Assumptions; Organization; How To Use This Guide - Adobe 12001196 - Acrobat - Mac Manual

Preface

How To Use This Guide

After reading this guide and completing the exercises, you should be equipped to start
using Acrobat JavaScript. During the development process, you'll likely find yourself
reviewing the content of this guide, as well as exploring additional, more in-depth
information that updates to this guide offer in key technical areas.

Assumptions

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the non-scripting elements of the Acrobat 6
user interface that are described in Acrobat's accompanying online help documentation.
This guide provides some review but focuses primarily on the user interface elements for
writing JavaScript code. You should, in addition, be familiar with the basics of the standard
JavaScript scripting language. To work through the exercises in this guide, you must have
access to Acrobat 6 Pro.

Organization

This guide is divided into the following chapters and appendix:
Chapter 1, "Introduction to Acrobat JavaScript"
Chapter 2, "Acrobat JavaScript Editor and Debugger Console"
Chapter 3, "Acrobat JavaScript Debugger"
Chapter 4, "Using Acrobat JavaScript in Forms
Appendix A, "A Short Acrobat JavaScript FAQ"
How To Use This Guide
Chapters
to work directly with Acrobat JavaScript. If you plan to do any of the exercises, do the
following:
1. Be sure that you have Acrobat Pro installed on your Windows or Macintosh workstation.
The exercises are designed to work on Windows and Macintosh versions of Acrobat,
unless otherwise noted.
2. Create a JavaScript exercises directory on your local hard drive. You will use this
directory to store the PDF documents and other files used in the exercises.
3. At the beginning of the Debugger chapter, a .zip file is identified that contains the
files you need to work through the exercises in that chapter. You should extract the
contents of these files to your local directory.
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2 and 3 in this guide include one or more exercises that give you an opportunity
Note: Macintosh users need to have the StuffIt Expander application to extract the
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.zip file contents.
Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Guide