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javascript function to rotate page in adobe reader

2009-05-14 18:57:45

jacfe

Registered: Mar 26 2009

Posts: 12

hello, i'm development a viewer embedded in an html page and i use the adobe reader to view the documents, i can go to next page and prev page and last page and first page from javascript in the html document, but i need one function: this.setPageRotations.

i need that function but in adobe reader, i read about the security policies but i don't know if with the security pollicies i can do that.

if anybody can help me, please, i really appreciate that.

thank you, very much.

att,

jaime

My Product Information:
Reader 9.1, Windows

2009-05-14 21:23:29

jacfe

Registered: Mar 26 2009

Posts: 12

hello again, i read about setPageRotations and now i know that i can't do that in reader, but in reader i have the option to rotate the view,

ok, my question is, can i acces rotate view from acrobat javascript?

thanks for your answer and your time

att,

Jaime

2009-05-15 07:48:17

gkaiseril

Online

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4308

For Reader, you will need to use the 'execMenuItem()' method as the 'setPageRotations()' method is not available to Reader.

George Kaiser

2009-05-15 08:45:37

jacfe

Registered: Mar 26 2009

Posts: 12

hello gkaiseril,

thanks for your answer,

well, can i use execMenuItem() from a document level javascript, with a trusted function?

thanks again

att, Jaime