Interacting With Obdc Databases; Printing Pdf Files; Customizing And Automating Printing - Adobe ACROBAT 7.0.5 SDK Manual

Working with PDF Documents
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Interacting with OBDC Databases

Interacting with OBDC Databases
Acrobat JavaScript provides an ODBC-compliant object model called Acrobat Database
Connectivity (ADBC), which can be used in document-level scripts to connect to a database
for the purposes of inserting new information, updating existing information, and deleting
database entries. ADBC provides a simplified interface to ODBC, which it uses to establish a
connection to a database and access its data, and supports the usage of SQL statements for
data access, update, deletion, and retrieval.
To use ADBC, ODBC must be installed on a client machine running a Microsoft Windows
operating system. Note that ADBC does not provide security measures with respect to
database access; it is assumed that the database administrator will establish and maintain
the security of all data.
Pri nt in g PD F Fi le s
Using the Acrobat SDK, you can control the way that Acrobat, Adobe Reader or your
external application prints PDF files.

Customizing and Automating Printing

Using any of the Acrobat technologies, you can customize the way that a PDF document is
printed.
Printing from Acrobat JavaScript
Since printing involves sending pages to an output device, there are many options that can
affect print quality. Acrobat JavaScript can be used to enhance and automate the use of
these options in print production workflows, primarily through the use of the PrintParams
object.
For a complete list of parameters, see the Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Guide.
Printing from a Plug-in
You can use
Acrobat or Adobe Reader. Depending on the methods you use, a user interface is either
invoked or not. The
user can then specify printing parameters.
The
AVDocPrintPages
current print settings and job settings with no user interface. You can specify a page range,
a PostScript version and whether to shrink the pages to fit the printer.
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methods to customize and control how a PDF file is printed from
AVDoc
AVDocDoPrint
method prints a document to the current printer using the
method invokes the print user interface, where the
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