I need to open email attachments that are in encrypted FDF format.

If someone sent you an encrypted file, it must have been encrypted to a key you have or a passphrase you have to unlock the encryption key. Otherwise it won't work.

I am using PerfectScript commands to open my Profiles inbox file

I have no idea why you'd want to do that or what you're trying to achieve. In any case, it doesn't sound right.

When I open the email inbox file in WordPerfect x7 in my appropriate profiles folder

I think that is a silly idea.

I can see the email but the fdf attachment is encrypted.

What else would you expect when someone is sending you an encrypted file?

How do I unencrypt that data using command code

I don't understand what you're trying to achieve.

well, well.Okay. I have a fillable PDF form that I send to people. They fill it out and send it back to me by clicking on a submit button. That Submit button sends me a .FDF file that contains onley the date that they selected in the fillable form.

In that email back in my inbox with an FDF attachment, the attachment contains the fields that were filled out. I open that email vial Thunderbird's profiles inbox file where the email is stored. I can see the email data but the attachment that has the .FDF data is encrypted. I need to access the encrypted data so I can get the information that the person sending it included.

So do I need to contact Adobe to find out how to access that encrypted FDF data?

Vic

Yes. Thunderbird is not going to open a proprietary Adobe file. This is no different from getting an Excel file. You need Excel or Open Office to open it.

Okay thanks for your time. Vic

Doing a search on opening this type of file says to use Acrobat Reader.

Yes but Acrobat reader opens the FDF file into the PDF fillable format. I don't want that. I only want the fdf data in the ACII DOS format so I can farm the data for my particular needs. WordPerfect will open the fdf file in ASCII DOS format which is what I need , but then the fdf attachment data is encrypted.

My question is how to unencrypt the ASCII DOS fdf data.

That has nothing to do with Thunderbird. It just delivers the file to you in the form it was sent. I suggest you contact Adobe with help with your questions about their software and file formats.

Yes I see that now. Thanks for your time.

Please mark this as solved. Thank you.