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rainfrey ![]() New Member ![]() Joined: 18 May 2017 Location: So Calif Points: 1 |
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We are looking for an Adobe Acrobat PDF expert to help us deal with difficulties caused by recent developments in browser technologies. At present we use over 100 complex, fillable, calculating PDF forms that I
designed and maintain. Unfortunately, due to recent developments we now have
problems with incompatibility that must be resolved as soon as possible.
Our forms are fairly complex (sample
attached) with many features that rely on Adobe javascript and built-in actions
and behaviors. As you undoubtedly know, Google has completely dropped support
for legacy Adobe Reader plugins, and Chrome’s built-in PDF reader is not able to
use many of the Acrobat features we rely on. As a result some of our customers
who use the Chrome browser cannot place orders in the manner they are used
to.
I realize that the recommended workaround
for Chrome browsers is to download forms and open them locally with Adobe Reader
– but we are dealing with a body of end users who either cannot or will not
understand how to do that, no matter how hard we try to explain it.
Consequently we need to come up with a way to solve the problem for
them.
DESKTOP / LAPTOP
Desktop users currently fill out forms
online inside the browser window, and then email them from the browser while
still online. And they expect to be able to continue to do that. So we’d like a
solution that requires as little re-education of the end user as possible.
Presently we have advised them that if they
are using Chrome, please switch to Firefox or MSIE 11 when
using our order forms. They weren’t happy about it, but most have done as we
asked.
Please take a good look at the attached form
by opening it in Acrobat DC, Reader Mode and see what the end users see. Then in
edit mode, examine the fields to see how the form works. Review the actions, behaviors and script-driven auto-calculations. This sample form is not
the final version -- the one our customers get is Reader Extended. But it will
show you the kind of features that all our forms use.
If you can identify the specific features we
have in our forms that Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge PDF readers
cannot use, perhaps we can replicate those same functions some other way?
With the change in plugin standards that
caused the current shakeup, it seems that it is only a matter of time until
no modern browsers will be able to access our order forms, and their
internal PDF readers will not be adequate to meet our needs.
And that that will be a very serious problem
for our clients who use our forms to order business apparel.
So for the desktop, laptop user (if you can)
please recommend changes we could reasonably and quickly make to our existing
forms so they can remain useful for the foreseeable future. (Note: starting over from scratch to create all new forms in some other way is not currently and acceptable
option.)
TABLETS
The Adobe Reader app that is currently
available for Android does not work with our forms. I don’t know about Microsoft
Mobile or iOS, but I suspect it will be problematic there, also.
Most tablet browsers will download our forms
intact and ask which installed app should be used to open them, or users can
just go to their “downloads” area and open them locally. But the current
Reader app for Android does not work on our forms. I’ve even tried all the
third-party apps for PDF in the Play Store looking for a possible replacement
for Adobe Reader with no success. Some work part way but none can complete a form as it currently stands.
Can you suggest a solution to this problem?
As more and more users switch to tablets we expect this will eventually impact
our business.
RFP
If you believe you can develop a solution to
these two problems described above, please submit a proposal and budget directly
to me. I appreciate your consideration and look forward to your reply.
Rainer Freytag
IAB Webmaster
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Horndoggie ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Jul 2011 Location: USA Points: 758 |
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The easiest solutions are either go back to IE, or use edge, but set reader as your default PDF tool.
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Merlin ![]() Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Location: 43.95 N / 4.82 Points: 46 |
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Displaying a complex PDF form in a web browser is the old-school method which is no longer supported.
So, you must adapt or disappear. This tuto explain how to force a PDF form to be opened by a PDF Reader that support JavaScript and AcroForms : https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/ressources-et-tutos/js-et-formulaires-ressources/forcer-utilisation-pdf-avec-acrobat-reader/ (Google Translate is your friend) |
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PDFSOLUTIONMAN ![]() New Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 May 2017 Location: Atlanta Points: 1 |
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I am an Enterprise solutions specialist by day at Foxit, we have a compatible option I specialize in that is exactly what you are referencing. https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/web-forms/ if you would like to chat ide be happy to explain further
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