Acrobat X SDK is Released and Available for Download

By Joel Geraci on February 25, 2011 5:59 PM | 6 Comments

The Acrobat X Software Developer Kit (SDK) is a set of tools that help you develop software that interacts with Acrobat technology. The SDK contains header files, type libraries, simple utilities, sample code, and documentation.

Using the Acrobat SDK, you can develop software that integrates with Acrobat and Adobe Reader in several ways:

  • JavaScript — Write scripts, either in an individual PDF document or externally, to extend the functionality of Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
  • Plug-ins — Create plug-ins that are dynamically linked to and extend the functionality of Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
  • Interapplication Communication — Write a separate application process that uses interapplication communication (IAC) to control Acrobat functionality. DDE and OLE are supported on Microsoft® Windows®, and Apple events/AppleScript on Mac OS®. IAC is not available on UNIX®.

The Acrobat SDK provides support for development on both Windows and Apple Mac OS environments.

Read the full Acrobat X SDK Overview
Download the Acrobat X SDK

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Jean Cai | March 24, 2011 3:37 PM |

Hi,

I downloaded Acrobat X SDK. I don’t see SDKInstaller.exe and help files (APIOveriew.pdf, APIReference.pdf, PluginGuide.pdf, ReaderEnbabling.pdf) like we had in Acrobat 7.0 SDK.

Where can I get these files for Acrobat X?

Thanks,
Jean

    Joel Geraci | March 30, 2011 2:17 PM |

    The Acrobat X SDK is organized a little differently than the one for version 7. The documentation is in HTML now and is in the “Version1/Documentation/Acrobat10_SDK_HTMLHelp” folder. Open Index.html

Pavan | November 26, 2011 8:45 AM |

I downloaded Acrobat X SDK and ran the visual studio plugin setup. Despite having proper VS 2008 setup on my Windows XP SP3 machine, I receive “Please install Visual Studio 2008 before install Acrobat X Plugin Wizard” error. I am really stuck here. Please guide how to fix it.

Thanks!
Pavan

    Lori DeFurio | August 09, 2012 4:10 PM |

    Developer support or the developer forums should be able to help you out.

Marty | November 30, 2011 10:08 AM |

I have an Acrobat plugin that was created using an older version of Visual Studio and Acrobat 6 SDK. While the plugin basically works without flaw in Acrobat versions 6 to 9 in Windows XP, the plugin fails to work in Acrobat 9 in Windows 7 whereby the Acrobat ceases to respond in which event I have to closeout completely.

My first thought is that I need to recompile the plugin using an Acrobat SDK that supports Windows 7 but I have as yet been able to find any info to confirm that Acrobat 9 SDK is the answer.

Any comments or suggestions as to what I need to do to make the plugin work in Windows 7 are greatly appreciated.

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