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From: "Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen" <gilbert@panter.soci.aau.dk>
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Subject: Re: JavaScript and Acrobat 3.x
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----- Original Message -----
From: Geert Lobbestael (cmb) <g.lobbestael@amc.uva.nl>
To: <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Sent: dinsdag 8 februari 2000 13:20
Subject: JavaScript and Acrobat 3.x

> Hello,
>
> I have a document with a 'help'-link in the footertext:
>
> \setupfootertext
>   [{\goto{Help} [JS(Toggle_Hide{Help})]}]
>   [...]
>
> This works fine in Acrobat 4.x, not in Acrobat 3.01 which complains about
> a plugin ("The plugin required by this 'Javascript' action is
> unavailable.").
>
> I don't know if there is a Javascript plugin for Acrobat 3.01, but even
> then I can't add it the networked installation of Acrobat.

This is called the forms plug-in and used to be available at the adobe
web-site. There are two types:
1. Author plug-in (for Acrobat exchange)
2. Reader plug-in (for the reader).

This plug-in was later integrated into acrobat 4.

Gilbert.