You can find an option called "Disable all features which require internet connection" by selecting on "File">"Preferences">"General" in Foxit PDF Editor. This option enables you to control whether the Foxit PDF Editor application can access internet connection or not. If you still want to allow some specific features as exceptions to access internet connection even though you already disable the all features which require internet connection in Foxit PDF Editor, please choose one of the following optional methods to deploy Foxit PDF Editor:
Use GPO:
This article lists all available GPO templates therefore select and downloads the appropriate one that matches with your current version of Foxit PDF Editor. Please refer to Using Group Policy section in the user manual to add a GPO template. Once you have the GPO template set in place, please implement the following steps.
1.Open Group Policy Editor, go to Computer Configuration or Users Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates.
2.Choose Foxit PDF Editor > Preferences> Features which require internet connection.
3.Select on the option to bring up its dialog box then select “Disabled” option> select on “OK” to save the setting.
4.Select on SubItem to bring up SubItem dialog box,select Enabled,then please check the items you want to add them as exceptions under the options list.For example,if you still want to allow the activation feature to access internet connection,please check License Server/Admin Console on this item then select OK to save the setting.
Use MST file with MSI Installer:
1.Follow here to download an appropriate version of Foxit Customization Tool (FCT).
2.Run FCT, select on open folder icon on top left corner to open the appropriate Foxit PDF Editor MSI installer package. (foxit.com/downloads)
3.In the Preferences tab, select on features which require internet connection, select Disabled and then please check the items you want to add them as exceptions under the “Specify features to allow internet connection” list. For example,if you still want to allow the activation feature to access internet connection, please check License Server/Admin Console on this item.
4.Everything is done, select on Save icon on the left top corner to save current settings as .mst file.
5.Apply MST file with command-line installation or GPO deployment.
With Command-line Installation:
Add an additional parameter TRANSFORMS="xxx.mst" when installing from command line.
Usage Example:
msiexec /i "xxx.msi" TRANSFORMS="xxx.mst"
With GPO Deployment:
Add an additional parameter TRANSFORMS="xxx.mst" when extracting the data from .msi package with "/a".
Usage Example:
msiexec /a "xxx.msi" TRANSFORMS="xxx.mst"
Tip: In the Deployment Software dialog box, select Advanced option as the deployment method, select on Next button and then select the MST file on the Modification tab.
Use XML file:
If you typically use an XML file to force settings on users, you can create and distribute an XML file to a dedicated folder on Users’ machines. Below are the steps:
Create and Apply an XML File
1.Follow here to download an appropriate version of Foxit Customization Tool (FCT).
2. Run FCT, select XML Editor Foxit PDF Editor and select on OK button to open XML editor tool within FCT.
3.In the Preferences tab, select on features which require internet connection, selecte Disabled and then please check the items you want to add them as exceptions under the “Specify features to allow internet connection” list.For example,if you still want to allow the activation feature to access internet connection,please check License Server/Admin Console this item.
4. Once these steps are followed, this is completed therefore please select on Save icon on the left top corner to save current settings as ProfStore.xml file.
5.Distribute the ProfStore.xml file into “C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\ProfStore”.
