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             SECTION 8.5                                                                   Actions




                                              TABLE 8.48 Action types
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         “Remote Go-To Actions” on page 655
                 document.

GoToE            (“Go-to embedded”; PDF 1.6) Go to a destination in an   “Embedded Go-To Actions” on page
                 embedded file.                                          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    “Named Actions” on page 666
                 application.

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 Actions” on page 670
                 transition dictionary.

GoTo3DView       (PDF 1.6) Set the current view of a 3D annotation       “Go-To-3D-View Actions” on page
                                                                         670

             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.

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