Using Javascript In Adobe Acrobat

Javascript In Adobe Acrobat Pro

JavaScript is the cross-platform scripting language of the Adobe Acrobat family of products that includes Acrobat Professional, Acrobat Standard, and Adobe Reader. Through JavaScript extensions, the viewer application and its plug-ins expose much of their functionality to document authors, form designers, and plug-in developers. Learning to Program JavaScript for Adobe Acrobat Posted on January 3, 2017 by Karl Heinz Kremer This is a bit longer than usual, so let me add a table of contents here that allows you to jump straight to the section you are interested in.

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The JavaScript debugger in Acrobat lets you review your code line by line, set breakpoints, and inspect variables using the debugger dialog.

To enable JavaScript Debugger, go to Edit > Preferences > JavaScript, and then select the Enable JavaScript debugger after Acrobat is restarted option.

To start the debugger, choose Tools > JavaScript > Debugger.

You can use the Document JavaScript dialog box to add, edit, or delete scripts in your current document.

To open the dialog box, choose Tools > JavaScript > Document JavaScript.

You can use the JavaScript Editor to create and edit scripts.

To open the editor, choose Tools > JavaScript > All JavaScripts.

You can associate a particular JavaScript to a specific document action. When the action is triggered, the script executes.

To open the Document Actions dialog, choose Tools > JavaScript > Document Actions.

Select an action and then click Edit to add the script to the action.

One of the easiest and most powerful ways to customize PDF files is by using JavaScript. Based on JavaScript version 1.5 of ISO-16262 (formerly known as ECMAScript), JavaScript in Adobe Acrobat software 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.

JavaScript is useful for XML forms. JavaScript enables automated forms handling, Web and database communication, commenting, and user-interface capabilities. PDF files created with Acrobat and Adobe LiveCycle tools allow data to be extracted as XML into custom schemas. Applications written in Java and other languages easily integrate Acrobat with web services using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

For more information, see Developing Acrobat applications using JavaScript.

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