How to make a menu item a privileged function

[Dmitriy K.]

app.addMenuItem({ cName: "A4", cParent: "Help", cExec: ttt});
app.beginPriv();
var ttt = "app.newDoc(420,595)";
app.endPriv();

[Bernd Alheit]

One sample:

trustedNewDoc = app.trustedFunction( function (nWidth, nHeight)
{
// Additional code may appear above
app.beginPriv(); // Explicitly raise privilege
app.newDoc( nWidth, nHeight );
app.endPriv();
// Additional code may appear below.
})

info: newDoc will not work in Acrobat Reader.

[Dmitriy K.]

Thanks for the help! Where can I see a list of functions that will not work in Acrobat Reader?

Is there any other way to use code in Acrobat Reader?

[Bernd Alheit]

Look at the methods in the Acrobat Javascript reference.

[Dmitriy K.]

I have "Developing Acrobat® Applications Using JavaScript™" and "JavaScript™ for Acrobat® API Reference", but it all works for Acrobat DC and only partially for Acrobat Reader DC!

Where can you see what 100% works for Acrobat Reader? of course I mean javascript

[try67 · Accepted solution]

If you see an "X" in the right-most box of the "quick bar" under the method/property name, it means it's not accessible in Reader. For example:

In addition, there are some properties that are Read/Write in Acrobat, but Read-Only in Reader. That will appear in the property's description. For example:

[Dmitriy K.]

Many thanks!

[Test Screen Name]

Especially, consult the "quick bar", a grid at the start of the description of each method. Bear in mind programming of Reader is very limited. Programming is one of the marketing tools for Acrobat: Adobe really want to sell copies of Acrobat to every end user, not just the programmers.