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How To Build A PDF Button Image Carousel

Easily create an image carousel, or slide show, inside a PDF button.

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David Dagley
Nov 23, 2024
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You've probably interacted with an image carousel (slide show) on a website, where you view a picture in a frame and advance to the next picture with a mouse click. This structure can be easily built into a PDF using a button field. I'll walk you through this simple process, step by step.

NOTE: Because this button carousel runs on JavaScript, it may not function properly when opened with anything but an Adobe desktop PDF viewer. It may not function with web browsers, mobile devices, and non-Adobe PDF viewers.

We'll be using the following document and field methods:

  • doc.addIcon( )

  • doc.getIcon( )

  • field.buttonSetIcon( )

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