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Contents
Preface .......................................................................................................................................... 4
What’s in this guide? ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Who should read this guide? ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Related documentation ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 6
Supported platforms..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Windows...................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Mac OS ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Linux ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Solaris ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
AIX ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
HP-UX ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Technologies available within the Acrobat SDK ................................................................................................................. 8
JavaScript .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Interapplication communication ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Plug-ins ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
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JavaScript APIs........................................................................................................................... 10
Objects, properties and methods...........................................................................................................................................10
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Interapplication Communication ............................................................................................. 25
OLE automation ............................................................................................................................................................................25
DDE messages ...............................................................................................................................................................................27
Apple events ..................................................................................................................................................................................27
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Plug-ins....................................................................................................................................... 28
APIs available for Adobe Reader.............................................................................................................................................29
Index ........................................................................................................................................... 30