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gidmeister
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February 24, 2018
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Adobe Acrobat has a javascript API - but does READER also have one?

  • February 24, 2018
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I'd like to extend my website, which currently can highlight web content, to also be able to highlight PDFs that are displayed in the browser.

I found out that Adobe Acrobat has a JavaScript API, but Acrobat is a stand-alone program.   Acrobat Reader, on the other hand, can be used from web browsers, or at least from CHROME, (EDGE  has its own built-in PDF reader).  

So does Acrobat Reader have a JavaScript API?

And if it does, can I make those JavaScript calls from a webpage in my web browser (perhaps using iframes?)

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    1. JavaScript yes, external API no.

    2. When you show a PDF in Chrome, no Adobe software is involved.

    3. Can‘t bridge from web page JavaScript to PDF Javascript so far as I know.

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    Legend
    February 24, 2018

    1. JavaScript yes, external API no.

    2. When you show a PDF in Chrome, no Adobe software is involved.

    3. Can‘t bridge from web page JavaScript to PDF Javascript so far as I know.

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    gidmeisterAuthor
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    February 25, 2018

    Thank you.

    Based on what you say, it seems that I even if I used Acrobat JavaScript to capture a highlight, I would not be able to send the text of that highlight to my website.

    I've downloaded a PDF on JavaScript for Acrobat though.

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