Re: [Semi-OT] Execute Javascript for Acrobat

2015-03-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
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Re: [Semi-OT] Execute Javascript for Acrobat

2015-03-13 Thread Andrew Kluthe
Except, what Apple does with applescript (and now JS) is at the OS level. VBscript is available to do certain things on windows. Maybe MS will replace VBScript with something more like Javascript in the future. Who knows, not something we can really have control over though. On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 a

RE: [Semi-OT] Execute Javascript for Acrobat

2015-03-13 Thread Ralph DiMola
, March 13, 2015 4:36 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: [Semi-OT] Execute Javascript for Acrobat As it turns out, there is no way in Windows to send commands to Adobe Acrobat, telling it to run a Javascript. And while there are tools for development systems like Java and C++ to do so, there is

Re: [Semi-OT] Execute Javascript for Acrobat

2015-03-13 Thread Bob Sneidar
As it turns out, there is no way in Windows to send commands to Adobe Acrobat, telling it to run a Javascript. And while there are tools for development systems like Java and C++ to do so, there is no shell method to do so. So apparently I will be stuck creating FDF files for the Windows environ

[Semi-OT] Execute Javascript for Acrobat

2015-03-04 Thread Bob Sneidar
Hi all. I know there are people on the list who know if this can even be done, and if so, how to do it. Presently to have a PDF fillable form open and auto-fill with data, I must first set the PDF form up to import an FDF file upon opening, and secondly I must create an FDF file for it to impo