Creating Scrollable text frames in InDesign

I've been trying to create scrollable text frames in InDesign CS6 and, for the life of me, cannot figure out how to do so for an interactive PDF.
I've done so for touchscreen devices before through DPS and the scrollable frame option, but I've never tried to do it for something non-touchscreen/mobile. I don't even know if it's possible, but I am sending this to someone who may not have touchscreen access with touchscreen scroll functionality and I wouldn't want to risk a good portion of text to go unread because of a lack-of functionality.
So, I guess my question is: Is there a way to create a scrollable text field for an interactive PDF that could be scrolled through using a mouse or keyboard?
Thanks in advance!

No. It's DPS only.

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See SDKLayoutHelper::CreateTextFrame.
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Ask here and make sure it's a detailed feature request along with WHY
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https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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If it can be done with InDesign, then almost without exception, it can be scripted. The exceptions are few and far between: off the top of my head, a script can't control the preference to allow attached scripts -- the preference would be pointless if it could.
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http://indesignsecrets.com/easily-add-captions-to-graphics-frames.php
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http://jsid.blogspot.com
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I seem to have activated a weird bug with the Scrollable Text Frame but I hope I can solve it with your help.
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//DESCRIPTION:Overlay round corners on a single textframe
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app.doScript(function(textframe){
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