INM Impressario - the essential companion and preferred solution for PDF integration in Director.
INM PDF Xtra - initially introduced in 1999, it is the first product used for displaying PDFs in Director.
| Price |
$US 439 |
$US 299 |
$US 379 |
Seamless and complete cross platform support
(both at authoring and runtime) |
Yes — Windows and Mac OS X |
Yes — Windows and Mac OS X |
No — Windows only. Limited functionality on Mac OS 9. Documents display in separate window on Mac OS X. See the INM PDF Xtra Info page for details |
| Completely self-contained — Requires No additional applications on the end-user's machine |
Yes |
Yes |
No — Requires Adobe® Acrobat® or Reader |
| Shockwave® (Internet) deployment |
Yes — Shockwave is supported on Windows and Mac OS X
(approx. 6 Mb download) |
No |
Yes— Windows only |
| Hyperlinks to external PDFs |
Yes — Supports links to external PDFs on disk as well as PDFs located at URLs (if the autodownload property of the Impressario member is set to TRUE) |
Yes —Supports links to external PDFs on disk
Links to URLs are opened in the default web browser |
Yes — Links to URLs are opened in the default web browser |
| Place graphical elements or buttons placed on top of PDF documents in Director |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Download PDF documents from URLs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Hyperlinks to a page within the PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple PDF documents open on stage simultaneously |
Yes |
Yes |
No — Windows only |
| Multiple instances of the same PDF open on stage simultaneously |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Apply inks, transparency and animation to PDF documents |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Print multiple documents at a time, as in a repeat loop |
Yes |
Yes |
No — Printing is controlled by Adobe Acrobat/Reader; therefore, only one document can be printed at a time |
| Scrollbars |
Yes — INM Impressario scrollbars are natively implemented in the Xtra and can be turned on or off.
For additional flexibility, there are free tools to add your own custom scrollbar graphics, with a behavior script |
Yes — Same as full version |
Yes — Standard Adobe scrollbars can be turned on or off |
| Toolbar |
Yes — INM Impressario comes with a variety of customizable toolbars |
Yes — Same as full version |
Yes — Standard Adobe Acrobat/Reader toolbar can be turned on or off |
| Bookmarks |
Yes - Displays existing bookmarks and creates bookmarks at runtime |
Yes - Displays existing bookmarks |
Yes - Displays existing bookmarks |
| Fill in PDF form controls manually |
Yes — Single-line and multi-line text fields, radio buttons and check boxes are supported. Push button actions can be implemented in Director via event handling
Drop-down menus and calculated fields are Not supported |
No |
No — Some form controls and actions are supported
When INM PDF Xtra is used with Acrobat or Reader 7, drop-down menus and calculated fields are Not supported; these features are still supported when PDFs are viewed through Acrobat/Reader 6 |
| Set and retrieve PDF form data from Director via code |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Creation of PDFs at runtime |
Yes — Insert HTML-formatted text and images into PDF templates to create a new PDF at runtime |
No |
No |
| Customization of existing PDF content at runtime |
Yes — Insert, delete, move pages within a PDF. Replace images in the document. Customize text via form fields |
No |
No |
| Ability to trap and handle user events, such as mouse and hyperlink clicks |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Support for PDF documents that contain/require Flash™, QuickTime®, U3D, sounds, and other Acrobat plug-ins |
No |
No |
Yes |
Continuous display mode
( vs. single page mode) |
No — Although INM Impressario scrollbars can be used to display all pages of a PDF, only one page can be displayed at a time, within a sprite |
No — Same as full version |
Yes — INM PDF Xtra allows you to choose between single page and continuous display modes |
