Category Archives: Acrobat

Validating Field Contents

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Karl Heinz Kremer

One of the questions I get asked again and again is how to validate a field value in an AcroForm with a custom validation script. Adobe provided a lot of infrastructure to do that with just a simple script. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Nastyware Claiming to be Adobe Reader

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Karl Heinz Kremer

I just received an interesting email, claiming to come from Adobe. This is the first time I’ve seen such a sneaky attempt to get me to download something to my computer that could do some pretty nasty stuff to me, … Continue reading →

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Acrobat JavaScripts – Where do they go?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

JavaScripts in Acrobat can either be attached to a document – for example to validate a form field – or they can be loaded directly into the application as a folder level script. It’s pretty straight forward to figure out … Continue reading →

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The X Files: Acrobat Edition

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

A New Version of Acrobat Have you noticed that it’s been more than two years since the release of Adobe Acrobat 9? Usually, Adobe releases a new version every 18 to 24 months, so a new version has been overdue. … Continue reading →

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Reading And Modifying PDF Form Fields with VBA

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

I’ve written about VBA and Acrobat JavaScript before, and I’ve also mentioned that you can combine VBA and JavaScript to access PDF form fields, but I still owe a sample for that. I had to answer another question today about … Continue reading →

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Best Way to Learn Acrobat Scripting

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

Every now and then I come across the question “What is the best way to learn scripting for Adobe Acrobat? Are there any books or other resources averrable?”. After doing some research, I think I finally found the best resource … Continue reading →

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Is Your Acrobat Plug-in Still Using ADM?

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

For a few years now Adobe has been telling 3rd party developers that the ADM (Adobe Dialog Manager) will be discontinued, and that existing plug-ins may have to be ported to something else. If I remember correctly, this started with … Continue reading →

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Developing Acrobat JavaScript on a MacBook

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

Acrobat’s JavaScript is a great tool to extend the application, or to automate reoccurring tasks. There are several ways a JavaScript can be added to the application or a document (e.g. folder level scripts, validation scripts, event handling scripts, …), … Continue reading →

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Nuance PDF Reader

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Karl Heinz Kremer

Nuance (the people behind OmniPage and Dragon Naturally Speaking and a bunch of other things) release a competitor to the free Adobe Reader – the free Nuance PDF Reader (http://www.nuance.com/imaging/products/pdf-reader.asp). The feature list looks very promising: Fill and save PDF … Continue reading →

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Teaching Adobe Reader a Few New Tricks

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Karl Heinz Kremer

Have you ever tried to fill a PDF form in Adobe Reader and to then save that filed document to your hard disk? Did it work? Chances are that it did not. Have you ever thought about why the Adobe … Continue reading →

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