Not allowing editing of PDF form documents (with fields) SOLVED

[jdknox]

Is there an way to make the editor not allow updates on a pdf form document? If not, is there a way to use tracker to convert a pdf form document to read only so the user doesn't have the ability to type in field data or update checkboxes in the form? (we only want view only of this content) On a related topic, I was able to turn off the green "contains fields" bar at the top of the viewer using the support "Programatically hiding the "contains fields" banner?" post... viewtopic.php?f=66&t=28040

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hello jdknox,

In the pdfCtl_OnEvent, you should listen to this event and break when it's an modify fields operation:

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if (e.nEventID == nIDS[(int)IDS.e_operBeforeExecute])
{
	PDFXEdit.IOperation oper = (PDFXEdit.IOperation)e.pFrom;
	int opModifyFields = pdfCtl.Inst.Str2ID("op.fields.modify", false);
	if (opModifyFields == oper.ID)
	{
		e.pEvent.Handled = true;
		e.pEvent.Result = 1;
	}
}

Cheers,
Alex

[jdknox]

Worked nicely, thx!!

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]