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At 11:45 AM +0000 12/3/03, David R Evans wrote:
> What version(s) of Reader are you targeting?
It will be Reader 6.
That's good...
> First, this will only work in Acrobat Reader 5.1 and later AND only >if the document is "rights enabled". > > However, if those circumstances are present, then you can usethe stuff in the Forms API to create an appearance as well.
We had not considered "rights enabling" the documents, so I will look into that.
It's either that or Cos level stuff...
Otherwise, I might be able to do what I want with JavaScript in a form field. However, is it possible to either obtain the Windows directory path from JavaScript so that a known FDF could be imported, or retrieve a text field from the registry with JavaScript?
No, Javascript can't get to the file system or the registry.
HOWEVER, a plugin can (assuming, in the case of Reader, you have been granted permission to do so) and can then pass that information to JavaScript to use.
But if you have access to FDF importing via JS, then you can also do it form a plugin - but either would require a "rights enabled" PDF.
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