Introduction; Supported Platforms; Windows; Mac Os - Adobe ACROBAT SDK V8.0 Manual

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Introduction

This chapter describes the supported platforms for development using the Acrobat SDK, and summarizes
the technologies available within the Acrobat SDK.

Supported platforms

This section describes the requirements for using the interapplication communication and Acrobat core
and extended APIs on all supported platforms. The following platforms are currently supported for
development with Adobe Reader:
Windows®
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Mac OS

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Linux®
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Solaris®
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AIX®
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HP-UX
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Details for each platform are described below.

Windows

Versions
Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
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Development environments
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
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Note: For more information on the Windows environment, see the Overview and Developing Plug-ins and
Applications.
Mac OS
Versions
Mac OS X versions 10.2.8 or later.
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Development environment
Xcode 2.3
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Note: For more information on Mac OS development environments, see the Overview and Developing
Plug-ins and Applications.
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