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Programming Acrobat JavaScript Using Visual Basic Acrobat 7.0 provides a rich set of JavaScript programming interfaces that are designed to be used from within the Acrobat environment. It also provides a mechanism (known as JSObject) that allows external clients to access the same functionality from environments such as Visual Basic

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It provides a set of examples to illustrate the key concepts. What is JSObject? In precise terms, JSObject is an interpretation layer between an OLE Automation client such as a Visual Basic application and the JavaScript functionality provided by Acrobat. From a programmer’s point of view, the end result is that programming JSObject from a Visual Basic environment is quite similar to programming in JavaScript using the Acrobat console. Getting Started The following steps get you set up to run the examples: 1. Install Acrobat 7.0 and Visual Basic .NET, since both are required for the examples in this document. 2. Open a new Visual Basic.NET project. That gets you started with a blank form and project workspace. 3. To access the Acrobat Automation APIs, including JSObject, you need to add a reference to Acrobat’s type library. From the UI, select Project > Add Reference, then the COM tab, and from the list of available references, click on the item labeled Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Type Library.” Click Select. Click OK. Programming Acrobat JavaScript Using Visual Basic A Simple Example 4 Programming Acrobat JavaScript Using Visual Basic A Simple Example This example describes the bare minimum required to display Hello, Acrobat! in Acrobat’s JavaScript console. 1. Bring up the source code window for this form by selecting View > Code from the UI. 2. Select (Form1 Events) from the selection box in the upper left corner of that window.