Ralph LaChance wrote: <-----Start-----> Last time I used the Acrobat SDK (1999) it provided support only building a plug-in to Acrobat Exchange (not free) - ie. adding functionality to Exchange itself -- things like specialized searching, indexing, or retrieving simple objects (including text) from the file, adding work flow, modifying Exchange's menus etc. It provided NO support for rendering per se, and, more importantly, had almost no support for modifying the (free) Reader.
Whether one could use a plug-in as a vehicle for tightly bolting acrobat exchange is an interesting concept, but (in my opinion) we'd not have any chance to doing anything useful with the reader. <-----End-----> Paragraph 1, Chapter 1 of the Core_API/CoreAPIOverview.pdf document in the Acrobat 5 SDK doc says: <-----Start-----> The Acrobat core API is a set of interfaces you can use to write plug-ins that integrate with Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. This chapter introduces the core API, describing its object orientation and organization, and a number of other concepts fundamental to understanding the API. Ways to Integrate With the Acrobat Viewers You can develop software that integrates with Acrobat and Acrobat Reader in two ways: * By creating plug-ins that are dynamically linked to the Acrobat viewer and extend the viewer's functionality * By writing a separate application process that uses interapplication communication (IAC) to control Acrobat functionality. DDE and OLE are supported on Windows and Apple events / AppleScript on the Macintosh. <-----End-----> There is a separate InterApplication_Communication folder containing related documents. Again, I haven't done it, so maybe it is all theory that doesn't work for the application at hand. And I don't mean to be argumentative -- it just seems that writing a good PDF viewer would be a big enough task that I would want to exhaust other possibilities before heading down that path. Victor Mote (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Enterprise Outfitters (www.outfitr.com) 2025 Eddington Way Colorado Springs, Colorado 80916 Voice 719-622-0650, Fax 720-293-0044 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
