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Re: Acrobat - active doc / front document
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Re: Acrobat - active doc / front document


  • Subject: Re: Acrobat - active doc / front document
  • From: waynemelrose <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:42:41 +1000

On 8 Apr 2014, at 9:16 am, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:

> On 8 Apr 2014, at 7:08 am, waynemelrose <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know why there is a difference in these lines of code?
>
> Acrobat has an application property named "active doc", that returns a reference to the front document.. When you say "front document", you're using a specifier (front) and a class name (document).
>

Thanks Shane.

So you could or SHOULD use this when you’re attempting to target a document rather than setting a variable for the front document? I can’t think of why else you’d need this? and if you do, then why aren’t all apps doing it?


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