Acrobat and PDFL Developer Guides
Acrobat-PDFL SDK Documentation
  • Acrobat and PDFL SDK Documentation
    • Master search and TOC
    • Documentation
    • Related specifications
      • PDF Reference
      • Other formats
      • 12.x Legacy docs
      • 11.x and earlier documentation
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Overview
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Overview
      • Developer support
      • Licensing and distribution
        • Acrobat Reader
        • Additional resources
        • Technical and licensing limitations
      • Samples provided with the Acrobat SDK
      • Developing for Acrobat Reader
        • Acrobat vs. Reader
        • Acrobat Reader plug-in guidelines
        • Reader enabled plugins
      • SDK technologies and options
        • JavaScript
        • Plug-ins
        • JavaScript vs. plugins: pros and cons
        • Interapplication communication
        • Viewing PDF documents from an external application
        • Controlling Acrobat from an external application
        • Adobe PDF Library
    • Sandbox Broker Extensibility
      • Extending broker APIs at run time
      • Components
        • Plugin (PI)
        • Sandbox process
        • Broker process (The broker process running with full rights)
        • Plugin broker (The plugin broker process that extends the broker APIs at runtime)
        • SandboxHFT (Public HFT provided by sandbox for broker extensibility)
        • IPC channel between plugin and plugin broker, 1->6->4
        • simple-ipc-lib and SandboxPISDK
        • Building a plug-in
        • Building a plugin’s broker process
      • Handshake between plugin and plugin broker
      • Implement CrossCalls (make calls from plug-in to plug-in’s broker process)
        • Changes required in the plugin (client)
        • Changes required in the plugin’s broker (server)
    • PDF File Creation
      • Creating PDF files from an authoring application
        • Acrobat Distiller
        • Automated creation of PDF documents from Windows
        • Automatic generation of advanced Acrobat features
        • Attaching a native document to a PDF file
        • Batch processing with Distiller
        • Tagged PDF documents
      • Creating PDF files using plug-ins or JavaScript
        • Empty PDF files
        • PDF files from multiple files
      • Creating PDF files without using Acrobat
    • Working with PDF Features
      • Navigation in PDF documents
        • Bookmarks
        • Thumbnails
        • Links
        • Actions for special effects
      • PDF page manipulation
        • Page content
        • Document logical structure
        • Other ways of modifying PDF documents
      • Watermarks
      • Spell-checking
      • Multimedia
      • Printing PDF files
      • Embedded fonts
    • User Interface Modifications
      • Menu items and menus
        • Menu items
        • Menus
      • Toolbars
        • Items on a toolbar
        • Toolbar creation
      • Customization of Acrobat Help
        • About dialog box and splash screen
        • Plug-in help files
    • Annotations and Online Collaboration
      • About annotations
        • Annotations and JavaScript
        • Annotations with plug-ins or IAC
      • New annotation types
    • XML and the Acrobat SDK
      • Adobe XML architecture
        • XML forms model
        • XML templates
        • Extensible Metadata Platform
      • SOAP and web services
      • Conversion of PDF documents to XML format
      • XML-based information
    • Forms and the Acrobat SDK
      • Workflows for forms
      • About XML forms
      • About Acrobat forms
        • Forms API
        • OLE automation
    • Metadata, Accessibility, and PDF Layers
      • Metadata
        • Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)
        • Adobe XMP Toolkit
      • Accessibility
      • PDF layers
        • Creation of layered PDF files
        • What you can do with layers
    • Searching and Indexing
      • Search plug-in
      • Indexes and the Catalog plug-in
    • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Forms
        • What are the requirements for using Acrobat forms?
        • What is the FDF Toolkit?
      • PDF documents
        • What ActiveX solutions are available?
        • Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET
        • What API methods are available to modify PDF documents?
        • Can I modify PDFs without a C programming background?
        • How can I extract text?
        • How can I display a PDF in an external application window?
        • Using Acrobat to view PDFs in your own application
        • Are multibyte font PDF documents supported by the Acrobat SDK?
        • How are security and encryption provided in PDFs?
      • Full-text search
        • What tools are available with Acrobat for full-text search?
        • What tools are available for extracting and highlighting text?
        • How do I communicate with the Acrobat Search plug-in?
        • How do I create custom DocInfo fields for searching?
      • How do I use the Windows command line?
      • How can I customize the Acrobat installer?
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Plugin Development
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Developing Plugins
      • About plugins
      • About the Acrobat core API
        • Acrobat Viewer layer
        • Portable Document layer
        • Acrobat Support layer
        • Cos layer
        • Platform-specific methods
      • Acrobat core API objects
        • File object interrelationships
        • Document object interrelationships
      • Acrobat core API methods
      • Data types
        • Scalar types
        • Simple types
        • Complex types
        • Opaque types
        • Cos types
      • About PDF Library and plugin applications
        • Manipulating Acrobat and Adobe Reader
        • Displaying a PDF document in an external window
        • Indexed searching
        • Modifying file access
        • Creating new annotation types
        • Dynamically adding text to PDF documents
      • Understanding your target application
        • Rights-enabled PDF documents
        • Adobe Reader plugins
      • Registering plugins for use by the plugin finder
        • PDF dictionary extensions
    • Understanding Plugins
      • Plugin loading and initialization
        • Handshaking
        • Exporting HFTs
        • Importing HFTs and registering for notifications
        • Initialization
        • Unloading
        • Summarizing a plugin’s life cycle
      • Using callback functions
      • Notifications
      • Handling events
        • Mouse clicks
        • Adjust cursor
        • Key presses
      • Using plugin prefixes
        • Obtaining a developer PDF name prefix
        • Using a developer prefix
      • Modifying the Acrobat or Adobe Reader user interface
        • Adding or removing menus and menu items
        • Modifying toolbars
        • Controlling the About box and splash screen
        • Creating help files
        • User interface guidelines
      • Acquiring and releasing objects
      • Debugging plugins
      • Page view layers
      • Minimizing screen redrawing
      • Storing private data in PDF files
      • Exporting data from PDF document objects
    • Creating Plugin and PDF Library Applications
      • Working with platform-specific techniques
        • About platform-dependent data
        • Portability techniques
        • Windows techniques
        • Mac OS techniques
      • Creating a sample plugin
        • Including Acrobat SDK library files
        • Adding the PIMain source file
        • Adding application logic
        • Compiling and building your plugin
      • Creating a sample PDF Library application
        • Contents of the PDF Library SDK
        • Developing applications with the Adobe PDF Library
        • Initialization and termination
        • Multithreading
      • Upgrading existing plugins
        • Detecting supported APIs
      • Migrating PDFL apps to Xcode
    • Inserting Text into PDF Documents
      • Creating a new PDF document
      • Creating a new page
      • Creating a container
      • Acquiring fonts
      • Creating a PDEGraphicState object
      • Creating an ASFixedMatrix object
      • Inserting text
      • Saving the PDF document
      • Examining a PDFL app source file
    • Working with Documents and Files
      • Opening PDF documents
      • Opening a PDF in an external window
        • Creating a Window
        • Defining the parameters for an external window
        • Creating a handler for an external window
        • Displaying an open dialog box
        • Displaying a PDF in a window
      • Determining the PDF version
        • PDF version
        • PDF version extensions
        • Setting the extension level of a document
        • Getting the extension level of a document
      • Bridging core API layers
        • Creating a PDDoc object
        • Creating a PDDoc object for an open PDF
        • Accessing non-PDF files
      • Printing documents
      • Working with the PDF/X format
    • Creating Menus and Menu Commands
      • About menus
        • About AVmenubar typedefs
        • About AVMenu typedefs
        • About AVMenuItem typedefs
      • Adding menu commands to menus
        • Adding a menu command to an existing menu
        • Adding a menu command to a new menu
      • Creating menu callback functions
      • Determining if a menu item can be executed
    • Creating Toolbars and Buttons
      • About toolbars
        • About AVToolBar typedefs
        • About AVToolButton typedefs
      • Retrieving toolbars
      • Creating toolbar buttons
        • Setting help text for a button
        • Setting label text
        • Creating a sub-menu for a button
      • Retrieving existing toolbar buttons
      • Attaching a button to a toolbar
      • Exposing a button in a web browser
      • Removing a button from a toolbar
      • Creating toolbar button callback functions
    • Creating Annotations
      • Working with text annotations
        • Creating text annotations
        • Retrieving existing annotations
        • Modifying text annotations
      • Working with redaction annotations
        • Creating a redaction annotation
        • Modifying an existing redaction annotation
        • Applying redaction annotations (removing redacted content)
    • Working with Bookmarks
      • About bookmarks
      • Creating bookmarks
        • Defining bookmark actions
        • Removing bookmark actions
        • Opening and closing bookmarks
      • Retrieving bookmarks
        • Retrieving the root bookmark
        • Retrieving a specific bookmark
        • Retrieving all bookmarks
      • Deleting bookmarks
    • Working with Page Views and Contents
      • About page coordinates
      • About page views
      • Displaying page views
      • Modifying page contents
        • Creating a PDEContent object
        • Accessing page contents
        • Determining page element types
        • Modifying text elements
    • Working with Words
      • About searching for words
        • About PDWord typedefs
        • About PDWordFinder typedefs
      • Creating a PDWordFinder object
      • Extracting and displaying words
      • Highlighting words
    • Creating Handlers
      • About handlers
      • Action handlers
      • Annotation handlers
      • AVCommand handlers
        • Creating an AVCommand handler
        • Invoking AVCommands
        • Configuring AVCommands
        • Running commands
        • Exposing AVCommands to the batch framework
      • File format conversion handlers
      • File specification handlers
      • Selection servers
      • Tool callbacks
      • Window handlers
      • File systems
      • Progress monitors
      • Transition handlers
      • Adding message handling
    • Registering for Event Notifications
      • Registering event notifications
      • Unregistering event notifications
    • Working with Document Security
      • About document security
      • About security handlers
        • Adding a security handler
        • Opening a secured file
        • Saving a secured file
      • Setting security for a document
        • Saving a file with an encryption dictionary
        • Opening an encrypted file
    • Working with Unicode Paths
      • About Unicode paths
      • Creating Unicode file path application logic
      • Retrieving Unicode path values
        • Creating an ASFileSys object
        • Creating an ASFileSys object that supports Unicode paths
    • Working with Host Function Tables
      • About host function tables
      • Exporting host function tables
        • Creating HFT methods
        • Creating HFT method definitions
        • Creating HFT callback functions
        • Creating new Host Function Tables
        • Examining HFT header and source files
      • Importing an existing HFT
      • Invoking HFT methods
      • Replacing HFT methods
      • Migrating non-HFT PDF Library applications to HFT applications
    • Working with Cos Objects
      • About Cos objects
        • About direct and indirect objects
        • About Cos object types
      • Working with Cos strings
        • Creating Cos strings
        • Retrieving the string value
      • Working with Cos arrays
        • Creating Cos arrays
        • Retrieving Cos array values
      • Working with Cos dictionaries
        • Creating Cos dictionaries
        • Retrieving values from a Cos dictionary
        • Querying a Cos dictionary for a key
      • Working with Cos names
        • Creating Cos names
        • Retrieving the value of a name object
      • Working with Cos streams
        • Creating Cos streams
        • Populating a PDF with a content stream
    • Working with 3D Annotations
      • Creating 3D annotations
      • Adding 3D data to an annotation
        • Creating the 3D annotation dictionary entries
        • Specifying the 3D stream
        • Setting the default view
        • Setting the annotation appearance
        • Setting the activation dictionary
    • Parsing and Creating PRC Files
      • Working with the Acrobat 3D API
        • Versions
        • Compatibility with different PRC format versions
        • Compatibility between the Acrobat 3D Library and the Acrobat 3D API
        • Requirements
        • Data types, naming conventions, and character encoding
        • Structured and recursive nature of PRC parsing
      • Implementing external linking in your plugin
        • Implementing external linking
      • Parsing a PRC file
        • Handling errors
        • Copying the embedded PRC file to a separate file
        • Initializing the Acrobat 3D API
        • Parsing structure PRC entities
        • Parsing tessellation PRC entities
        • Parsing topology PRC entities
        • Parsing PRC entities that specify graphics
        • Parsing attributes that appear in an entity base
        • Terminating the interface with the Acrobat 3D API
      • Creating a PRC file that uses boundary representation
        • Error handling
        • Creating a model file entity and exporting it to a physical file
        • Creating structure PRC entities
        • Creating representation item PRC entities
        • Creating topology PRC entities
        • Creating geometry PRC entities
        • Defining root-level attributes for a PRC entity
        • Creating a 3D annotation that references the PRC file
      • Creating a tessellation entity for representing faceted objects
        • Create the tessellation base data
        • Create the tessellation facet data
    • Handling Exceptions
      • Creating exception handlers
      • Returning a value from an exception handler
      • Raising exceptions
      • Exception handling scenarios
        • Using goto statements
        • Using nested exception handlers
        • Using register variables
    • Working with Acrobat Extended APIs
      • Search extended API
      • Catalog extended API
      • PDF Consultant and Accessibility Checker extended API
        • Acrobat agents
        • Reclassifying and revisiting
        • Agent architecture
        • How the consultant works
        • Important issues for consultant development
        • Importing the consultant HFTs into a plugin
        • Creating and destroying consultants
        • Registering agents with consultants
        • Starting the consultant
        • Consultant object type identification
        • Creating an agent class
        • Creating agent constructors
        • Recognizing objects of interest
        • Post processing stage
      • Digital signature extended API
        • The PubSec layer
        • Digital signature components
        • Digital signature scenarios
        • Initializing the digital signature plugin
        • Understanding the process
      • Forms extended API
      • Weblink extended API
        • Weblink services
        • Writing a custom driver
      • Spelling extended API
      • AcroColor extended API
        • Color conversion operations
      • PDF Optimizer API
    • Creating an Adobe Reader Plugin
      • Configuring preprocessor definitions
      • Creating the public and private key pairs
      • Enabling the plugin for Adobe Reader
        • Plugin to be Notarized on MacOS
      • Troubleshooting an Adobe Reader plugin
        • Plugin appears to be ignored by Adobe Reader
        • Adobe Reader error messages
    • Reader Plugins
      • Reader enablement
      • APIs available for Adobe Reader
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Interapplication Communication
    • Developing for Interapplication Communication
      • About the API object layers
        • Object reference syntax
        • Objects in the Acrobat application layer
        • Objects in the portable document layer
      • Plugins for extending the IAC interfaces
      • Developing for Acrobat Reader
      • DDE messages
      • Apple events
    • Using OLE
      • OLE capabilities in Acrobat
        • On-screen rendering
        • Remote control of Acrobat
        • PDF browser controls
      • Development environment considerations
        • Environment configuration
        • Necessary C knowledge
      • Using the Acrobat OLE interfaces
        • About the CAcro classes
        • About the COleDispatchDriver class
        • Using COleDispatchDriver objects and methods
      • Using the JSObject interface
        • Adding a reference to the Acrobat type library
        • Creating a simple application
        • Working with annotations
        • Spell-checking a document
        • Tips for translating JavaScript to JSObject
      • Other development topics
        • Synchronous messaging
        • MDI applications
        • Event handling in child windows
        • Determining if an Acrobat application is running
        • Exiting from an application
      • Summary of OLE objects and methods
    • Using DDE
    • Using Apple Events
    • OLE Automation
      • AcroExch.App
        • Methods
        • CloseAllDocs
        • Exit
        • GetActiveDoc
        • GetActiveTool
        • GetAVDoc
        • GetFrame
        • GetInterface
        • GetLanguage
        • GetNumAVDocs
        • GetPreferenceEx
        • Hide
        • Lock
        • Minimize
        • Maximize
        • MenuItemExecute
        • MenuItemIsEnabled
        • MenuItemIsMarked
        • MenuItemRemove
        • Restore
        • SetActiveTool
        • SetFrame
        • SetPreference
        • SetPreferenceEx
        • Show
        • ToolButtonIsEnabled
        • ToolButtonRemove
        • Unlock
        • UnlockEx
      • AcroExch.AVDoc
        • Methods
        • BringToFront
        • ClearSelection
        • Close
        • FindText
        • GetAVPageView
        • GetFrame
        • GetPDDoc
        • GetTitle
        • GetViewMode
        • IsValid
        • Maximize
        • Open
        • OpenInWindow
        • OpenInWindowEx
        • PrintPages
        • PrintPagesEx
        • PrintPagesSilent
        • PrintPagesSilentEx
        • SetFrame
        • SetTextSelection
        • SetTitle
        • SetViewMode
        • ShowTextSelect
      • AcroExch.AVPageView
        • Methods
        • DevicePointToPage
        • DoGoBack
        • DoGoForward
        • GetAperture
        • GetAVDoc
        • GetDoc
        • GetPage
        • GetPageNum
        • GetZoom
        • GetZoomType
        • Goto
        • PointToDevice
        • ReadPageDown
        • ReadPageUp
        • ScrollTo
        • ZoomTo
      • AcroExch.HiliteList
        • Add
      • AcroExch.PDAnnot
        • Methods
        • GetColor
        • GetContents
        • GetDate
        • GetRect
        • GetSubtype
        • GetTitle
        • IsEqual
        • IsOpen
        • IsValid
        • Perform
        • SetColor
        • SetContents
        • SetDate
        • SetOpen
        • SetRect
        • SetTitle
      • AcroExch.PDBookmark
        • Methods
        • Destroy
        • GetByTitle
        • GetTitle
        • IsValid
        • Perform
        • SetTitle
      • AcroExch.PDDoc
        • Methods
        • AcquirePage
        • ClearFlags
        • Close
        • Create
        • CreateTextSelect
        • CreateThumbs
        • CropPages
        • DeletePages
        • DeleteThumbs
        • GetFileName
        • GetFlags
        • GetInfo
        • GetInstanceID
        • GetJSObject
        • GetNumPages
        • GetPageMode
        • GetPermanentID
        • InsertPages
        • MovePage
        • Open
        • OpenAVDoc
        • ReplacePages
        • Save
        • SetFlags
        • SetInfo
      • AcroExch.PDPage
        • Methods
        • AddAnnot
        • AddNewAnnot
        • CopyToClipboard
        • CreatePageHilite
        • CreateWordHilite
        • CropPage
        • Draw
        • DrawEx
        • GetAnnot
        • GetAnnotIndex
        • GetDoc
        • GetNumAnnots
        • GetNumber
        • GetRotate
        • GetSize
        • RemoveAnnot
        • SetRotate
      • AcroExch.PDTextSelect
        • Methods
        • Destroy
        • GetBoundingRect
        • GetNumText
        • GetPage
        • GetText
      • AcroExch.Point
        • X
        • Y
      • AcroExch.Rect
        • Bottom
        • Left
        • Right
        • Top
      • AcroExch.Time
        • Date
        • Hour
        • Millisecond
        • Minute
        • Month
        • Second
        • Year
      • AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF
        • Methods
        • GetVersions
        • GoBackwardStack
        • GoForwardStack
        • GotoFirstPage
        • GotoLastPage
        • GotoNextPage
        • GotoPreviousPage
        • LoadFile
        • Print
        • PrintAll
        • PrintAllFit
        • PrintPages
        • PrintPagesFit
        • PrintWithDialog
        • SetCurrentHighlight
        • SetCurrentPage
        • SetLayoutMode
        • SetNamedDest
        • SetPageMode
        • SetShowScrollbars
        • SetShowToolbar
        • SetView
        • SetViewRect
        • SetViewScroll
        • SetZoom
        • SetZoomScroll
        • Src
    • DDE Messages
      • AppExit
      • AppHide
      • AppShow
      • CloseAllDocs
      • DocClose
      • DocDeletePages
      • DocFind
      • DocGoTo
      • DocGoToNameDest
      • DocInsertPages
      • DocOpen
      • DocPageDown
      • DocPageLeft
      • DocPageRight
      • DocPageUp
      • DocPrint
      • DocReplacePages
      • DocSave
      • DocSaveAs
      • DocScrollTo
      • DocSetViewMode
      • DocZoomTo
      • FileOpen
      • FileOpenEx
      • FilePrint
      • FilePrintEx
      • FilePrintSilent
      • FilePrintSilentEx
      • FilePrintTo
      • FilePrintToEx
      • FullMenus
      • HideToolbar
      • MenuitemExecute
      • ShortMenus
      • ShowToolbar
    • Apple Event Objects and Apple Events
      • Objects
        • annotation
        • application
        • AVPageView
        • bookmark
        • conversion
        • EPS Conversion
        • Link Annotation
        • menu
        • menu item
        • PDAnnot
        • PDBookMark
        • PDLinkAnnot
        • PDPage
        • PDTextAnnot
        • PDF Window
        • PostScript Conversion
        • Text Annotation
      • Required suite events
        • open
        • print
        • quit
        • run
      • Core suite events
        • close
        • count
        • delete
        • exists
        • get
        • make
        • move
        • open
        • quit
        • save
        • set
      • Acrobat application events
        • bring to front
        • clear selection
        • close all docs
        • create thumbs
        • delete pages
        • delete thumbs
        • execute
        • find next note
        • find text
        • get info
        • go backward
        • go forward
        • goto
        • goto next
        • goto previous
        • insert pages
        • is toolbutton enabled
        • maximize
        • perform
        • print pages
        • read page down
        • read page up
        • remove toolbutton
        • replace pages
        • scroll
        • select text
        • set info
        • zoom
      • Miscellaneous events
        • do script
    • Acrobat Catalog Plug-In
      • Catalog Windows messages
      • Catalog DDE methods
        • AppExit
        • AppFront
        • FileBuild
        • FileOpen
        • FilePurge
    • Acrobat Forms Plug-In
      • Forms plug-in OLE automation
      • AFormApp
      • Field
        • Methods
        • PopulateListOrComboBox
        • SetBackgroundColor
        • SetBorderColor
        • SetButtonCaption
        • SetButtonIcon
        • SetExportValues
        • SetForegroundColor
        • SetJavaScriptAction
        • SetResetFormAction
        • SetSubmitFormAction
        • Properties
        • Alignment
        • BorderStyle
        • BorderWidth
        • ButtonLayout
        • CalcOrderIndex
        • CharLimit
        • DefaultValue
        • Editable
        • Highlight
        • IsHidden
        • IsMultiline
        • IsPassword
        • IsReadOnly
        • IsRequired
        • IsTerminal
        • Name
        • NoViewFlag
        • PrintFlag
        • Style
        • TextFont
        • TextSize
        • Type
        • Value
      • Fields
        • Methods
        • Add
        • AddDocJavascript
        • ExecuteThisJavascript
        • ExportAsFDF
        • ExportAsHtml
        • ImportAnFDF
        • Remove
        • Properties
        • Count
        • Item
        • _NewEnum
    • Acrobat Search Plug-in
      • Search plug-in using DDE
        • Simple query item
        • Query item
        • Query options
        • Query language type constants
        • Word option bit-flag constants
        • Manipulating indexes through DDE
        • Options
        • Index operation selectors
      • Search plug-in using Apple events
        • SearchAddIndex
        • SearchCountIndexList
        • SearchDoQuery
        • Word options for Apple events
        • SearchGetIndexByPath
        • SearchGetIndexFlags
        • SearchGetIndexList
        • SearchGetIndexPath
        • SearchGetIndexTitle
        • SearchGetNthIndex
        • SearchRemoveIndex
        • SearchSetIndexFlags
      • Search lists
        • Menu item names
        • Toolbar button names
    • Coordinate Systems
      • User space
      • Device space
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: JavaScript APIs
    • Acrobat JavaScript API Reference
      • Version compatibility
      • Overview
      • Syntax
        • Method arguments
        • Parameter help
      • Paths
        • Safe path
      • Privileged context
      • Privileged versus non-privileged context
      • User preferences
      • Table quick key
      • Domain names in code samples
    • Changes Across Versions
      • Acrobat XI changes
        • Changes to PrintParams object
      • Acrobat X changes
        • New JavaScript version
        • Impact of Acrobat menu restructuring on JavaScript APIs
        • New util method
        • Changes to search object
        • Changes to SearchExecuteQuery
        • Function SearchIsLegacySearchAvailable deprecated
        • Enhancements to PDFOptPDFVersion
        • Enhancements to Doc object
        • Signature support for Emerging PAdES ETSI ESI standard
        • ADBC Support Removed from Documentation
      • Acrobat 9.0 changes
      • Acrobat 8.1 changes
      • Acrobat 8.0 changes
      • Acrobat 7.0.5 changes
      • Acrobat 7.0 changes
        • Introduced in Acrobat 7.0
        • Modified in Acrobat 7.0
      • Acrobat 6.0 changes
        • Introduced in Acrobat 6.0
        • Modified in Acrobat 6.0
        • Deprecated in Acrobat 6.0
        • Introduced in Acrobat 6.0.2
      • Acrobat 5.0 changes
        • Introduced in Acrobat 5.0
        • Modified in Acrobat 5.0
        • Deprecated in Acrobat 5.0
        • Modified in Acrobat 5.05
        • Modified in Adobe Reader 5.1
    • JavaScript APIs
      • Alerter
        • Alerter methods
      • AlternatePresentation
        • AlternatePresentation properties
        • AlternatePresentation methods
      • annotAttachment
        • annotAttachment properties
      • Annotation
        • Annotation types
        • Annotation properties
        • Annotation methods
      • AnnotRichMedia
        • AnnotRichMedia properties
        • AnnotRichMedia methods
      • Annot3D
        • Annot3D properties
      • app
        • app properties
        • app methods
      • app.media
        • app.media properties
        • app.media methods
      • Bookmark
        • Bookmark properties
        • Bookmark methods
      • catalog
        • catalog properties
        • catalog methods
      • CatalogJob
        • CatalogJob properties
      • Certificate
        • Certificate properties
      • Collab
        • Collab methods
      • color
        • Color arrays
        • color properties
        • color methods
      • colorConvertAction
        • colorConvertAction properties
      • Collection
        • Collection properties
        • Collection methods
      • collectionField
        • collectionField properties
      • Column
        • Column properties
      • ColumnInfo
        • ColumnInfo properties
      • console
        • console methods
      • Data
        • Data properties
        • Data methods
      • DataSourceInfo
        • DataSourceInfo properties
      • dbg
        • dbg properties
        • dbg methods
      • Dialog
        • Dialog methods
      • DirConnection
        • DirConnection properties
        • DirConnection methods
      • Directory
        • Directory properties
        • Directory methods
      • Embedded PDF
        • Embedded PDF properties
        • Embedded PDF methods
      • Error
        • Error properties
        • Error methods
      • event
        • Event type/name combinations
        • Document Event Processing
        • Form event processing
        • Multimedia event processing
        • event properties
      • EventListener
        • EventListener methods
      • Events
        • Events methods
      • FDF
        • FDF properties
        • FDF methods
      • Field
        • Field versus widget attributes
        • Field properties
        • Field methods
      • FullScreen
        • FullScreen properties
      • global
        • Creating global properties
        • Deleting global properties
        • Global object security policy
        • global methods
      • HostContainer
        • HostContainer properties
        • HostContainer methods
      • Icon
      • Icon Stream
      • identity
        • identity properties
      • Index
        • Index properties
        • Index methods
      • Link
        • Link properties
        • Link methods
      • Monitor
        • Monitor properties
      • Monitors
        • Monitors methods
      • Net
        • Net properties
        • Net methods
      • Net.HTTP
        • Net.HTTP methods
      • OCG
        • OCG properties
        • OCG methods
        • PlayerInfo properties
        • PlayerInfo methods
      • PlayerInfoList
        • PlayerInfoList methods
      • PlugIn
        • PlugIn properties
      • PrintParams
        • PrintParams properties
      • RDN
      • ReadStream
      • Rendition
        • Rendition properties
        • Rendition methods
      • Report
        • Report properties
        • Report methods
      • Row
      • ScreenAnnot
        • ScreenAnnot properties
        • ScreenAnnot methods
      • search
        • search properties
        • search methods
      • security
        • security constants
        • security properties
        • security methods
      • SecurityHandler
        • SecurityHandler properties
        • SecurityHandler methods
      • SecurityPolicy
        • SecurityPolicy properties
      • SignatureInfo
        • SignatureInfo properties
      • SOAP
        • SOAP properties
        • SOAP methods
      • Sound
        • Sound properties
        • Sound methods
      • Span
        • Span properties
      • spell
        • spell properties
        • spell methods
      • TableInfo
      • Template
        • Template properties
        • Template methods
      • Thermometer
        • Thermometer properties
        • Thermometer methods
      • this
      • TTS
        • TTS properties
        • TTS methods
      • util
        • util methods
      • XFA
      • XMLData
        • XMLData methods
    • Doc and Doc.Media APIs
      • Doc
        • Doc properties
        • Doc methods
      • Doc.media
        • Doc.media properties
        • Doc.media methods
    • Preflight APIs
      • Preflight
        • Preflight methods
      • PreflightAuditTrail
        • PreflightAuditTrail properties
      • PreflightProfile
        • PreflightProfile properties
        • PreflightProfile methods
      • PreflightResult
        • PreflightResult properties
        • PreflightResult methods
    • Media and Marker APIs
      • Marker
        • Marker properties
      • Markers
        • Markers properties
        • Markers methods
      • MediaOffset
        • MediaOffset properties
      • MediaPlayer
        • MediaPlayer properties
        • MediaPlayer methods
      • MediaReject
        • MediaReject properties
      • MediaSelection
        • MediaSelection properties
      • MediaSettings
        • MediaSettings properties
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Samples Guide
    • Acrobat SDK: Samples Guide
      • Plugin Samples
        • BasicPlugin
        • BatesNumbering
        • CapiSamples
        • DdeServer
        • DMSIntegration
        • DocSign
        • Embed3DData
        • RplcFileSystem
        • SampleExtn
        • SelectionServer
        • Snippet Runner
        • Stamper
        • Starter
        • UncompressPDF
        • WeblinkDemo
        • wxPlugin
        • CustomTool
      • JavaScript Samples
        • JavaScript Samples Portfolio
        • AddSignature
        • AddToolbarButton
        • AnnotatedWords
        • AnnotSample
        • CallMediaActionScript
        • ConvertDate
        • DeleteNoCommentPages
        • EventState
        • GoToBookmark
        • JSCollection
        • JSCollectionDemo
        • OCGLayerControl
        • PresentationMonitor
        • PresentationNote
        • RunMediaPlayers
        • ScriptEvents
        • SilentPrint
        • StoreFormData
        • TextExtract
        • TwoPartInvention
      • Mac OS - Interapplication Communications
        • DistillerControl
        • ObjectProperties
        • PrintPage
        • RotatePages
        • SelectText
        • WatermarkJsoAS
      • Windows - Interapplication Communications
        • AcrobatActiveXVB
        • AcroPDFInHTML
        • ActiveViewVB
        • ActiveViewVC
        • AdobePDFSilentVB
        • BasicIacCS
        • BasicIacJsoVB
        • BasicIacOCXCS
        • BasicIACVB
        • BasicIacVC
        • DdeOpenVC
        • DistillerCtrlVB
        • DistillerCtrlVC
        • DistillerCtrlWMVC
        • ExecuteScriptIacVB
        • FillFormCS
        • FormsAutomationVB
        • JSObjectAccessVB
        • JSObjectControlCS
        • JSOFindWordVB
        • RemoteControlAcrobatVC
        • SearchPdfVB
        • StaticViewVB
        • StaticViewVC
        • WatermarkJsoVB
      • Tools
        • Plugin Wizard
        • ShowPermissions
      • Master Doc Search and TOC
    • Plugin Samples
      • BasicPlugin
      • BatesNumbering
      • CapiSamples
      • DdeServer
        • Limitations
      • DMSIntegration
      • DocSign
      • Embed3DData
      • RplcFileSystem
      • SampleExtn
      • SelectionServer
      • Snippet Runner
      • Stamper
      • Starter
      • UncompressPDF
      • WeblinkDemo
      • wxPlugin
      • CustomTool
    • JavaScript Samples
      • JavaScript Samples Portfolio
      • AddSignature
      • AddToolbarButton
      • AnnotatedWords
      • AnnotSample
      • CallMediaActionScript
      • ConvertDate
      • DeleteNoCommentPages
      • EventState
      • GoToBookmark
      • JSCollection
      • JSCollectionDemo
      • OCGLayerControl
      • PresentationMonitor
      • PresentationNote
      • RunMediaPlayers
      • ScriptEvents
      • SilentPrint
      • StoreFormData
      • TextExtract
      • TwoPartInvention
    • Mac OS - Interapplication Communications
      • DistillerControl
      • ObjectProperties
      • PrintPage
      • RotatePages
      • SelectText
      • WatermarkJsoAS
    • Windows - Interapplication Communications
      • AcrobatActiveXVB
      • AcroPDFInHTML
      • ActiveViewVB
      • ActiveViewVC
      • AdobePDFSilentVB
      • BasicIacCS
      • BasicIacJsoVB
      • BasicIacOCXCS
      • BasicIACVB
      • BasicIacVC
      • DdeOpenVC
      • DistillerCtrlVB
      • DistillerCtrlVC
      • DistillerCtrlWMVC
      • ExecuteScriptIacVB
      • FillFormCS
      • FormsAutomationVB
      • JSObjectAccessVB
      • JSObjectControlCS
      • JSOFindWordVB
      • RemoteControlAcrobatVC
      • SearchPdfVB
      • StaticViewVB
      • StaticViewVC
      • WatermarkJsoVB
    • Tools
      • Plugin Wizard
        • Limitations
      • ShowPermissions
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Accessibility
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Accessibility
      • Determining rendering order and logical order
        • Accessing documents and pages
      • Processing inaccessible documents
        • Processing protected documents
        • Processing empty documents
        • Processing unavailable documents
      • Handling event notifications
        • Retrieving an MSAA object for an event
        • Retrieving a PDF DOM object for an event
    • Reading PDF Files Through MSAA
      • Acrobat implementation of IAccessible objects
      • IGetPDDomNode interface
        • get_PDDomNode
      • ISelectText interface
        • selectText
      • Identifying IAccessible objects in a document
        • get_accID
      • IAccessible method summary
      • Navigation and hierarchy
        • accNavigate
        • get_accChild
        • get_accChildCount
        • get_accParent
      • Descriptive properties and methods
        • accDoDefaultAction
        • get_accDefaultAction
        • get_accDescription
        • get_accName
        • get_accRole
        • get_accState
        • get_accValue
      • Selection and focus
        • accSelect
        • get_accFocus
        • get_accSelection
      • Spatial mapping
        • accLocation
        • accHitTest
      • IAccessible object types for PDF
        • PDF Document
        • PDF Page
        • PDF Protected Document
        • Empty PDF Document
        • PDF Structure Element
        • PDF Content Element
        • PDF Comment
        • PDF Link
        • PDF Text Form Field
        • PDF Button Form Field
        • PDF CheckBox Form Field
        • PDF RadioButton Form Field
        • PDF ComboBox Form Field
        • PDF List Box Form Field
        • PDF Digital Signature Form Field
        • PDF Caret
    • Reading PDF Files Through the DOM Interface
      • IPDDomNode data types
        • CPDDomNodeType
        • PDDom_FontStyle
        • FontInfoState
        • DocState
        • NodeRelationship
      • IPDDomNode methods
        • Words and lines in text
        • GetParent
        • GetType
        • GetChild
        • GetChildCount
        • GetName
        • GetValue
        • IsSame
        • GetTextContent
        • GetFontInfo
        • GetLocation
        • GetFromID
        • GetIAccessible
        • ScrollTo
        • GetTextInLines
      • IPDDomNodeExt methods
        • Navigate
        • ScrollToEx
        • SetFocus
        • GetState
        • GetIndex
        • GetPageNum
        • DoDefaultAction
        • Relationship
      • IPDDomDocument methods
        • SetCaret
        • GetCaret
        • NextFocusNode
        • GetFocusNode
        • SelectText
        • GetTextSelection
        • GetSelectionBounds
        • GetDocInfo
        • GoToPage
      • IPDDomElement Methods
        • GetTagName
        • GetStdName
        • GetID
        • GetAttribute
      • IPDDomWord methods
        • LastWordOfLine
      • IPDDomGroupInfo method
        • GetGroupPosition
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Batch Sequences
    • Acrobat- PDFL SDK: Using Batch Sequences
      • Creating and running a batch sequence
        • Create a batch sequence that sets the disclosed property to true:
        • To select files:
        • To run a batch sequence:
      • Batch processing objects
        • Aborting a script
        • Using the this object
      • Global variables
      • Beginning and ending a batch job
      • Debugging and testing tips
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: PDF Creation Settings
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: PDF Creation Settings
      • Terminology
      • Organization of settings files
      • Namespaces
        • Common namespace
        • Othernamespaces
      • Predefined settings files
        • Where presets are installed
        • System preset information
      • Reading and writing settings files
        • Compatibility strategies
        • How applications handle incorrect settings files
      • How Distiller uses Adobe PDF settings
        • Distiller initialization
        • How Distiller processes PostScript files
        • Modifying settings during the job
        • Using Distiller to combine PostScript files
    • Using PDF Creation Settings
      • Using the image settings
        • Image compression settings
        • Automatic compression
        • Non-automatic compression
        • Downsampling and subsampling images
        • Setting compression of text, line art, and objects
        • Distiller-only image settings
      • Using the font settings
      • Using the color conversion settings
        • Distiller color conversion settings
        • Creative Suite color conversion settings
        • Color settings interchange
      • Using the advanced Adobe PDF settings
        • Relationship between setpagedevice keys and job ticket keys
        • Relationship between PostScript comments and job ticket keys
      • Using the standards settings
        • Using the compliance checking settings
        • Using the PDF/X output intent settings
        • Distiller examples
    • Common PDF Settings
      • Settings descriptions
      • General settings
        • AutoRotatePages
        • Binding
        • CompatibilityLevel
        • CompressObjects
        • CoreDistVersion
        • Description
        • DoThumbnails
        • EndPage
        • ExportLayers
        • HWResolution
        • ImageMemory
        • Namespace
        • Optimize
        • OtherNamespaces
        • PageSize
        • StartPage
      • Image settings
      • Color image settings
        • AntiAliasColorImages
        • AutoFilterColorImages
        • ColorACSImageDict
        • ColorImageAutoFilterStrategy
        • ColorImageDepth
        • ColorImageDict
        • ColorImageDownsampleThreshold
        • ColorImageDownsampleType
        • ColorImageFilter
        • ColorImageMinDownsampleDepth
        • ColorImageMinResolution
        • ColorImageMinResolutionPolicy
        • ColorImageResolution
        • ConvertImagesToIndexed
        • CropColorImages
        • DownsampleColorImages
        • EncodeColorImages
        • JPEG2000ColorACSImageDict
        • JPEG2000ColorImageDict
      • Grayscale image settings
        • AntiAliasGrayImages
        • AutoFilterGrayImages
        • CropGrayImages
        • DownsampleGrayImages
        • EncodeGrayImages
        • GrayACSImageDict
        • GrayImageAutoFilterStrategy
        • GrayImageDepth
        • GrayImageDict
        • GrayImageDownsampleThreshold
        • GrayImageDownsampleType
        • GrayImageFilter
        • GrayImageMinDownsampleDepth
        • GrayImageMinResolution
        • GrayImageMinResolutionPolicy
        • GrayImageResolution
        • JPEG2000GrayACSImageDict
        • JPEG2000GrayImageDict
      • Monochrome image settings
        • AntiAliasMonoImages
        • CropMonoImages
        • DownsampleMonoImages
        • EncodeMonoImages
        • MonoImageDepth
        • MonoImageDict
        • MonoImageDownsampleThreshold
        • MonoImageDownsampleType
        • MonoImageFilter
        • MonoImageMinResolution
        • MonoImageMinResolutionPolicy
        • MonoImageResolution
      • Page Compression Setting
        • CompressPages
      • Font settings
        • AlwaysEmbed
        • CannotEmbedFontPolicy
        • EmbedAllFonts
        • EmbedOpenType
        • MaxSubsetPct
        • NeverEmbed
        • SubsetFonts
      • Color conversion settings
        • CalCMYKProfile
        • CalGrayProfile
        • CalRGBProfile
        • ColorConversionStrategy
        • ColorSettingsFile
        • DefaultRenderingIntent
        • ParseICCProfilesInComments
        • PreserveDICMYKValues
        • PreserveHalftoneInfo
        • sRGBProfile
        • TransferFunctionInfo
        • UCRandBGInfo
      • Advanced Adobe PDF settings
        • AllowPSXObjects
        • AllowTransparency
        • ASCII85EncodePages
        • AutoPositionEPSFiles
        • CreateJDFFile
        • CreateJobTicket
        • DetectBlends
        • DetectCurves
        • DSCReportingLevel
        • EmbedJobOptions
        • EmitDSCWarnings
        • LockDistillerParams
        • OPM
        • ParseDSCComments
        • ParseDSCCommentsForDocInfo
        • PassThroughJPEGImages
        • PreserveCopyPage
        • PreserveEPSInfo
        • PreserveFlatness
        • PreserveOPIComments
        • PreserveOverprintSettings
        • UsePrologue
      • Standards settings
        • CheckCompliance
        • PDFX1aCheck
        • PDFX3Check
        • PDFXBleedBoxToTrimBoxOffset
        • PDFXCompliantPDFOnly
        • PDFXNoTrimBoxError
        • PDFXOutputCondition
        • PDFXOutputConditionIdentifier
        • PDFXOutputIntentProfile
        • PDFXRegistryName
        • PDFXSetBleedBoxToMediaBox
        • PDFXTrapped
        • PDFXTrimBoxtoMediaBoxOffset
    • Other Namespaces
      • CreativeSuite namespace settings
        • AddBleedMarks
        • AddColorBars
        • AddCropMarks
        • AddPageInfo
        • AddRegMarks
        • BleedOffset
        • ConvertColors
        • DestinationProfileName
        • DestinationProfileSelector
        • Downsample16BitImages
        • FlattenerPreset
        • GenerateStructure
        • IncludeBookmarks
        • IncludeHyperlinks
        • IncludeInteractive
        • IncludeLayers
        • IncludeProfiles
        • MarksOffset
        • MarksWeight
        • MultimediaHandling
        • PageMarksFile
        • PageMarksFileName
        • PDFXOutputIntentProfileSelector
        • PreserveEditing
        • UntaggedCMYKHandling
        • UntaggedRGBHandling
        • UseDocumentBleed
      • InDesign namespace settings
        • AsReaderSpreads
        • CropImagesToFrames
        • ErrorControl
        • FlattenerIgnoreSpreadOverrides
        • IncludeGuidesGrids
        • IncludeNonPrinting
        • IncludeSlug
        • OmitPlacedBitmaps
        • OmitPlacedEPS
        • OmitPlacedPDF
        • SimulateOverprint
    • Conversions Related to JDF
      • Creation of the basic JDF file
      • Representation of PostScript keys as JDF entries
        • Conversion of the linear representation of setpagedevice keys
      • Mapping of DSC comments into JDF elements and attributes
        • Composite jobs
        • Pre-separated jobs with interleaved separations
        • Pre-separated single-colorant jobs
      • Mapping of parameters into JDF elements and attributes
        • General
        • Image compression
        • Page compression
        • Fonts
        • Color conversion
        • Advanced
        • PDF/X
        • Conversion of parameters not available through the user interface
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: PDFMark Reference
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: PDFMark Reference
    • Introduction
      • Syntax of pdfmark operators
      • Usage with standard PostScript interpreters
      • Syntax for private keys
      • Named objects
        • Built-in named objects
        • User-defined named objects
        • Namespaces
        • Adding content to named objects
    • Basic Features
      • Annotations (ANN)
        • Text annotations (notes)
        • Links
        • Other annotations
      • Articles (ARTICLE)
      • Bookmarks (OUT)
      • Document Info dictionary (DOCINFO)
      • Document open options (DOCVIEW)
      • Embedded file content (EMBED)
        • Distiller command line options to enable file embedding
      • Graphics encapsulation (BP, EP, SP)
      • Marked content (MP, DP, BMC, BDC, EMC)
        • Marked-content points
        • Marked-content sequences
      • Metadata (Metadata)
      • Named images (NI)
      • Page crops (PAGE, PAGES)
      • Page label and plate color (PAGELABEL)
      • Transparency (SetTransparency)
        • Transparency group XObject and soft mask
    • Actions and Destinations
      • Actions
        • GoTo actions
        • GoToR actions
        • Launch actions
        • Article actions
      • Destinations
        • View destinations
        • Defining named destinations
        • Referencing named destinations
    • Logical Structure
      • Elements and parents
      • Structure operators
      • Structure Tree Root
        • StRoleMap
        • StClassMap
      • Elements
        • StPNE
        • StBookmarkRoot
        • StPush
        • StPop
        • StPopAll
        • StUpdate
      • Element content
        • StBMC
        • StBDC
        • EMC
        • StOBJ
      • Attribute objects
        • StAttr
      • Storage and retrieval of the implicit parent stack
        • StStore
        • StRetrieve
      • EPS considerations
      • Tagged PDF
    • Examples
      • Building an Output Intents array
      • Named object examples
      • Forms examples
      • Structure examples
    • JDF Features
      • Syntax
      • XPath Examples
    • Distilling Optional Content
      • Initialization and termination code
      • Procedure definitions
        • AddASEvent
        • BeginOC
        • EndOC
        • GetOCGPdfmarkTag
        • OCEndPage
        • SetOCGInitState
        • SetOCGIntent
        • SetOCGUsage
        • SimpleOC
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Extending the SaveAsXML Plugin
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Extending the SaveAsXML Plugin
      • Sample mapping table
        • Root node
        • Emit-string
        • Walk-structure
        • Define-event-list
        • Define-proc-list
      • Editing the mapping tables
    • Mapping Table Elements Reference
      • Call-event-list
      • Call-proc-list
      • Comment
      • Conditional-delimiter
      • Conditional-prefix
      • Conditional-suffix
      • Define-event-list
      • Define-proc-list
      • Element-name
      • Emit-all-metadata
      • Emit-string
      • Evaluate-var
      • Event
      • Proc-doc-text
      • Proc-enum
      • Proc-enum-choice
      • Proc-fixed
      • Proc-graphic-content
      • Proc-hex
      • Proc-image-content
      • Proc-integer
      • Proc-length
      • Proc-pixels
      • Proc-property
      • Proc-string
      • Proc-var
      • Property-name
      • Property-type
      • Root
      • Void
      • Walk-cached-property-sets
      • Walk-children
      • Walk-layout
      • Walk-metadata
      • Walk-proplist
      • Walk-structure
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Snippet Runner Cookbook
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Snippet Runner Cookbook
    • Installing and Running SnippetRunner
      • SnippetRunner Common Interface
        • Installing the Common Interface
        • Starting the SnippetRunner
        • Starting the Common Interface for PDFL
        • Creating the configuration file
      • Running as a standalone Java application
      • Running as a Java applet
      • Known issues
      • Using the Common Interface
    • Writing Snippets
      • Passing parameters to snippets
      • Toggling behavior and asynchronous snippets
      • Handling exceptions
      • Handling documents
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Tracker
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Tracker APIs
      • Benefits of RSS
      • Customizing the interface
    • Tracker API
      • Tracker URL API
        • Add a subscription
        • Update a subscription
        • Select a subscription
        • Remove a subscription
        • Convert a subscription to a PDF file
        • Display Tracker
      • RSS XML feed extensions
        • Namespace
        • Channel extensions
        • Item extensions
      • User interface driver
        • Dialog object
        • Driver object
        • Layout description object
        • RSS object
        • Selection object
    • Customization Examples
      • Grouping elements
      • Adding an external interface driver
    • Master Doc Search and TOC
  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: 3D API Reference
    • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: JS 3D APIs
      • Object overview
        • Basic objects
        • Scene object
        • Canvas object
        • Runtime object
        • Console object
        • Resource objects
        • Event handlers
        • CameraEvent
        • KeyEvent
        • MenuEvent
        • MouseEvent
        • RenderEvent
        • ScrollWheelEvent
        • SelectionEvent
        • TimeEvent
        • ToolEvent
    • JavaScript Objects for Acrobat 3D
      • Animation
      • Background
        • getColor
        • getImage
        • setColor
        • setImage
      • Bone
      • BoundingBox
      • Camera
        • getScreenFromPosition
        • getDirectionFromScreen
      • CameraEvent
      • CameraEventHandler
        • CameraEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • Canvas
        • getCamera
        • setCamera
      • ClippingPlane
        • remove
      • Color
        • Color
        • Color
        • set
        • set
        • set3
      • Console
        • print
        • println
      • Dummy
      • FlashEvent
      • FlashEventHandler
        • onEvent
        • FlashEventHandler
      • FlashMovie
        • FlashMovie
        • call
        • getVariable
        • gotoFrame
        • isPlaying
        • pan
        • play
        • rewind
        • setVariable
        • setZoomRect
        • stop
        • zoom
      • HitInfo
      • Host
      • Image
        • Image
      • KeyEvent
      • KeyEventHandler
        • KeyEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • Light
      • Material
        • attachFlashMovie
      • Matrix4x4
        • Matrix4x4
        • Matrix4x4
        • invertInPlace
        • isEqual
        • multiply
        • multiplyInPlace
        • rotateWithQuaternion
        • rotateWithQuaternionInPlace
        • rotateAboutLine
        • rotateAboutLineInPlace
        • rotateAboutX
        • rotateAboutXInPlace
        • rotateAboutVector
        • rotateAboutVectorInPlace
        • rotateAboutY
        • rotateAboutYInPlace
        • rotateAboutZ
        • rotateAboutZInPlace
        • scale
        • scaleInPlace
        • set
        • set
        • set
        • setIdentity
        • setView
        • transformDirection
        • transformPosition
        • translate
        • translateInPlace
        • transposeInPlace
      • MenuEvent
      • MenuEventHandler
        • MenuEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • Mesh
        • computeBoundingBox
        • setColor
      • MouseEvent
      • MouseEventHandler
        • MouseEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • Node
        • detachFromCurrentAnimation
      • Procedural
      • Quaternion
        • Quaternion
        • Quaternion
        • Quaternion
        • interpolate
        • interpolateInPlace
        • normalize
      • RenderEvent
      • RenderEventHandler
        • RenderEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • RenderOptions
      • Resource
        • Resource
      • Runtime
        • addCustomMenuItem
        • addCustomToolButton
        • addEventHandler
        • disableTool
        • enableTool
        • getEventHandler
        • getRendererName
        • getView
        • getView
        • pause
        • play
        • refresh
        • removeEventHandler
        • removeCustomMenuItem
        • removeCustomToolButton
        • setCurrentTool
        • setCustomMenuItemChecked
        • setView
        • setView
      • Scene
        • activateAnimation
        • addFlashForeground
        • addModel
        • createClippingPlane
        • createLight
        • createSquareMesh
        • computeBoundingBox
        • update
      • SceneObject
      • SceneObjectList
        • getByGUID
        • getByID
        • getByIndex
        • getByName
        • removeAll
        • removeByIndex
        • removeItem
      • ScrollWheelEvent
      • ScrollWheelEventHandler
        • ScrollWheelEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • SelectionEvent
      • SelectionEventHandler
        • SelectionEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • StateEvent
      • StateEventHandler
        • onEvent
        • StateEventHandler
      • Texture
        • getImage
        • setImage
      • TimeEvent
      • TimeEventHandler
        • TimeEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • ToolEvent
      • ToolEventHandler
        • ToolEventHandler
        • onEvent
      • Vector3
        • Vector3
        • Vector3
        • add
        • addInPlace
        • addScaled
        • addScaledInPlace
        • blend
        • blendInPlace
        • cross
        • dot
        • normalize
        • scale
        • scaleInPlace
        • set
        • set
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Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Overview¶

  • Acrobat-PDFL SDK: Overview
    • Developer support
    • Licensing and distribution
    • Samples provided with the Acrobat SDK
    • Developing for Acrobat Reader
    • SDK technologies and options
  • Sandbox Broker Extensibility
    • Extending broker APIs at run time
    • Components
    • Handshake between plugin and plugin broker
    • Implement CrossCalls (make calls from plug-in to plug-in’s broker process)
  • PDF File Creation
    • Creating PDF files from an authoring application
    • Creating PDF files using plug-ins or JavaScript
    • Creating PDF files without using Acrobat
  • Working with PDF Features
    • Navigation in PDF documents
    • PDF page manipulation
    • Watermarks
    • Spell-checking
    • Multimedia
    • Printing PDF files
    • Embedded fonts
  • User Interface Modifications
    • Menu items and menus
    • Toolbars
    • Customization of Acrobat Help
  • Annotations and Online Collaboration
    • About annotations
    • New annotation types
  • XML and the Acrobat SDK
    • Adobe XML architecture
    • SOAP and web services
    • Conversion of PDF documents to XML format
    • XML-based information
  • Forms and the Acrobat SDK
    • Workflows for forms
    • About XML forms
    • About Acrobat forms
  • Metadata, Accessibility, and PDF Layers
    • Metadata
    • Accessibility
    • PDF layers
  • Searching and Indexing
    • Search plug-in
    • Indexes and the Catalog plug-in
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Forms
    • PDF documents
    • Full-text search
    • How do I use the Windows command line?
    • How can I customize the Acrobat installer?
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