Adobe Acrobat SDK
Developing for Adobe Reader
APIs available for Adobe Reader
Host Function Tables (HFTs) are tables of function pointers, essentially providing a means by which
plug-ins call methods in Adobe Reader. The following HFTs are available for development with Adobe
Reader:
AcroView
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AcroViewSweetPea
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Cos
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PDModel
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ASExtra
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PDSRead
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AcroSupport
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Core
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Forms
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TTS
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DigSigHFT
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AcroHLS
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PubSecHFT
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Search
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WebLink
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For details about specific API support within each of the HFTs, see Developing Plug-ins and Applications. For
information about the various Acrobat layers and the organization of the related HFTs, see the Acrobat and
PDF Library API Reference. For a summary of the Acrobat extended APIs, see the Acrobat and PDF Library API
Reference. For details regarding the additional usage rights that may be applied to a PDF document, see
Developing Plug-ins and Applications.
(Not available on Linux or UNIX platforms)
APIs available for Adobe Reader
Plug-ins
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