Acrobat JavaScript is a cross-platform scripting language. Through its JavaScript extensions, Acrobat exposes much of the functionality of Acrobat and its plug-ins to the document author. Acrobat JavaScript objects, properties and methods can also be accessed through Visual Basic or C#. Note that you cannot access the actual page contents via JavaScript. Use Plug-ins if […]
View PostPerhaps the single most common myth about PDF files is the idea that they are “unchangeable”. WRONG. It’s the single most common misunderstanding about the most common of file-formats. In reality, PDF files are easy to change. They are also easy to annotate with comments, encrypt, digitally sign, make interactive, communicate with servers and much […]
View PostThe vast majority of Acrobat users have no interest in scripting. For most, they get their money’s worth (they think) if PDFs are easy to make, work reliably, are of small file-size, are reasonably secure, and so on. Little do most users suspect what scripting can do for their PDFs, and (thereby), their electronic document […]
View PostFor those who yearn for maximum PDF power, Adobe has posted essential new reading in the latest JavaScript Reference for Acrobat 8. As the brag states, Acrobat JavaScript “…implements objects, methods, and properties that enable you to manipulate PDF files, produce database-driven PDF files, modify the appearance of PDF files, and much more. You can […]
View PostI’ve been working with PDF for more than ten years on what I’ve often had occasion to think of as rather the sharper end of the stick. Since Acrobat 2.01, each time Adobe Systems or 3rd party developers came out with new PDF software, I was there to try to find a way to put […]
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