Firefox Reader plugin and PDF highlighting

Hi everyone,
I'm using javascript from a browser to highlight words inside of PDFs using the browser plugin, like so:
   var pdfEmbed = popup.document.embeds[0];
   pdfEmbed.setCurrentPage(page);
   pdfEmbed.setViewScroll("FitH", offset);
   pdfEmbed.setCurrentHighlight(left, right, top, bottom);
This works fine in IE, but when I try the same thing in Firefox nothing happens and I get this javascript error:
   Error: pdfEmbed.setCurrentPage is not a function
I've tried this several different ways, but Firefox always acts like these functions aren't supported in that version of the Reader plugin. Is that true? I've looked online and in the documentation but haven't found a definitive answer for this.
Thanks!

You're not going to get that with a PDF form, sorry. A year ago I'd suggest that you look into Adobe's FormsCentral, which allows easy creation and administration of both web and PDF forms, but they have decided to discontinue this service. They have directed customers to similar services such as JotForms, so you might want to look into that.

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