Re: Keeping track of when a user prints a PDF? -- WEB400

Subject: Re: Keeping track of when a user prints a PDF?
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:38:15 -0500
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Bradley V. Stone wrote:

The application lets the user view the PDF, but the customer also is
possibly looking for a way to know when the user prints the PDF.

As the PDF is handled by an external application, I'm guessing that what you are look for is pretty much impossible.

Although I have little experience with PDF's, I'm wondering if there is a way you can embed some logic inside the PDF that will ping a web service when the document is printed?

'course this depends on the PDF viewer processing the logic ... I suspect some non-adobe apps might not.

david

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Follow-Ups:

Re: Keeping track of when a user prints a PDF? , Bradley V. Stone
Re: Keeping track of when a user prints a PDF? , Haas, Matt (CL Tech Sv)

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