Viewing Expired PDF Documents

[andrew bradley]

Hi - I have an older version of PDF-XChange Viewer on an old laptop and it can open old PDF documents which have expired due time.

I've downloaded a new version of PDF-XChange Viewer Pro and it no longer opens expired PDF docs.

Any ideas??

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the post - can you please send a sample document for us to take a look at here? I suspect that this document was secured with a 3rd party security handler that, previously, was not supported by correctly by the Viewer and so could be opened after the expiry date.

Thanks,

[andrew bradley]

Hi Will

Attached is an example document which opens on my other laptop which only has PDF-Exchange Viewer (Free) v 2.5.195.0

Thanks

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the sample file.
The security applied to this document relies on some JavaScript, that apparently the old build didn't handle properly. The newer builds are now correctly applying the security settings, and that is why you see the green text. I am afraid that we can not tell you how to circumvent that security.

Regards,
Stefan

[andrew bradley]

Thanks - is there any way to get an older version??

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi Andrew,

We cannot advocate the use of old software to exploit a bug that circumvented the author's security and, therefore, cannot provide any further advice on the subject.

Thanks for understanding.