Adobe acrobat 7.0.5 sdk User Manual

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Preface
How This Document Is Organized
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Acrobat Interapplication Communication Reference provides a detailed reference of all 
the calls needed for Apple
®
 Events, OLE and DDE. 
Guide to SDK Samples provides an overview of the samples provided with the Acrobat 
SDK.
SnippetRunner Cookbook provides an overview of the plug-in snippets provided with the 
Acrobat SDK.
PDF Reference, fifth edition, Version 1.6 provides a description of the PDF file format, as 
well as suggestions for producing efficient PDF files. It is intended for application 
developers who wish to produce PDF files directly, or who wish to gain a detailed 
understanding of the PDF file format.
Adobe Dialog Manager Programmer’s Guide and Reference describes how to create 
platform-independent dialog boxes for your plug-in.
Developing for Adobe Reader provides an introduction to those portions of the Adobe 
Acrobat
 
Software Development Kit (SDK) that pertain to your development efforts for 
Adobe Reader.
Additional documents that you should have available for reference are listed below.
Adobe Reader-enabled Plug-ins describes the steps required to enable a plug-in to be 
loaded by Adobe Reader.
PostScript Language Reference, third edition describes the syntax and semantics of the 
PostScript
 
language and the Adobe imaging model.
The samples and snippets included in the Acrobat SDK. For more information, visit the 
Adobe Solutions Network at 
How This Document Is Organized
This document is organized as follows:
 introduces the Acrobat SDK and summarizes new features 
in the Acrobat SDK and in PDF 1.6.
describes the technologies 
that make up the Acrobat SDK.
 describes general issues 
that factor into decisions about which Acrobat SDK technology to use.
 provides information about how to use the 
Acrobat SDK to create PDF documents.
 describes how to use the Acrobat SDK to 
add navigation, how to modify and manipulate PDF documents, and how to print PDF 
documents.
 describes how to change the Acrobat or 
Adobe Reader user interface using the Acrobat SDK.