IWETHEY v. 0.3.0 | TODO
1,095 registered users | 0 active users | 0 LpH | Statistics
Login | Create New User
IWETHEY Banner

Welcome to IWETHEY!

IWETHEY Home / IWETHEY Board / Theory and Practice of Programming Forum / Initial Comments
Post #54,557
by ChrisR
10/2/02 6:26:07 PM
Reply
New Initial Comments
I've been reading way too many Adobe reference documents in my spare time - four books on PostScript and another on the PDF format - add this one on JavaScript. It's nice that Adobe puts all their manuals online but reading them is a mind-numbing exercise. Anyhow, I'm about one-third of the way through the reference you suppplied.

The JavaScript language itself is pretty plan-jane standards compliant from a syntax point of view. The difference lies in the [link|http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/pdfs/tn/5186AcroJS.pdf|Adobe JavaScript Object Specification]. What I haven't figured out at this point is: (a). does the javascript run in a sandbox? and (b). does filling out the forms on a client require you to purchase Acrobat - or can you just use the free reader?
Post #55,257
by deSitter
Picture of deSitter
10/7/02 10:01:48 AM
Reply
New Re: Initial Comments
You don't need full Acrobat to fill out forms if they are connected to a database - you do need it to save FDF files. You might want to do that if information is lacking to complete the form and you want to come back to it later.

What exactly do you mean by "in a sandbox"?
-drl
     Comments Invited on Adobe Javascript - (deSitter) - (40) - Oct. 1, 2002, 11:44:40 PM EDT
         Why can't they pick a better language? - (ben_tilly) - (37) - Oct. 2, 2002, 06:25:28 AM EDT
             I agree. - (static) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2002, 08:08:22 AM EDT
                 Re: I agree. - (deSitter) - (3) - Oct. 2, 2002, 09:48:51 AM EDT
                     Same language... - (ChrisR) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2002, 12:21:23 PM EDT
                         Re: Same language... - (deSitter) - Oct. 2, 2002, 12:44:40 PM EDT
                     I didn't look. - (static) - Oct. 2, 2002, 10:16:32 PM EDT
             You Perl people must like... - (ChrisR) - (31) - Oct. 2, 2002, 03:03:22 PM EDT
                 not new vernacular but sigil doesnt mean sigil anymore? - (boxley) - Oct. 2, 2002, 04:19:33 PM EDT
                 I didn't invent it - (ben_tilly) - (29) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:03:51 PM EDT
                     Re: I didn't invent it - (deSitter) - (28) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:37:42 PM EDT
                         It isn't, necessarily - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:55:24 PM EDT
                             Re: It isn't, necessarily - (deSitter) - (3) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:58:33 PM EDT
                                 Why is that wrong? - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 2, 2002, 08:03:32 PM EDT
                                 Not me - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Oct. 3, 2002, 08:37:49 AM EDT
                                     You've got life easy - (tonytib) - Oct. 5, 2002, 01:55:11 AM EDT
                         Not idiomatically. - (static) - (22) - Oct. 2, 2002, 10:19:07 PM EDT
                             In Perl they are dereferencing operators -NT - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 2, 2002, 10:26:22 PM EDT
                             semicolon rant IV - (tablizer) - (20) - Oct. 3, 2002, 01:43:33 AM EDT
                                 Or you can use periods. - (tuberculosis) - (19) - Oct. 3, 2002, 08:41:17 AM EDT
                                     re: periods - (tablizer) - (18) - Oct. 5, 2002, 12:40:32 AM EDT
                                         re: periods - (deSitter) - (17) - Oct. 6, 2002, 06:29:49 PM EDT
                                             Huh? -NT - (tablizer) - (16) - Oct. 8, 2002, 11:40:57 PM EDT
                                                 Re: Huh? - (deSitter) - (15) - Oct. 9, 2002, 11:59:35 AM EDT
                                                     Who is "everyone"? - (tablizer) - (5) - Oct. 17, 2002, 03:53:17 PM EDT
                                                         Once More With Feeling - (deSitter) - (4) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:09:06 PM EDT
                                                             I don't care about the 1970's, I hate them here and now - (tablizer) - (3) - Oct. 18, 2002, 11:20:43 PM EDT
                                                                 Simple solution. - (static) - Oct. 19, 2002, 12:43:55 AM EDT
                                                                 The Galileo of Computing! - (deSitter) - (1) - Oct. 19, 2002, 01:54:47 AM EDT
                                                                     Others complain too - (tablizer) - Oct. 22, 2002, 02:32:44 AM EDT
                                                     Wrong. - (admin) - (2) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:12:06 PM EDT
                                                         Re: Wrong. - (deSitter) - (1) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:34:53 PM EDT
                                                             This is a general trend - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 18, 2002, 07:25:31 AM EDT
                                                     Historical trivia that applies... - (hnick) - (5) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:41:27 PM EDT
                                                         Nah, not Kernighan and Ritchie. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Oct. 17, 2002, 09:59:49 PM EDT
                                                             Right, Not K&R - (hnick) - (3) - Oct. 18, 2002, 08:13:04 AM EDT
                                                                 Don't be. Sorry, I mean. -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 18, 2002, 08:30:21 AM EDT
                                                                 Re: Right, Not K&R - (deSitter) - Oct. 18, 2002, 12:37:33 PM EDT
                                                                 Actually, might it have been a "standard" to fit terminals? - (wharris2) - Oct. 21, 2002, 12:00:00 PM EDT
         Initial Comments - (ChrisR) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2002, 06:26:07 PM EDT
             Re: Initial Comments - (deSitter) - Oct. 7, 2002, 10:01:48 AM EDT

The Pot Calling the Kettle Dayglo Orange.
114 ms