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Opening an application from a form

The Opening an Application snippet demonstrates opening a browser to a user-specified URL and a file in Acrobat or Adobe Reader from a form.

In this example, when the Open button is clicked, the user-specified URL opens in a separate browser container.

To add script to open a browser to a user-specified URL

Add the following script to the Open button:

app.launchURL(TextField1.rawValue, true);

In this example, when the Open button is clicked, the user-specified URL opens in the current container.

To add script to open a browser to a user-specified URL

Add the following script to the Open button:

xfa.host.gotoURL(TextField2.rawValue, 0);

In this example, when the Open button is clicked, the user-specified PDF file opens in Acrobat or Adobe Reader.

To add script to open a user-specified PDF file

Add the following script to the Open button:

app.openDoc(FilePath.rawValue);

To see similar examples, visit the LiveCycle ES Developer Center at www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle.

Opening an application from a form