdfs which have been enabled by the ``Adobe Acrobat Reader Form Extensions Server'' program or some such --- it costs something like $50,000 for a version which will enable _10_ forms for unlimited use.

Adobe is marketing this in lieu of their ``Adobe Approval'' program which cost $39.95 per user (less in volume --- not sure what the IRS paid for the copies they gave away w/ their small business initiative), and for a really large company, it would make sense, except the price point is so high, it makes more sense to just run web forms off of an internet site, which is really a shame.

Glad to hear Acrobat 6 is improved though.

Did anyone try the abletinkpdf program? Would it run on a Windows 98 machine if I downloaded the .net framework like the install asks?

William

[WillAdams]

For those who're curious, Adobe Acrobat Reader, 5.1 and later is able to annotate specially created .pdfs which have been enabled by the ``Adobe Acrobat Reader Form Extensions Server'' program or some such --- it costs something like $50,000 for a version which will enable _10_ forms for unlimited use.

Adobe is marketing this in lieu of their ``Adobe Approval'' program which cost $39.95 per user (less in volume --- not sure what the IRS paid for the copies they gave away w/ their small business initiative), and for a really large company, it would make sense, except the price point is so high, it makes more sense to just run web forms off of an internet site, which is really a shame.

Glad to hear Acrobat 6 is improved though.

Did anyone try the abletinkpdf program? Would it run on a Windows 98 machine if I downloaded the .net framework like the install asks?

William