Adobe AIR and PDF framework - actionscript-3

Is there any way to handle PDF in Adobe AIR?
I don't want just to open it, I need to programmatically use it. Example: extracting pages, rotate pages, add gfx elements to a page, read annotations. I would need a complete framework to handle PDF in AIR.
Thanks

Try PurePDF, it is a port of the famous iText java and C# library
That's the closest you will get to be able to do in ActionScript what you describe above.
Cheers

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In the Flash Authoring Tool, I can embed an FLV file as any class I wish as long as the class is a child of MovieClip. This is achieved by selecting the "Export for ActionScript" option and entering a MovieClip-extending "Base Class".
I need to achieve this with Flex too. How can I embed an FLV and make it be a MovieClip-extending class?
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To Quote:
You can embed any file type in a Flex application as a bit map array. However, Flex does not recognize or process files other than those described previously. If you embed any other file type, you must provide the transcode logic to properly present it to the application user.
It is even mentioned in the comments that this is a limitation. Your best bet, if possible, is to load the flv asset at runtime.
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Is it possible to embed flv file in to flash?

Is it possible to embed the flv file in to the flash like other files(images, swf), so that i can handle this in as3 as programmaticaly in the same way as FLVPlayback component? I know the way to add flv file by creating FLVPlayback component. But in this case we always need to depend on the source path of corresponding file. I am not able to find any kind of solution for this. As second way I have imported flv file to the library and created the instance of this but there is some problem with the synchronization of audio with video. Also in this case I am not able to handle this flv in as3 as programmatically.
Any kind of help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
read next things:
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=123832
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=853#comment-253072
if you want some help, post the source you have, so community could provide the snippets for you goals.
Regards
Eugene
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