What is adobe SDK ,acrobat SDK?

hi all,
i have big confuse on understanding the terms adobe sdk and acrobat sdk...
are they same or different? please explain me what is difference b/w them and tell me which is correct term to use ?

The Acrobat SDK is the "Software Development Kit" for programming with Acrobat and Reader. There is no "Adobe SDK"

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What gotchas should we watch out for when porting code from the Adobe SDK to the Acrobat SDK?

What gotchas should we watch out for when porting code from the Adobe SDK to the Acrobat SDK?
... and the other way around?
I have found some evidence that the preprocessor variable PLUGIN seems to prevent macros from includes from being defined. The NPROC and SPROC constructs seem to be involved (partners in crime, if you will).
-Ramon
ps: Please see my related thread "What is the difference between xxProcs.h and xxCalls.h?"

Here's a gotcha that I bumped into:
extern "C" HINSTANCE gHINSTANCE;
I found it in a successfully developed code on the Windows/Plugin side. It is something that I had never used on the APDFL side AND my Windows linker is complaining about several gXXXX missing functions.
IOW: It sounds like the above statement is the solution to my linking problems. Somehow the APDFL seems to take care of the C vs. C++ details.
-Ramon

What additional software is required in order to use adobe sdk?

what additional software is required in order to use adobe sdk?
thanks,
Chub

Definately you need development environment
More details you can find in Acrobar SDK documentation
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/Overview_GettingStarted.3.6. html
Regards
Bartek

How come all my Adobe SDK apps crash hard? What am I missing?

I believe I have copied carefully the statements included with the Adobe SDK. In all my apps, my code is enclosed as follows:
try {
// my code here
catch (...) {
ASGetErrorString(ERRORCODE, buf, sizeof(buf));
cerr << "Error code: " << ERRORCODE << ", Error Message: " << buf;
Here's a simple example:
http://patriot.net/~ramon/misc/Attach-A-File-Code.png
All error messages look like this:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x804d8909 in ?? ()
IOW, the Adobe code does not catch anything at all. :-(
What I am missing?
Note: This is on Linux, GUI-less, CLI-type of application.
-Ramon

Thanks for your interest, Leonard.
I hate to tell you this, but I tried the "DURING, HANDLER; END_HANDLER" constructs, in several variations, taking the code from the examples, and the result is that the application crashes as soon as it hits the "DURING". :-(
-RFH

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Hello and Good Morning,
What i am wondering, is if there is a way to use the function from the Adobe Acrobat Pro Software "Document >> Reduce File Size" programatically in C# using the Adobe SDK 8.2 ? I already have it so i can retrieve adobe documents/pages i just need to apply this method from the software. If this is possible or you know how to reduce file size it would be greatly appreciated!
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Regarding to this question http://forums.adobe.com/message/4261273#4261273
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For Adobe SDK XI, I'm unable to get wxPlugin project from samples to compile.

Having trouble with WxPlugin sample from ADOBE SDK XI. I've implemented the instructions from Documentation for "Sample Descriptions". What should be wx libraries (Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies)? In other words, what should replace wxbase28d.lib and wxmsw28d_core.lib?
Compile error show below:
1>------ Build started: Project: wxPlugin, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1> wxPlugin.cpp
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(38): error C2664: 'CreateDialogParamW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(69): error C2664: 'CreateFontW' : cannot convert parameter 14 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(95): error C2664: 'CreateWindowExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(111): error C2664: 'LoadMenuW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(311): error C2664: 'LoadIconW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(324): error C2664: 'LoadBitmapW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 11.0\vc\include\xkeycheck.h(215): warning C4005: 'return' : macro redefinition
1>          c:\users\volvera\downloads\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\pluginsupport\headers\api\corcalls.h(707) : see previous definition of 'return'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 11.0\vc\include\xkeycheck.h(242): fatal error C1189: #error : The C++ Standard Library forbids macroizing keywords. Enable warning C4005 to find the forbidden macro.
1> wxPluginInit.cpp
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(38): error C2664: 'CreateDialogParamW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(69): error C2664: 'CreateFontW' : cannot convert parameter 14 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(95): error C2664: 'CreateWindowExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(111): error C2664: 'LoadMenuW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(311): error C2664: 'LoadIconW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\volvera\documents\adobe\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\nonadobesupport\wxwidgets\win\include\wx\msw\winundef.h(324): error C2664: 'LoadBitmapW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 11.0\vc\include\xkeycheck.h(215): warning C4005: 'return' : macro redefinition
1>          c:\users\volvera\downloads\acrobat xi sdk\version 1\pluginsupport\headers\api\corcalls.h(707) : see previous definition of 'return'
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 11.0\vc\include\xkeycheck.h(242): fatal error C1189: #error : The C++ Standard Library forbids macroizing keywords. Enable warning C4005 to find the forbidden macro.
1> Generating Code...
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

I found out the answer. In the "Property Pages" under "C/C++" "Preprocessor Definitions" add UNICODE. Ran into another undefined definition where I had to add _XKEYCHECK_H. This occured in ADOBE SDK XI using VS2012. See image below and note last two DEFs. Problem solved.

How to Create a PDF Document and apply Digital Signature in C# using the Adobe SDK?

Hi Everybody!
I have to do two distinct tasks here:
1) How can I create a PDF document using the Adobe SDK in my .NET Applications(C# - 2.0)?
I just need a basic sample to create a document with a simple text, for example. I did not find any useful information in the adobe documentation. I have the Acrobat Professional 8.0 in my computer, but it's very dificult to work whith de Acrobat.dll and .NET with a poor documentaion.
2)How can I apply digital signature in a existent pdf document?
I need to sign documents using the SDK, just a basic sample in c# would be helpful to start!
Anybody could help?
Thank in advance!

Leonard Rosenthol or anybody that can help, sorry to insist.
I will explain better my problem:
I have an ASP.NET WebPAge (C# - 2.0). In this page, the user make a request. The request should generate a PDF document with the informations of the request and with a field to add a digital signature. The document created will be send to a approver that will confirm the approval applying his digital signature (I need to do too, a webpage where the approver open the page, choose the pdf document, and sign, just selecting his own certificate and clicking in the button SIGN... but this is another problem).
That's the reason that I have to create a PDF document. If I create a WORD or HTML document, and then convert to PDF, how can I add a field to digital signature in this pdf document?
Is there any solution using Acrobat SDK?
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Adobe SDK steals focus when user is using another application

Hi,
I’m relatively new to using the Adobe Acrobat SDK, and I’ve encountered a problem that I can’t seem to solve. It is probably related to the various Focus-loosing problems in this forum, although I haven't seen an exact duplicate issue, so I'm submitting this one
We are using Adobe Acrobat Pro Ver 9 and the Adobe Acrobat SDK 9.1.
We have an application that produces quite a few documents, mostly AutoCAD DWG files and Excel XLS files. We just wrote a module to take all the documents we’ve created and convert them into PDFs and then into a single PDF Binder, using the Adobe SDK. Our application is a Microsoft Visual C++ application using Visual Studio 2005.
We basically took the SDK sample code from the ReadCADFileVC sample, put it into a loop, and tweaked the dialog to make it look the way we wanted.
In general, this has actually worked great for us. However, we have encountered a serious problem. If the user selects a large number of DWG or XLS files to convert, the conversion of course takes some time. So while it is running, the Users will usually do something else, like write an email, or write a document, or other things where they type on the keyboard. The problem is, the Acrobat SDK code periodically temporarily steals the focus from the other application the User is working in, and the typed in characters appear to get redirected to the spawned instance of AutoCAD or Excel that the Acrobat SDK created, and this causes the whole process of conversion to simply freeze!! It also annoys the user when their typed in characters simply do not appear in their email or document. It appears that the typed in characters get sent to AutoCAD (or Excel), and those applications stop and wait for more input from the user. In tests with just Acrobat Pro, Excel usually puts up a "Save As.." dialog, whereas AutoCAD interprets the characters as commands for its Command Line, so it just waits for more input from the user.
As noted above, we’ve also verified that this problem occurs when you simply run Acrobat Pro Ver 9 and use it to convert a DWG file. If you have an email or Word doc open, then start the conversion, then go back to the email or Word Doc and start typing, eventually Acrobat Pro steals the focus and the typed in input gets redirected to AutoCAD, which causes the conversion process to fail.
We’ve tried a lot of different things in code, like calling CAcroApp->Hide(), or making it invisible, etc., but nothing has helped!!
We need help fixing this, since we can’t ship the product with it acting like this!!!
I have code anyone can look at, but it's rather long to add to this message, and the forum does not appear to allow attacment of files, so if anyone answering this needs the code, I can email it.
Thanks!

Thanks for the quick reply!
However, since Acrobat Pro has this problem, and the sample code ReadCADFileVC has this problem, it does not seem correct to say this is "as designed". It's a major problem! Just using Acrobat Pro, the process gets aborted when the user is typing in some other program! This cannot be deemed acceptable by Adobe?!
This problem makes using Acrobat Pro, ReadCADFileVC, and the code in our application based on ReadCADFileVC very problematic for our users. The must be some way to get Windows to prevent this from happening. I've seen too many other posts on this forum and others about this and realted problems to think that Adobe is going to tell us this is "as designed".

How to creating pdf documents using c# and Adobe SDK

I downloaded Adobe SDK and go through the samples given in sdk. But i couldn't find any sample code how to create PDF file using C# code.
Please, help me with this.
Thanks.

For desktop-based solutions, look at the Adobe Acrobat SDK which enables development around Acrobat itself. Or if you wish a stand-alone solution (for either desktop or server), we offer the Adobe PDFLibrary, which is the same technology used by all of Adobe's applications.
For the server, we have our LiveCycle products including LC Generator.
Leonard

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Hi all
iam new to Adobe SDK.i want to Find the location of the text, determine x/y coordinates, width/height when we searched the PDF for a particular word
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which is why it has to be on the desktop and not a server.
I didn't quite understand your statement. Could you, please, explain, why I can't use it only on the desktop and not a server? And, could you provide documentation, where I can find information about converting documents using c#?

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