Acrobat Catalog Plug-In¶
This chapter describes IAC support for the Acrobat Catalog plug-in, which allows you to create a full-text index of a set of PDF documents. A full-text index is a searchable database of all the text in the documents. After building an index, you can use the Acrobat Search command to search the entire library quickly. Searches of full-text indexes created using Catalog are faster and more convenient than using the Find command.
For more information on Catalog, see the Acrobat Help and the Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference .
Catalog Windows messages¶
Catalog broadcasts a set of Windows messages when certain operations occur. These messages are broadcast whether the operations are initiated from the user interface, HFT methods, or DDE methods.
AcrobatCatalogBuildSuccess: On every successful build.AcrobatCatalogBuildFail: On every failed build.AcrobatCatalogBuildStopped: When a build has stopped.
Catalog DDE methods¶
Clients can connect to the Catalog plug-in through DDE using the service name Acrobat and the topic name Control. This section lists the available DDE methods.
AppExit¶
Exits Acrobat Catalog.
Syntax
[AppExit()]
Returns
If true, Catalog exited successfully, otherwise false.
FileBuild¶
Builds an index based on the specified index definition file.
Syntax
[FileBuild(char* fullPath)]
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
fullPath |
The full path of the file to be opened, including the .pdx extension. |
Returns
If true, the file opened successfully, otherwise false.
FileOpen¶
Opens an index definition file and displays the Edit Index Definition dialog box.
Syntax
[FileOpen(char* fullPath)]
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
fullPath |
The full path of the file to be opened, including the .pdx extension. |
Returns
true if the file opened successfully, otherwise false.
FilePurge¶
Purges an index definition file.
Syntax
[FilePurge(char* fullPath)]
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
Parameter |
Description |
fullPath |
The full path of the file to be purged, including the .pdx extension. |
Returns
true if the file was successfully purged, otherwise false.