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Is that possible to write acrobat plugins in javascript?

prakashguru
Registered: Mar 6 2009
Posts: 2

Dear guys,

I am very new to acrobat development. I want to develop a plugin for both acrobat and reader. It shows some dialog box on a toolbar button click and do some simple operations.

I read the acrobat sdk it have some samples to develop the plugins in the C++. I have a little knowledge in C++.

In the sdk I found some documents for javascript API (SOAP to call webervice,...). How can we use javascript plugin development?

Is that possible to develop plugins natively in javascript?
What is the role of the javascript in plugin development?

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prakash

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.0, Windows
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi prakashguru,

Formal plugins? No. But, you can create "plugin like" applications with JavaScript- you don't have all the capabilties and power of a real plugin, but you can do some pretty complex stuff.

Some examples of "plugin like" tools for Acrobat can be found at www.pdfscripting.com in the Free Tools area- others are available if you become a paid member.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com