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Acrobat 8 JavaScript Reference Now Available

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

by Duff Johnson

For 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 tie Acrobat JavaScript code to a specific PDF document, a page, field, or button within that document, or a field or button within the PDF file, and even to a user action."

As my colleague Thom has noted, Acrobat Javascript now supports ECMA-357. Now XML may occur natively in Acrobat JavaScript.

Those who develop with Acrobat, especially those who have used menu-item commands in their applications, will want to pay SPECIAL attention to this new version of the Reference. Already, some poor souls are finding out that things have changed in Acrobat 8, not necessarily to their advantage.

Those familiar with Acrobat JavaScript are strongly encouraged to begin by skipping to page 733, "New Features and Changes".

Originally posted on Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective blog for acrobatusers.com.