How to apply a policy to a set of documents without...

[Former Community Member]

How to apply a policy to a set of documents at once without opening pdfs

in acrobat

[Former Community Member]

You cannot use the LiveCycle Policy Server API to attach a policy to a PDF document. However, you can programmatically apply a policy to a document by using the LiveCycle Document Security APIs. For information, see the Adobe LiveCycle Document Security Developers Guide.



But how can I get document security developers guide

[Former Community Member]

Is the LS Document Security API exposed from a Policy Server install or is additional software required?

[Former Community Member]

Right now I m not able to get 'Document Security API'

nor 'Adobe LiveCycle Document Security Developers Guide'

I don't think it is exposed with policy server but i think it will be present with Document Security Server

[Former Community Member]

Hi there,



You cannot apply a policy to a PDF with Policy Server (APS). To do this you require either Acrobat Pro or Document Security Server (ADSS). There is a method in the ADSS API called applyPolicy() that you use to do this. ADSS then uses the parameters to retrieve the policy from (APS) and encrypt the document.



Fred