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Adobe Acrobat JavaScript (3 days)
Suitable for delegates with experience of using Adobe Acrobat Professional who are familiar with both the basic and advanced features of the program. The course provides an introduction to the JavaScript language and shows delegates how to add JavaScript to PDF files to control bookmarks, buttons and links; how to create custom dialogs, control forms and manipulate document pages.
Getting started
Overview of Acrobat JavaScript features
PDF files and JavaScript
The Acrobat JavaScript API
Acrobat’s implementation of Javascript
Acrobat objects
Using the JavaScript Editor
Using and external JavaScript editor
JavaScript essentials
Using variables
Using code blocks
Defining functions
Calling functions
Passing parameters
Looping structures
Conditional statements
Writing scripts
Obtaining field values
Setting field values
Showing and hiding fields
Calculating field values
Making field values conditional
Working with forms
Changing field in response to user actions
Creating form fields via scripts
Creating text fields
Creating check boxes
Creating combo boxes
Setting field attributes
Working with PDF documents
Creating PDF files
Combining documents
Manipulating PDF pages
Numbering pages
Navigation
Creating bookmarks
Creating links
Creating buttons
Windows and dialogs
Display alert boxes
Giving feedback to users
Requesting user information
Database interaction
The connection object
The statement object
Executing SQL statements
Writing to a database
reading from a dataabase
Using Dreamweaver with Acrobat
Merging a form with a data source
Debugging and error handling
Enabling the JavaScript debugger
Starting the debugger
Setting breakpoints
Setting conditional breakpoints
Using the Call Stack list
Using the Inspect Details window
Anticipating errors
Using try/catch statements
Creating error handling functions