Needing Help

Check out this video, it may help: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-x-tips-tricks/how-to-design-a-pdf-portfolio/

My video (thanks Kelly!) covers styling an existing PDF Portfolio using the tools in Acrobat - but to replicate the Acrobat 9 "preview with a sidebar" would require a complete rewrite of the layout (NAV file) using Flex, and it's not all that easy as the SDK is designed to work with the new "cards" system in Acrobat X.

It's possible to ignore the new API layer and program the Acrobat 9 way using low-level Flex code, but it's a major programming job and the examples from the Acrobat 9 Portfolio SDK aren't of any use, given we've changed Flex versions.

So far we don't have a pre-built replica of the Acrobat 9 layouts available to download, but I suspect in time they will appear.

Well ive been dabbling in coding a nav. The trouble I am having is that I can't get the card previews to scroll vertically. Any suggestions on how that can be done?

Well hers my current Code. The Mini Nav section is what I believe needs to be altered, but im not sure how. Any thoughts on how to make it scroll vertically rather than horizontal.

lists:MiniNavList id="miniNav" left="0" top="0" width="180"
showSlammer="true" alpha="0.0" alpha.normal="1.0" enabled.empty="false" heightIfPresent="925" itemRenderer="{new CardFactory(CardFactory.BASIC_CARD, null , null, null, 1, false, false)}"/

Unbelievable. This format is not available in Acrobat X and you need to REPROGRAM it to make it available? This is an example of a product upgrade done completely wrong. People come to depend on a product's functionality, and you pull the rug out from under them. It's irresponsible to expect the developer community to play catch up while in the meantime people are left high and dry. I can't use ANY of the existing formats. The material I'm trying to display looks unreadable, and the format can't be changed (I'm just creating a collection of text-based PDFs, nothing graphics based).

There are also galleries of PDF Portfolios that you may find useful here:
http://acrobatusers.com/gallery/pdf_portfolio