disable review and comment with PDF open parameters

[Bruce_Hensley@adobeforums.com]

[cross-posted in the scripting and Acrobat Windows forums ... my apologies if this is inappropriate]

We have successfully created links on an HTML page to documents for review and comment using the "collab" PDF open parameter to set the comment repository and open it for review.

If the user has a comment repository already configured in preferenes (that is, not set to "None"), then an href to the document without the open parameter still opens it for commenting.

Is it possible to create a link to the document that opens it without initiating comment and review, as if their repository was set to "None", perhaps by setting "collab", or another, open parameter?

[using Acrobat Pro 7.0.8 on Windows]

[baphensley]

We have successfully created links on an HTML page to documents for
review and comment using the "collab" PDF open parameter to set the
comment repository and open it for review.

If the user has a comment repository already configured in preferenes
(that is, not set to "None"), then an href to the document without the
open parameter still opens it for commenting.

Is it possible to create a link to the document that opens it without
initiating comment and review, as if their repository was set to
"None", perhaps by setting "collab", or another, open parameter?

[using Acrobat Pro 7.0.8 on Windows]

[Tembowa@adobeforums.com]

Uh... I answered this in the Acrobat Forum? Well here it goes again.... No, there is no parameter available to do this. What you can do is to use and FDF file to change the preference. Don't worry about changing the preference either because Acrobat caches the data anyway and it will still be available to the user in the pop-up menu. Besides if you want to make sure someone is indeed setup for Online Comment and Review you are going to configure them for your particular Online Comment and Review setup each and every time anyway whether it is by PDF Open Parameter or a JS embedded in an FDF file.

Also if you want maintain the user's current client setting then go ahead and set the preference with a PDF Open Parameter. It's OK because the PDF Open Parameter is session specific. That means the minute you exit the web browser that's the end of the preference setting.

~T