Reader Rights Credential 

If you want to create interactive forms, you need a Reader Rights Credential (usage rights credential). Adobe provides a free reader (called Adobe Reader) that allows anyone to view PDF documents on virtually any desktop computer. Adobe Reader runs either as a standalone application or inside a web browser.

While Adobe Reader allows users to view PDF documents, many advanced capabilities such as applying digital signatures and saving documents are not allowed. PDF documents can, however, include usage rights that enable users to fill in forms, add comments, and sign documents using Adobe Reader. These usage rights, also called Reader Rights, allow Adobe Reader to perform tasks that normally require Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Professional.

To apply usage rights to an interactive form, the document must be signed with a special credential. The credential is therefore unique to every company.

 

Because the Reader Rights Credential applies usage rights to documents, but does not certify or sign them, it does not require a corresponding public key that recipients use to validate signed documents.

Proceed as follows:

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       1.      Obtain the Reader Rights Credential

To obtain your Reader Rights Credential, see SAP Note 736902.

       2.      Install the Reader Rights Credential

The credential you will receive is a PKCS #12 (.pfx) file that you need to install. For more information, see Installing a PKCS #12 Credential.

       3.      Configure the Reader Rights Credential.

You need to configure the credential attributes. For more information, see Configuring Credential Attributes.

Use the alias ReaderRights for this credential.

       4.      You can configure the credential expiry logging to see in the server.log file, when the Reader Rights Credential is about to expire.