IAC Question: Is it possible to remotecontrol Acrobat from a different OS?

[RamonHerrera@adobeforums.com]

I am trying to design a system in which a bunch of forms will be automatically filled. The data is in a Linux/Oracle database. The end users will be sitting at Windows stations.

Can I remote-control Acrobat instances from Linux, using the Acro SDK?

TIA,

-RFH

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

In theory - but there are both legal and technical issues to resolve to ensure that it's a fully workable solution.

[RamonHerrera@adobeforums.com]

Thanks again for your help, Leonard.

I am trying to decide whether to "push" the field contents from Linux, -which is my preferred solution, due to the far superior horsepower of the server, plus the database lives there- or to "pull" it from the Windows clients.

Based on your warning, I think I will concentrate on the "pull" solution. I am vaguely aware of a JavaScript-based solution in which an ODBC query is made, in order to fill the fields. The topic was discussed here, a while back.

(Any pointer to documentation is appreciated, BTW.)

Let's say that my form has 40 fields. Does that mean that I will need 40 different SQL queries, one per field? Or, perhaps there is a way to make a single SQL query with 40 arguments?

Thanks again,

-RFH

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

I would start by NOT using ODBC...

You should probably look into SOAP/Web services...