am trying to launch a file embbeded in a pdf document. with java script can anyone write a code
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Jump to PostHave you seen this done somewhere?
pdf files are simply text with an XML structure to define visual attributes (at least, as far as I know), and javascript has nothing to do with any of it....
What are you trying to accomplish?
Jump to PostI stand slightly corrected...you can embed executables in a pdf. Launching it through javascript... meh? Don't think it's possible outside of a browser that is running adobe acrobat, or some other pdf reader, as a plug-in.
Doing what you want seems a bit shady. Again, what are you trying to …
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