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The pmdb Package
Author: D. P. Story
Dated: 2021-06-07
This "poor man's database" (pmdb) package promotes a workflow
for building exams, homework, and other content. The package
supports the creation of a PDF document, which is a database of
problems (or content) to be included in a target document. The
package inserts checkboxes into the margins of the DB document;
the instructor can select which which of the problems are to be
included in the target document by checking one ore more of the
checkboxes. By clicking the special \displayChoices control, the
selected content is copied into the AR/AA console window in the
form of \input statements (\input{prob1.tex}, eg), which is then
be copied and pasted into the target document. By pressing
Ctrl+Click while hovering over a checkbox, the associated
content is loaded into the default application, possibly a LaTeX
editor. For the Ctrl+Click feature to work, the file
aeb-reader.js needs to be installed. As the filename suggests,
this file will work for Adobe Acrobat Reader (DC), as well as
for the magnificent Adobe Acrobat itself.
What's New (2021-06-07) New command \editSourceOn, which inserts
a pushbutton in the margin; pressing the button loads the source
file in the default editor. Expanding \useEditLnk replaces the
marginal pushbutton with a link annotation. A new input mode
\InputProbs, allows inputting problems for a eqexam document.
Enjoy!
Now, I must get back to my retirement.
D. P. Story
www.acrotex.net
dpstory@uakron.edu
dpstory@acrotex.net
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