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Interapplication Communication and XFA

DominicanPete
Registered: Jan 4 2008
Posts: 41

I think I already know the answer to this one, but thought that i would ask anyway.

Is IAC possible in XFA?

I find nothing in XFA compatible witht he Acrobat 'hostContainer'. Can anyone give me a definitive answer on this one?

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
You're asking two different things. IAC is Acrobat's interface for communication with local applications. The host container, while it could be called interapplicaion communcation, is a different animal.

And Yes, even though hostContainer is not a property of LiveCycle JavaScript, you can reach Acrobat JS from the LiveCycle JS model through "event.target". I haven't personally setup a hostContainer in a LC form. But I know someone who has made it work. Just replace "this" with "event.target", and place the setup code in the "DocReady" event.

Good Luck.

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