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September 7, 2009
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Where do I find the documentation for the AcroPDF.dll?

  • September 7, 2009
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When using JavaScript on a webpage it is possible to access the Acrobat Reader Plugin as an ActiveXControl. When doing so there is a list of methods and properties you can call and get/set. There is methods like: postMessage, gotoFirstPage and execCommand. They are all possible to find the name of because they are published through the  AcroPDF.dll. The way to access the AcroPDF.dll in JavaScript on a webpage can be done something like following:

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<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

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var App = new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF.1');
App.LoadFile('C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Res.pdf');

...

</script>
...

These methods and properties are not the same as what you can do through JavaScripting inside a PDF-document. What I have been searching for without luck is the documentaion for is that limited number of methods and properties that is accessible in the AcroPDF.dll.

Where do I find the documentation for exactly the public methods and properties in the AcroPDF.dll - the syntax, format and possible values etc. for each method and property?

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    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 7, 2009

    Look at the Acrobat Interapplication Communication Reference.

    FilosoftAuthor
    Participant
    September 7, 2009

    Thank you for your efford. But I have been there.

    Unfortunately there is no description of the public methods and properties in AcroPDF.dll in the document http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/iac_api_reference.pdf

    So my question is still open

    Phillip James Gordon
    Known Participant
    September 7, 2009

    Try the Adobe Acobat SDK

    There is a lot of documentation in there

    Phillip

    PJM