How to implement Collab.hashString( Collab.URL2PathFragment()) ??

You can run code in the Acrobat JavaScript Environment from the JSO object in the IAC interface. You find the SDK documentation:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp

And you'll find examples in the SDK, which can download here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/?view=downloads

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Hi Thomp,


Thanks for your valuable suggestions.
Is it possible to create an IAC interface from .NET ?


Thanks,
Anoop

Why yes it is. When you add the Acrobat ActiveX object as a reference to a Visual Studio .NET project it will automatically create a proxy object. Give it a try. There are samples in the Acrobat SDK.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Hi Thomp,

Thanks for your reply.

I downloaded Acrobat 8 SDK. I could not see anything about collab.URL2PathFragment() and collab.hashString() functions in Acrobat SDK sample applications. I created an IAC in C# by adding Interop.Acrobat.dll in reference. I created an CAcroPDDoc object as pdDoc. Then I created a JSO object using pdDoc.GetJSObject() method. But after that how can I call the collab.hashString() function from this JSO ? Could you please correct me, if I am going in wrong way ?

Expecting your valuable suggestions.

Thanks
Anoop

From the JSO you have direct access into the Acrobat JavaScript environment, all of the objects and functions are exposed. However there are a couple of limitations. First, the JSO runs in the current document context, so it is not priveleged. Second, VB and JavaScript have different data types. So not everything will transfer as function arguments. Especially from .Net which uses late binding because of the interop proxy.

So the best appoach is to write a folder level fucntion that implenents everything you want to run in JavaScript, then call this function from the JSO. For example, say the function is called MyCollabFn(); Then you'd call it from the JSO as

myJSO.MyCollabFn()

BTW: this will probably need to be a trustedFunction, and make sure it works from a document script before testing in the VB app.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Hi Thomp,

Is there somewhere that I can get a relatively simple tutorial to walk me through the whole process ? once I have the basic process down I can figure out how to add to it and change it.

Thanks
Anoop

Why yes there is. The Acrobat SDK has samples, and the documentation explains more or less how it all works. You'll find it all at the links in my first post.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

HI Anoop,
did you finally work out how to implement collab.hashstring() in c#. if so, do let me know

Thanks
Arun1380