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Not just web browsers, Acrobat (and probably other PDF readers) have supported executing Javascript in PDFs for decades.
by bityard 2y ago
Not just web browsers, Acrobat (and probably other PDF readers) have supported executing Javascript in PDFs for decades.
- unnouinceput 2y agoI was joking in 2007, when I was working at Siemens, to my boss, that an Excel cell can contain God and the Multiverse when I put an ActiveX inside that was basically a program I made which would draw a 3D animation based on parameters contained on other cells. Let's say the boss was impressed though for me was just basic OLE. I see from time to time that younger generations reinvent/rediscover the wheel and I chuckle.
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- brumar 2y agoThis is even in the ISO standard now
- pimlottc 2y agoWhich makes sense, why would browsers randomly add JS to PDF if it wasn’t already part of the standard?
- kzrdude 2y agoWhat a nightmare that JS is a part of the PDF standard. I suppose that it's optional.
- Aaron2222 2y agoDoesn't work in Preview unfortunately.
- jeffhuys 2y agoFortunately*
- swyx 2y agowhy??? for what possible secure white hat reason could you want to run js in pdfs??!? is nobody sane running the pdf org?
- andreamonaco 2y agoYeah, I agree. I first met an interactive PDF when filing a form for some state matter (I live in Italy). I thought that it was over-engineered and dangerous. Also, this kind of things tend to gratuitously exclude non-mainstream (especially free) software.