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Introduction
This chapter describes the supported platforms for development using the Acrobat SDK, and summarizes
the technologies available within the Acrobat SDK.
Supported platforms
This section describes the requirements for using the interapplication communication and Acrobat core
and extended APIs on all supported platforms. The following platforms are currently supported for
development with Adobe Reader:
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Windows®
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Mac OS
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Linux®
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Solaris®
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AIX®
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HP-UX
Details for each platform are described below.
Windows
Versions
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Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
Development environments
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Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Note:
For more information on the Windows environment, see the
Overview
and
Developing Plug-ins and
Applications
.
Mac OS
Versions
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Mac OS X versions 10.2.8 or later.
Development environment
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Xcode 2.3
Note:
For more information on Mac OS development environments, see the
Overview
and
Developing
Plug-ins and Applications
.