Re: need bright idea

Paul Tarvydas wrote:
> For a demo, I need to open a window and display a pdf (for example, using 
> Acrobat), then draw rectangles over certain areas and capture/react-to mouse 
> clicks and motion over that window.  What I think I want is a "transparent" 
> window that I control, overlaid over Acrobat.
>
> Can anybody think of a trick that will achieve this, or something similar?  
>   

Sounds like you want Acrobat Forms.

Adobe Acrobat isn't just a viewer or converter. It is a development 
platform. You can turn PDF documents into GUIs coded in JavaScript.

Here is an old article:

http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?ContentID=6480&mp

> The demo has to run under Windows, so a Windows-specific solution would be 
> acceptable.
>
> Another option is to find a free pdf viewer that runs under Windows and to 
> hack on it until it gives me what I want.  Anybody aware of such a free 
> viewer?
>   

__Jason