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TABLE 8.48 Action types
Note: Previous versions of the PDF specification described an action type known as
the set-state action; this type of action is now considered obsolete and its use is no
longer recommended. An additional action type, the no-op action, was defined in
PDF 1.2 but never implemented; it is no longer defined and should be ignored.
ACTION TYPE
DESCRIPTION
DISCUSSED IN SECTION
GoTo
Go to a destination in the current document.
“Go-To Actions” on page 654
GoToR
(“Go-to remote”) Go to a destination in another
document.
“Remote Go-To Actions” on page 655
GoToE
(“Go-to embedded”; PDF 1.6) Go to a destination in an
embedded file.
“Embedded Go-To Actions” on page
655
Launch
Launch an application, usually to open a file.
“Launch Actions” on page 659
Thread
Begin reading an article thread.
“Thread Actions” on page 661
URI
Resolve a uniform resource identifier.
“URI Actions” on page 662
Sound
(PDF 1.2) Play a sound.
“Sound Actions” on page 663
Movie
(PDF 1.2) Play a movie.
“Movie Actions” on page 664
Hide
(PDF 1.2) Set an annotation’s Hidden flag.
“Hide Actions” on page 665
Named
(PDF 1.2) Execute an action predefined by the viewer
application.
“Named Actions” on page 666
SubmitForm
(PDF 1.2) Send data to a uniform resource locator.
“Submit-Form Actions” on page 703
ResetForm
(PDF 1.2) Set fields to their default values.
“Reset-Form Actions” on page 707
ImportData
(PDF 1.2) Import field values from a file.
“Import-Data Actions” on page 708
JavaScript
(PDF 1.3) Execute a JavaScript script.
“JavaScript Actions” on page 709
SetOCGState
(PDF 1.5) Set the states of optional content groups.
“Set-OCG-State Actions” on page 667
Rendition
(PDF 1.5) Controls the playing of multimedia content.
“Rendition Actions” on page 668
Trans
(PDF 1.5) Updates the display of a document, using a
transition dictionary.
“Transition Actions” on page 670
GoTo3DView
(PDF 1.6) Set the current view of a 3D annotation
“Go-To-3D-View Actions” on page
670