Using Flash/Actionscript to create PDF Portfolio Navigator

Hi Guys
We've been using Acrobat Pro Extended to create PDF
Portfolio's for a wee while now, and now in order to create a
'fresh look', my boss is wanting to create custom navigators.
As the programmer of the team, I've looked into it and found
out that it involves Actionscripting/Flex. While I'm a decent
enough programmer, Actionscript isnt something I've used before, so
I was wondering if there were any online guides or books I could
buy that
specifically show how to create a customer navigator for a pdf
portfolio.
Any help you can provide will be much appreciated.

I also have the same goal except I am not even a decent
programmer. I am actively looking for a place to download the
working Carosel that is kind of advertised as a capability of
Acrobat. Even if someone was selling it...I just wanted to chime in
for support on the topic.

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Hi Guys
We've been using Acrobat Pro Extended to create PDF
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As the programmer of the team, I've looked into it and found
out that it involves a combination of Flex and/or actionscripting.
While I'm a decent enough programmer, Actionscript & Flex
are'nt tools that I have used before, so I was wondering if there
were any online guides or books I could buy that specifically
show how to create a customer navigator for a pdf portfolio.
Any help you can provide will be much appreciated.

I also have the same goal except I am not even a decent
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for support on the topic.

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I came across Acorbat Protfolio SDK which requires to install a package in Flash builder and a plugin in Acrobat X and also, the development of the navigator is done in Flash which is then imported in Acrobat.
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Hi Leonard,
Thanks for the reply.
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Hi ,
I have created DDX file and previewed the same in Assembler Descripter   editor , am able to create PDF portfolio and save it into local system.
The DDX :
<DDX xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/DDX/1.0/">
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<?ddx-source-hint name="sourcePDF1"?>
<?ddx-source-hint name="sourcePDF2"?>
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I got same log files in both cases ....So assuming that Process created PDF Portfolio.
But I dont know how to get the PDF portfolio from AssemblerResult and store into local system.
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Thanks
Praveen

I've always done it in a two step process (done all in one setValue operation):
1 - assign the resulting documents to a Map[document] object using the xpath:
/process_data/myMap =   /process_data/assemblerResult/object/documents
2 - get the correct response from the map. The map's key name will be the same as is in your DDX's result tag. In your case "Untitled 1"
/process_data/@myDoc = /process_data/myMap[@id="Untitled 1"]
With ES2 you can include the /process_data/@myDoc right in the DDX
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Hi,
I haven't checked in the 9.1 SDK but in the 9.0 SDK it was only possible to create a PDF portfolio using JavaScript or C++.
Presumably you could use the JSObject called from C# to create one although I don't know how much of the process has been documented. And as of the 9.0 SDK you where not able to change the Portfolio to use a custom navigator ( although this may have changed).
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Word documents won't preview on an Adobe PDF Portfolio, while other Office documents (Excel, PowerPoint, etc) will. It only shows a Word icon on the preview and you have to double-click the file to open it on actual word. This is not the way Acrobat is supposed to behave.
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Create/have a backup of your files!
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