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ISO 21757

ECMAScript for PDF — Part 1: Use of ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0)

This document is the official ISO standard for ECMAscript support (more commonly referred to as JavaScript) in PDF 2.0. It defines the JavaScript APIs for interacting with both 2D and 3D content in PDF 2.0 files in a vendor-neutral manner.

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ISO 21757-1 defines the ECMAScript API for automating and interacting with the 2D and 3D content in PDF 2.0 documents.

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