Attaching files to the PDF

Hi guys,
I would like to add attachments to the PDF form. I found some tutorial using the menu item with the following code:
try
app.execMenuItem("AddFileAttachment");
catch(e)
xfa.host.messageBox("Cannot add an attachment: " + e);
This works fine but not in the Acrobat Reader. For my business case the following two options can be possible:
a) using the attachment functionality of Acrobat (e.g. using the menu item)
b) transporting the binary data in the XML content of the PDF form
To a)
Is there another programmatical way to attach files to the PDF supported by the Acrobat Reader?
To b)
Does someone of you know how to read the binary content of a file using Java Script and adding it into the data XML? With this solution, the data can be extracted using the Adobe Document Service. Would be a fine solution.
Thanks for your help.
Thomas

Hi Paul,
thanks for you post. Sounds really good. But how can this be done?
Could you please give me a hint?
Thanks very much.
Thomas

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By an eHow Contributor
I want to do this! What's This?
You can easily attach files to your Adobe Acrobat PDF document by using the attachment navigational panel. This panel allows you to quickly attach any type of file to your PDF document if you need to send a corresponding file along with your PDF document. Find out how you can utilize the power of Adobe Acrobat by attaching other files to your PDF document.
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
Adobe Acrobat 8
Start Adobe Acrobat, and open a PDF document to which you would like to attach an additional file.
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