JavaScript Corner

Thom Parker is the president of WindJack Solutions, a software developer and a self-described adventurer. He’s also a prolific contributor to the Acrobat Community. In the JavaScript Corner, Thom will share tips, in-depth articles, and working examples on JavaScript topics to enlighten all levels of Acrobat users.

WindJack Solutions, Inc. offers custom development and consulting services, specializing in Acrobat JavaScript.

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JavaScript Tips and Tutorials

Text matching with regular expressions
Regular expressions are an ancient and powerful technique for finding patterns in text. Ancient, that is, in computer years. They are so useful that practically every computer language in use today provides support for using regular expressions. And, of course, this includes JavaScript.
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Extracting pages from a PDF with Acrobat JavaScript
Imagine receiving a large, automatically generated report in PDF that needs to be sliced and diced so different parts can be sent to clients or other departments. Not an uncommon activity, and one that’s possible to do manually with Acrobat Professional. Now imagine having to do this every week to a document that needs to be split 100 different ways. That’s a big task, one prone to human error. Fortunately, this can be easily automated with Acrobat JavaScript.
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