Livecycle

Comparing the host scripting model functionality

This table lists the LiveCycle Designer ES host scripting model properties and methods, and compares them to the equivalent expressions in the JavaScript Object Model in Acrobat.

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Host scripting model properties and methods	JavaScript Object Model from Acrobat equivalent
xfa.host.appType	app.viewerType
xfa.host.beep( [ INTEGER param ] )	app.beep([ nType ])
xfa.host.currentPage	doc.pageNum
xfa.host.exportData([ STRING param1 [, BOOLEAN param2 ] ])	doc.exportXFAData(cPath [, bXDP ])
xfa.host.gotoURL( STRING param1 [, BOOLEAN param2 ] )	doc.getURL(cURL, [ bAppend ]) or app.launchURL(URL);
xfa.host.importData( [ STRING param ] )	doc.importXFAData(cPath)
xfa.host.language	app.language
xfa.host.messageBox(STRING param1 [, STRING param2 [, INTEGER param3 [, INTEGER param4 ] ] ])	app.alert(cMsg [, nIcon [, nType [, cTitle ] ] ])
xfa.host.name	none
xfa.host.numPages	doc.numPages
xfa.host.pageDown()	doc.pageNum++
xfa.host.pageUp()	doc.pageNum–
xfa.host.platform	app.platform
xfa.host.print(BOOLEAN param1, INTEGER param2, INTEGER param3, BOOLEAN param4, BOOLEAN param5, BOOLEAN param6, BOOLEAN param7, BOOLEAN param8)	doc.print([ bUI [, nStart [, nEnd [, bSilent [, bShrinkToFit [, bPrintAsImage [, bReverse [, bAnnotations ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ])
xfa.host.resetData( [ STRING param ] )	doc.resetForm([ aFields ])
xfa.host.response( STRING param1 [, STRING param2 [, STRING param3 [, BOOLEAN param4] ] ])	app.response(cQuestion [, cTitle [, cDefault [, bPassword ] ] ])
xfa.host.setFocus( STRING param )	field.setFocus() (Deprecated)
xfa.host.title	doc.title
xfa.host.variation	app.viewerVariation
xfa.host.version	app.viewerVersion

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Comparing the host scripting model functionality