9.1. Supported Scripting in AcroForms (Adobe Acrobat forms)
1. HTTP replies for submit actions
PDF Expert presents HTTP replies with Content-Type "text/plain" and "text/
html" to the user. For other content
types the "Form successfully submitted." is shown.
2. Objects scriptable in PDF Expert
- field
- event
- doc
- app
- util
- console
field Object
Properties
- borderColor
- borderStyle
- charLimit
- currentValueIndices
- defaultValue
- display
- fillColor
- hidden
- name
- numItems
- page
- print
-
readonly
-
rect
- required
- strokeColor
- textColor
- textSize
- type
- userName
- value
- valueAsString
Methods
- buttonGetCaption
- buttonImportIcon, parameters are not supported
- buttonSetCaption
- checkThisBox
- clearItems
- defaultIsChecked
- deleteItemAt, nIdx is
requred
- getArray
- getItemAt
- insertItemAt
- isBoxChecked
- setFocus
- setItems
event Object
Properties
- change
- changeEx
- name
-
rc
- selStart
- selEnd
- source
- target
- targetName
- type
- value
- willCommit
doc Object
Properties
- calculate
- numFields
- numPages
- pageNum
-
URL, can be used in combination with "
pdfefile://" scheme to transfer data to a form.
Methods
- calculateNow
- deletePages
- getField
- getNthFieldName
- gotoNamedDest
- mailDoc
- mailForm
- submitForm, supported cSubmitAs values: FDF, XFDF, HTML, PDF.
- resetForm
app Object
Properties
-
platform,
returns "IOS"
- viewerType, returns "PDF Expert for iPad"
- viewerVersion, returns PDF Expert version appending ".0" to it. E.g. "3.2.1.0"
Methods
- alert
- launchURL
- mailMsg
-
openDoc, Ignores all parameters except "cPath". cPath is a relative path according to the current document. Returns null.
util Object
Methods
-
printd
-
printf
-
printx
-
scand, Note that PDF Expert is more strict than Acrobat Pro to correspondence cDate to cFormat.
console Object
Methods
