Show TOC

Procedure documentationApplying a Reader Rights Credential to PDF Forms Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

Specific tasks like filling in interactive PDF forms and saving them, adding comments to forms or signing forms, require the licenced Adobe software Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Professional. The Adobe Reader software available for free to all users, only allows viewing of PDF forms. To make the advanced usage rights mentioned above available to Adobe Reader users, you can apply a Reader Rights Credential to forms. Such a credential is unique to each company.

Note Note

The Reader Rights Credential adds usage rights to PDF forms, but it does not certify or sign them. Therefore recipients do not need a public key to validate the forms.

End of the note.

Procedure

  1. Obtain the Reader Rights Credential – a PKCS #12 (.pfx) file.

    More information: SAP Note 736902

  2. Install the Reader Rights Credential.

    More information: Installing a PKCS #12 Credential

  3. Configure the Reader Rights Credential.

    More information: Configuring Credential Attributes

  4. Optional: To see in the server log, whether the credential is about to expire, configure the credential expiry logging.

    More information: Configuring Credential Expiry Logging