Javascript in Acrobat 9.0 Standard

I am trying to find my way through running Javascript in Acrobat. I have a sample PDF I downloaded from the web (acrotips6006.pdf) which has embedded Javascript. It has buttons which allows you to connect to a database a populate a form with data from the database.
My question is simply how can I see the Javascript which is embeddedin the PDF. I've had little luck finding where to go to see the script (the documentation says the code is contained in one Document Level Javascript).
Thank you.

The last post was based on AA5. On my tablet with AA7, the document level JavaScript needed is located under Advanced>JavaScript>Document JavaScripts. There are the same 6 scripts listed for your example (found at PlanetPDF). I am listing the Connect script below:
function Connect()
  try
    app.alert("Attempting Connection ...");
    dbConn = ADBC.newConnection(dbName);
    if(dbConn == null)
     throw "Error connecting to AcroTips";
    stmtObj = dbConn.newStatement();
    // Execute the SQL statement inside the database
    stmtObj.execute(sqlToExecute);
    // Move the Result Set to the First Record Found
    stmtObj.nextRow();
    // The current row object
    rowObj = stmtObj.getRow();
    // Insert the values of the first Row of data into the
    // form field values.
    FillForm(rowObj);
    // Let the user know that a connection was made.
    app.alert("Connected to AcroTips");
  catch(exc)
    console.println(exc);
    throw "Unable to Connect to Database";
It looks interesting, but discussing the scripts is probably more appropriate in the scripting forum. I was trying to help identify the location. I assume it is a similar location name in AA9, but Adobe seems to be good at moving menu items around.

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