Adobe Air: PDF Cross-Scripting

It would be great if I could send data directly to a PDF within the Air environment.This would help with data presentation and offer a much needed print method.
The problem:

The only cross-scripting solution I could find is this. However it uses flex and it’s simply not very informative.

The solution:

The code posted below isn’t meant to be a guide. Simply showing that code used isn’t elaborate or complicated. Your best bet is to download the example and pick it apart.

The files:

Demo AIR Package.

Demo SOURCE Files.

notes:

1. This project was created with Aptana.
2. You’ll need Acrobat Reader 9.1 or 8.1.3 due to this Acrobat bug.

The Adobe Air function:

function init(postData) 

{ 

pdfObject = document.getElementById("PDFObj"); 

try { 

pdfObject.postMessage(["testMsg", postData]); 

} 

catch (e) 

{ 

alert( "Error: \n name = " + e.name + "\n message = " + e.message ); 

} 

}

The document level javascript code:

this.disclosed = true;

var testName = "";

if(this.hostContainer){

  try{

    this.hostContainer.messageHandler={

myDoc:this,

onDisclose:function(){return true;},

onMessage:function(stringArray){

var cmd=stringArray[0];

try{

if(cmd=="testMsg"){

var name = this.myDoc.getField("test");

name.value = stringArray[1];

}

}catch(e){

this.hostContainer.postMessage(

["error thrown in onMessage:",e.message]);

}

},

onError:function(e){

this.hostContainer.postMessage(["onError: ",e.message]);

}

    }

  }catch(e){

    this.hostContainer.postMessage(["Error thrown in setup:",e.message]);

  }

}else{

    app.alert("unable to set up hostContainer: this.hostContainer="

        +this.hostContainer+" this.external="+this.external);

}