Computer WorkGroup Training

Adobe Acrobat & Databases

Duration : ½ Day

Pricing : Basic - 1 person $450, 2 people $500 for both (see pricing page for full details)

Pre-requisites : Familiarity with Acrobat, SQL and Databases.

For Whom: The course is intended for people who wish to use Adobe Acrobat as a secure front end to an ODBC database such as Microsoft Access or SQL server, or who wish to have dynamic content available within an Acrobat document.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to -

• Create form fields in a PDF
• Connect to an ODBC source
• Understand the ADBC object
• Run SQL commands within a PDF
• Create simple Javascripts for ADBC

COURSE OUTLINE

Databases and Adobe Aacrobat - ½ Day Intensive Workshop

The Acrobat Database Connectivity Plug-in

• Types of Data sources
• Registering an ODBC source
• Connecting to the database

SQL

• Executing SQL statements
  
• Retrieving Data
  
• Populating fields in a form
  
• Sending data back to the database
  

Creating Forms Fields

• Text Boxes
• List Boxes
• Check Boxes
• Option Buttons
• Command Buttons

Designing a Form

• Selecting Form fields
• Form Grid
• Creating Form tables
• Duplicating form fields
• Setting the tab order

JavaScript and ADBC

• The ADBC object
• ADBC Properties
• ADBC methods