PDFObject is a JavaScript utility I created in 2008 to embed PDFs in HTML documents. It was modeled on SWFObject. Three years have passed since PDFObject 1.0 was released, and the browser landscape has changed dramatically. I figured it’s time to dust off PDFObject and see if it
An abstraction layer is a way of hiding complexities and maintaining cleanliness in your application. For example, if you want to save a file in your word processing application, you simply click “save”, while a whole host of actions is performed for you under-the-hood. In this example, you’re shielded
In 2008 I posted a quick writeup on how I dealt with cross-domain security issues for some of my e-learning courseware. Since then, I’ve had a lot of people contact me with various questions and requests for a working example. Tonight I decided to revisit the topic and whip
While updating my CaptivateController script I noticed there have been some changes to the Captivate variables available to Captivate developers. I figured I should document them for future reference. Note that some variables available in CP3 and CP4 are no longer available. The following list should be exhaustive for CP5;
By popular demand, I’ve updated my CaptivateController to work with Adobe Captivate 5 (CP5). Since this is an open-source project, there’s no upgrade fee. (What? “Adobe” and “no upgrade fee” in the same paragraph?!) I kid, I kid… I’m a kidder. As you may have heard, Adobe