Extending Acrobat Forms with Javascript

Book Description
Unlike other books on JavaScript, which explain how to write JavaScript programs for the Web, Extending Acrobat Forms with JavaScript is the first and only book to explain how to use JavaScript to create sophisticated, interactive documents in Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat expert John Deubert teaches JavaScript programming basics in the context of carrying out specific, useful tasks in Acrobat. For example, you'll learn how to manipulate Acrobat with JavaScript to perform calculations, retrieve data from a database, process form data, and more. And each tutorial is broken down into small, manageable chunks so as not to overwhelm you with long blocks of code. A one-of-a kind book, Extending Acrobat Forms with JavaScript is a great resource for anyone who wants to gain more control over Adobe's extremely popular Acrobat software.


Book Info
A non-programmer's guide to adding specific features to Acrobat forms using JavaScript. Describes how to build useful functions into forms, enabling them to automatically fill in form data, perform calculations, validate form field contents, display roll-over text, and generate reports. For beginning to intermediate level. Softcover.


From the Back Cover
Unlike other books on JavaScript, which explain how to write JavaScript programs for the Web, Extending Acrobat Forms with JavaScript is the first and only book to explain how to use JavaScript to create sophisticated, interactive documents in Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat expert John Deubert teaches JavaScript programming basics in the context of carrying out specific, useful tasks in Acrobat. For example, you'll learn how to manipulate Acrobat with JavaScript to perform calculations, retrieve data from a database, process form data, and more. And each tutorial is broken down into small, manageable chunks so as not to overwhelm you with long blocks of code. A one-of-a kind book, Extending Acrobat Forms with JavaScript is a great resource for anyone who wants to gain more control over Adobe's extremely popular Acrobat software.


About the Author
John Deubert has been in the electronic printing and publishing world since the beginning. Having worked at Adobe during its startup days, John has unusually long experience with electronic printing, publishing, and distribution of documents. John has taught classes on PostScript and Acrobat throughout the world since 1985. Widely regarded as an excellent instructor, he currently teaches as a consultant under the name Acumen Training and distributes a monthly technical newsletter, the Acumen Journal. John is also the author of Creating Adobe Acrobat Forms from Adobe Press.


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Sure, you can use Adobe Acrobat to create a great-looking form, but you might not know that a few simple JavaScript techniques can make your forms perform magic. JavaScript, a powerful yet simple scripting language, can automate and enhance your forms, making them work harder and smarter. Your forms can calculate order totals, display roll-over help, validate and automatically format user input, retrieve and analyze information from databases, and more. Best of all, you don't have to learn everything about scripts to take advantage of their power. This book offers truly practical, ready-to-use scripts that you can apply immediately to your forms to boost their performance and flexibility. Author John Deubert brings an easy, informative style to teaching scripting without fear. Before you know it, you'll be building the most useful functions into your forms


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