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Adobe Acrobat SDK

Version 8.1
Introduction More. IDE Support More. 3D Support More. JavaScript Support More. Plug-in Support More. Online Collaboration More. Interapplication Communication More. pdfmark Operator More. Samples More. Documentation More. Events and Seminars More.

April 2007

Introduction
The Adobe Acrobat 8.1SDK is a set of tools that help you develop software that interacts with Acrobat 8.1 technology. The SDK contains header files, type libraries, simple utilities, sample code, and documentation. For the benefit of previous users, this document summarizes the changes to the SDK in Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and 8.1. Unless otherwise indicated, changes apply to Acrobat 8.0.

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IDE Support
On Microsoft Windows, the supported development environment is now Visual Studio 2005. On Mac OS, Xcode 2.3 is now supported and Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later is required. CodeWarrior is no longer supported. If you cannot upgrade to Xcode and need to use CodeWarrior, you should continue to use the Acrobat 7.0.5 SDK.

3D Support

U3D Elements Support
Beginning with Acrobat 8.1, the U3D data contained in PDF documents can include a more compressed form of mesh blocks that comply with Right Hemisphere Adobe 3D Compressed Mesh. The U3D data can also include U3D metadata and a standardized expression of units scaling factor data.
For information more information on U3D data and Right Hemisphere Adobe 3D Compressed Mesh, see U3D Supported Elements.

PRC Support

Beginning with Acrobat 8.1, PDF files can include a new 3D file format called PRC. PRC is a highly compressed CAD visualization format. The PRC specification is available at www.adobe.com/go/acrobat3d_developer.
3D JavaScript API Changes
For more information on the following changes, see Developing Acrobat Applications Using JavaScript and the JavaScript for Acrobat 3D Annotations API Reference. (Acrobat 8.1) The following objects are new: ScrollWheelEvent, ScrollWheelEventHandler, SelectionEvent, and SelectionEventHandler. (Acrobat 8.1) The HitInfo object has additional properties: material, surfaceNormal, textureCoordinate. (Acrobat 8.1) The Node object has an additional property: metadataString (Acrobat 7, but previously undocumented) The Light object has an additional property: directionLocal. (Acrobat 8.1) The Runtime object has the additional properties: canvasCount, overrideSpinTool, scrollWheelSpeed, speedThreshold, strafeSpeed, and walkSpeed. (Acrobat 8.0) The Runtime object has the additional property: TOOL_NAME_SPIN. (Acrobat 8.1) The Scene object has the additional properties: node and selected.
(Acrobat 8.1) The following APIs have been deprecated:
CameraEvent.isNewCanvas (a property) Dummy (an object) Procedural (an object) SceneObject.objectGUID (a property) SceneObject.getByGUID (a method)

JavaScript Support

For more information on the following changes, see Developing Acrobat Applications Using JavaScript and the JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference. Remember, this document summarizes the changes to the SDK in AdobeAcrobat 8.0 and 8.1. Unless otherwise indicated, changes apply to Acrobat 8.0.

New APIs

Web services (SOAP, RSS) are now handled by the Net object. This object forms a namespace for existing web services and for web services that use HTTP (REST). SOAP-related properties and methods are now under Net.SOAP. and Net.Discovery. The Net.HTTP object allows access to web services that use HTTP.
Document.xfa (was previously undocumented) Document.XFAForeground Doc.exportAsFDFStr Doc.exportAsXFDFStr
New color-related APIs include Doc.colorConvertPage, Doc.embedOutputIntent, Doc.getColorConvertAction, and the colorConvertAction object.

API Changes

The Certificate object has additional properties: privateKeyValidityEnd, privateKeyValiditiyStart, validityEnd, and validityStart. (The last two were previously undocumented.) The CertificateSpecifier object has additional properties: subjectDN, keyUsage, and urlType. The RDN object has many new properties. The SecurityHandler object has several new properties: docDecrypt, docEncrypt, and validateFDF. (These properties were previously undocumented.) The PrintParams object has several new methods for handling booklet printing. The SignatureInfo object has a new property, digestMethod. The method app.openDoc has a new parameter, cDest. The method Document.getLegalWarnings no longer dirties the document (in other words, use of the method does not flag the document as having unsaved changes). The execution of menu items through the execMenuItem method is now restricted to a short list of safe menus. For more information, see execMenuItem under app methods in the JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference. As of Acrobat 8.1, there are new security restrictions on certain search and spell methods. For more information, see the JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference.

Support for E4X

The new version of the JavaScript interpreter includes support for E4X, the ECMA-357 standard.
New Security Policy Preference
In the JavaScript section of the Acrobat preferences, there is a new check box called Enable Global Object Security Policy (select Edit > Preferences > JavaScript). When this preference is checked (the default), each time a global property is written, the origin that set it is remembered. Thereafter, only origins that match can access the variable. For files, this means that only the file that set the variable can access it. For documents from URLs, it means that only the host that set it can access the variable. When not checked, documents from different origins can access the variable, which was the behavior in previous versions.

Use of Unsupported Calls

Some undocumented and unsupported JavaScript calls are no longer accessible. Please contact Adobe Developer Support if these restrictions are problematic.

Plug-in Support

The following changes may affect your plug-ins. For more information on these changes, see Developing Plug-ins and Applications and Developing Applications Using Interapplication Communication. Remember, this document summarizes the changes to the SDK in AdobeAcrobat 8.0 and 8.1. Unless otherwise indicated, changes apply to Acrobat 8.0.
Single Document Interface
Acrobat 8 and greater support a single document interface (SDI). This change in window behavior requires changes to some third-party plug-ins.

Unicode Support

On Windows, Acrobat now supports Unicode-encoded file paths and file names. On Mac OS, Unicode was already supported by Acrobat 7.
Other Plug-in Enhancements
Acrobat and Adobe Reader 8.1 contain a list of menu items that can be executed using ExecMenu. Menu items not on the list cannot be executed programmatically. For more information, see Determining if a menu item can be executed in Developing Plug-ins and Applications. The Color Conversion API has been extended to include new APIs that enable you to add color conversion operations to your plug-in or PDF Library applications. By using this extended API, you can convert a page based on a list of conversion actions. Each conversion action contains a set of matching fields,
what the action should do if an object matches the matching fields, and conversion parameters.
You can now optimize an active PDF document with the PDF optimizer API. The Acrobat core API and the PDF Library API are more closely aligned. PDF Library applications can now link to the PDF Library DLL file using HFTs. Using the Acrobat core API, you can now export data from PDF document objects to XML files. To retrieve data from a PDF document object, use the PDDocExportUserProperties method.

AABIsCertUnderAdobeRoot AFPDFieldGetDefaultTextAppearanceEx AFPDFieldSetDefaultTextAppearanceEx AFRegisterFormUIFrameworkHandler AFUnregisterFormUIFrameworkHandler ASFileSysGetStorageFreeSpace64 ASFileSysIsLocal ASGetDefaultFileSysForPath ASGetDefaultUnicodeFileSys ASGetErrorStringASText ASRegisterErrorStringASText AVAppGetAnnotAppearancePadding AVDocSaveOptimized AVGetOptimizerParamsForPreset AVGetOptimizerPresets AVMenuItemIsScriptable AVSysTimeASTextFromTimeRec AVSysTrackMouse CosSetExternalFilePermissionProc PDAnnotGetTitleASText
The following new APIs are available:
PDAnnotSetTitleASText PDBookmarkAddNewChildASText PDBookmarkAddNewSiblingASText PDBookmarkAddSubtreeASText PDBookmarkGetByTitleASText PDBookmarkGetTitleASText PDBookmarkSetTitleASText PDColorConvertPDEElement PDDocGetCryptHandler PDDocGetInfoASText PDDocSetInfoAsASText PDDocSetMinorVersion PDEColorSpaceCreateInCosDoc PDEContentSetDefaultColorSpace_PEWCalls_ PDEFontCreateFromSysFontAndEncodingInCosDoc PDEFontCreateFromSysFontExInCosDoc PDEFontCreateFromSysFontInCosDoc PDEFontCreateInCosDoc PDEFontCreateWithParamsInCosDoc PDEFormGetBBox PDEFormGetMatrix PDEImageCreateInCosDoc PDEImageCreateInCosDoc64 PDEImageGetDataLen64 PDEScratchDocCleanup PDFileSpecAcquireASPathEx PDFileSpecGetDIPathEx PDFileSpecNewFromASPathEx PDFLibraryRegisterRNG
PDOCRegisterFindOutAutoStatePrefProc PDOCRegisterFindOutLanguageProc PDOCRegisterFindOutUserProc PDOCRegisterFindOutZoomProc
PDPageHasOverprintExt PDPageLabelGetPrefixASText PDPageLabelNewASText PDSElementExportUserProperties PDSElementGetActualTextASText PDSElementGetAltASText PDSElementGetTitleASText PDSElementSetActualTextASText PDSElementSetAltASText PDSElementSetTitleASText PDSysFontVerifyEncoding PDTextAnnotGetContentsASText PDTextAnnotSetContentsASText PDThreadGetInfoASText PDThreadSetInfoASText PDThumbGetImageData PDThumbGetIndexedColorSpace PDXlateToASText PDXlateToHostASText PSDataBufferReset
The following APIs have been deprecated:
AFRegisterFormUIFrameworkHandler AFUnregisterFormUIFrameworkHandler

Online Collaboration

Support for Database and Web Discussions comment repositories has been deprecated. Acrobat 8 introduces Shared Reviews, a new way of conducting document reviews and approvals. You are encouraged to use this new approach to online collaboration. For more information on Shared Reviews, see the Acrobat Help.
For more information on online collaboration, see Acrobat Online Collaboration: Setup and Administration.

Interapplication Communication
Acrobat 8 and greater support a single document interface (SDI). The methods AcroApp.SetFrame and AcroApp.GetFrame do not work in SDI mode. For more information, see the Interapplication Communication API Reference.

pdfmark Operator

The pdfmark operator no longer supports JDF. For more information, see the pdfmark Reference.

Samples

Several of the samples have been improved and updated:
The DocSign sample has been updated to demonstrate how to add a custom appearance for a digital signature. A sample cryptographic service provider (CSP) is provided as a DLL. The sample CSP opens PFX files and uses their credentials. SampleRegistrar is a separate sample application to manage the certificates bound to the sample CSP. This application interacts with the CSP to register or unregister a digital ID file (a PFX file), add or remove certificates, and list registered digital IDs.
For more information, see the Guide to SDK Samples.

Documentation

The documentation set for the Acrobat SDK is installed along with the software and is located in the Documentation folder. All the guides have been updated and revised with a new format, editorial improvements, and technical updates.
New Guide for PDF Extensions
Acrobat 8.1 introduces the guide Acrobat Implementation of the PDF Specification. This guide describes PDF extensions supported in the Adobe Acrobat 8.1 family of products but which are not yet reflected in the PDF specification. This guide also contains implementation notes specific to Acrobat 8.1.
The PDF specification is currently represented by the following documents:
PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7 PDF Redaction: Addendum to the PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7 Errata for the PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7
This guide reflects Adobes commitment to transferring responsibility of the PDF specification to the International Standards Organization (ISO).
Packaging of the PDF Specification
Acrobat 8.1 packages the PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7 in a PDF package that also includes the following documents:
PDF Redaction: Addendum to the PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7 Errata for the PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7 Acrobat Implementation of the PDF Specification
A PDF package is a single PDF file that enables a viewer application to describe and navigate between the files it contains. The name of this PDF package is pdf_reference.pdf.

Renamed Guides

The following guides have new titles or PDF file names: Former title and file name Developer FAQ DeveloperFAQ.pdf Acrobat SDK Documentation Roadmap DocumentationRoadmap.pdf Samples Guide SamplesGuide.pdf Snippet Runner Cookbook SnippetRunnerCookbook.pdf Acrobat SDK Users Guide UserGuide.pdf Interapplication Communication Overview IACOverview.pdf Interapplication Communication Reference IACReference.pdf New title and file name Developer FAQ Acrobat_SDK_developer_faq.pdf Acrobat SDK Documentation Roadmap Acrobat_SDK_doc_map.pdf Guide to SDK Samples samples_guide.pdf Snippet Runner Cookbook snippet_runner_cookbook.pdf Overview Acrobat_SDK_overview.pdf Developing Applications Using Interapplication Communication iac_developer_guide.pdf Interapplication Communication API Reference iac_api_reference.pdf
Former title and file name Acrobat Online Collaboration: Setup and Administration OnlineCollaboration.pdf Information for Developers Using the SaveAsXML Plug-in SaveAsXML.pdf 3D JavaScript Reference Acro3DJS.pdf Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Guide AcroJSGuide.pdf Acrobat JavaScript Scripting Reference AcroJS.pdf Acrobat Distiller Parameters DistillerParameters.pdf Acrobat Distiller API Reference DistillerAPIReference.pdf pdfmark Reference Manual pdfmarkReference.pdf
New title and file name Acrobat Online Collaboration: Setup and Administration online_collaboration.pdf Extending the Acrobat SaveAsXML Plug-in save_as_xml.pdf JavaScript for Acrobat 3D Annotations API Reference js_3d_api_reference.pdf Developing Acrobat Applications Using JavaScript js_developer_guide.pdf JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference js_api_reference.pdf Adobe PDF Creation Settings pdf_creation_settings.pdf Acrobat Distiller API Reference distiller_api_reference.pdf pdfmark Reference pdfmark_reference.pdf
Former title and file name Acrobat SDK Plug-in Guide PluginGuide.pdf PDF Reference PDFReference.pdf Acrobat Tracker Tracker.pdf Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference APIReference.pdf
New title and file name Developing Plug-ins and Applications plugin_apps_developer_guide.pdf PDF Reference pdf_reference.pdf Acrobat Tracker tracker.pdf Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference acrobat_pdfl_api_reference.pdf
Reading PDF through Accessibility Interfaces PDF Accessibility API Reference Access.pdf PDF Open Parameters PDFOpenParameters.pdf

access.pdf Parameters for Opening PDF Files pdf_open_parameters.pdf

Discontinued Guides

These guides have been discontinued. In most cases, their content has been merged into other guides to streamline the documentation library: Discontinued guide Programming JavaScript using Visual Basic VBJavaScript.pdf Content merged into Developing Applications Using Interapplication Communication
Discontinued guide Acrobat and PDF Library API Overview APIOverview.pdf Adobe Reader-enabled Plug-ins ReaderEnabling.pdf Acrobat 3D Annotations Tutorial 3DAnnotations.pdf
Content merged into Developing Plug-ins and Applications and Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference Developing Plug-ins and Applications
Developing Plug-ins and Applications

Events and Seminars

For the latest information on events, seminars, and training opportunities for the Acrobat SDK, see http://www.adobe.com/go/acrobat_developer.
Acrobat, Adobe, the Adobe logo, Distiller and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Readme File - Adobe Acrobat SDK Version 8.1

Adobe Acrobat SDK

Version 8.1

Readme File

Edition 1.1 Copyright 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. This file contains important information that was not available when the product documentation was written. Review this information before using this version of the Adobe Acrobat SDK. June 2007

Contents

What's New Known Issues Documentation

What's New

The What's New document (Acrobat_SDK_whats_new.pdf) in the Documentation folder of the Acrobat SDK installation contains details on the new and changed features in this release. Windows Vista is now a supported operating system for Acrobat SDK development. Note that the Windows Media movie player requires a codec that does not ship with Windows Vista. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894642.

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Known Issues
Acrobat Distiller restriction on directory access Beginning with Acrobat 8.1, Distiller restricts the directories that PostScript file operators can access. The new default behavior limits directory access to the temp and font cache directories. Earlier versions of Distiller allowed PostScript file operators to have unlimited directory access. The following Distiller settings enable unlimited directory access. Such unlimited access can pose security problems. Microsoft Windows: -F command line option UNIX: -allowfileops command line option Apple Mac OS: AllowPSFileOps user preference Acrobat Distiller API Reference In its description of Distiller command line options for use on Windows, the Distiller API Reference erroneously describes the -F as restricting directory access. In fact, that option enables unlimited directory access. Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference: PDFL enumeration The enumerations section for the PDFL object has an error in the value it associates with the TextServer enumerated name kPDPageDrawSmoothImage. This name has the value 0x00000010, as shown in the following declaration.
http://www-content.dev.adobe.com/WORKAREA/adc_content/devnet/acrobat/downloads/Acrobat_SDK_readme.html[14/09/2010 10:05:01 AM]
enum TextServer{ kPDPrefAASmoothText = 0x00000001, kPDPrefAASmoothLineArt = 0x00000002, kPDPrefAASmoothImage = 0x00000010 } Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference: PDDocSetMinorVersion version The "Since" entry for the PD Layer object PDDocSetMinorVersion should be changed to PI_PDMODEL_VERSION >= 0x00080000. Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference: PDWordFinderAcquireWordList sort The description of the function PDWordFinderAcquireWordList contains an over-simplification of the sorted results returned through the parameter xySortTable. That is, this description fails to mention how reading order affects sort order. When the functions PDDocCreateWordFinder or PDDocCreateWordFinderUCS are called with the WXE_XY_SORT flag set, these functions return an array of PDWords, sorted in x-y order. The API determines sort order by splitting the input PDF text content into multiple regions (which are basically vertical bounded areas in the input PDF text content) based on the text-blocks present and then determining the sort order within those regions. The order in which the different regions will actually be processed in the reading order depends on the kind of script being used because that determines whether to read from right to left (for example Arabic) or from top to bottom or any other order. Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference: PDBookmarkGetIndent The PDBookmarkGetIndent method should return the indentation level of aBookmark in its containing tree. The root and its direct children have an indentation level of 0. Interapplication Communication API Reference The descriptions for the OLE automation methods AcroExch.AVDoc.PrintPages and AcroExch.AVDoc.PrintPagesEx erroneously indicate these methods display a print dialog box. In fact, they display a print progress dialog box. It is possible to create custom dialog boxes as shown in the ActiveViewVB sample. Such custom dialog boxes could be used in place of the print progress dialog box or any other dialog box. JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference: SecurityHandler The quick bars for the following methods indicate the methods are unavailable in Acrobat Reader. In fact, they are available in Acrobat Reader. SecurityHandler.setPasswordTimeout SecurityHandler.newUser The description of the SecurityHandler.newUser method's parameter oRDN parameter erroneously indicates the parameter is optional. In fact, it is required. JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference: app and Doc URLs The descriptions of the methods app.launchURL and Doc.getURL include notes that indicate these methods do not support File or JavaScript URLs. This is true only when operating in a non-privileged context. These notes should be removed and a new note (below) should be added to the respective URL arguments for each method. Note: Beginning with Acrobat 8.1, File and JavaScript URLs can be executed only when operating in a privileged context, such as during a batch or console event. File and JavaScript URLs begin with the scheme names javascript or file. Windows Vista Issue: Privilege Setup for Application Wizard (Guide to SDK Samples) If you intend to use Visual Studio App Wizard to create a plug-in that uses privileged operations and you are running on Windows Vista, you must establish yourself as an administrator. This is required even if your user ID has Admin privileges. To establish yourself as an administrator, perform these tasks:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Select the Windows start icon. From All Programs, navigate to Visual Studio C++. Right click Visual Studio C++. Select "Run as." Select "Run as administrator", which is the only selection that elevates your privilege level to administrator. Proceed with instructions in the Guide to SDK Samples
BatchCommand sample usage (Guide to SDK Samples) The usage instructions for the BatchCommand sample provide an obsolete menu item location in the first testing step. The first step for testing the functionality of the sample should be rewritten as follows: Click Advanced > Document Processing > Batch Processing. Then select New Sequence. and create a new batch sequence. SnippetRunner on Mac OS X and Windows Vista The SnippetRunner Common Interface (based on Adobe Flash technology) will not function as intended with the Safari browser in Mac OS X 10.4.8. It is recommended that you use the FireFox browser freely available from the Mozilla Foundation (http://www.mozilla.org) if you want to exercise this sample. If you are using SnippetRunner on Windows Vista, the directory in which you place the Trust Policy file differs from the corresponding directory on Windows XP. Specifically, if you are using Windows Vista, use these instructions to place the Trust Policy file:
1. In the directory [UserHome]\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player, manually create the subdirectory 2.
#Security\FlashPlayerTrust. Place an ASCII text Trust Policy file (CommonInterfaceFX.cfg) in the Flash Player Trust directory you created: [UserHome]\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust
PDF Support for U3D U3D supports only the latest IETF Unicode, specified at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3629. Therefore, PDF support for U3D is also restricted to that version of Unicode. Change to ASFileSysPathFromDIPathProc Function If you implement a file system, you should change the signature of the pathFromDIPath callback to add the const keyword to the diPath parameter, as in the following code: typedef ACCBPROTO1 ASPathName (ACCBPROTO2 *ASFileSysPathFromDIPathProc) ( const char * diPath, //Add const here ASPathName relativeToThisPath ); Deprecated Help APIs The following APIs related to help have been deprecated: AVAppHelpSearch, AVAppHelpShowContents, and AVAppHelpShowIndex. The corresponding parameters for opening PDF files (help=index|contents|search) are also no longer available. Acrobat 8.0 Plug-in Modeless Dialog Box Does Not Receive Focus If you have created an Acrobat or Reader plug-in that pops open a dialog box with which your users will interact, the dialog box may not receive focus and may require a double click to get focus. You can work around this issue by modifying the plug-in code with an appropriate call to AVAppBeginModal before the dialog box pops up. Then call AVAppEndModal immediately thereafter. Unable to Reader-enable a Plug-in Using the Acrobat 8.x SDK

If you are attempting to Reader-enable a plug-in for use with Adobe Reader 8.x and the plug-in fails to load without an error message, the #define directives are incorrect in the following two SDK header files: PIHeaders.h and PIHeaders++.pch. For replacement headers containing the correct #define directives for Reader-enabling, see the SDK zip folder located within / PluginSupport/Tools/Reader-enabling Tools/. Using AVDoc.OpenInWindowEx Causes Search Functions To Stop Working If you are using OLE automation and invoke the AVDoc.OpenInWindowEx method specifying AV_DOC_VIEW for the openFlags parameter, the search function may stop working. If this occurs, specify AV_EXTERNAL_VIEW for the openFlags parameter and use code such as the following to hide the toolbar: myPDDoc = AcroExchAVDoc(fIndex).GetPDDoc(); jso = myPDDoc.GetJSObject(); jso.app.toolbar = false; MakeKey Reader-enabling Tool At this time, the MakeKey tool for Reader-enabling does not generate keys if you are using Mac OS 10.x on MacIntel or Windows Vista on 64-bit machines. Please check www.adobe.com/go/acrobat_developer periodically for future updates to this tool.

Documentation

The Acrobat SDK includes a complete set of documentation in the Documentation folder of the Acrobat SDK installation. The Documentation Roadmap (Acrobat_SDK_doc_map.pdf) provides access to this documentation set. To view the documentation, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can download Adobe Reader from the Adobe web site, at www.adobe.com. Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference: kPDPageDrawSmoothImage The Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference incorrectly lists the value for kPDPageDrawSmoothImage as 0x00000004, but the correct value is actually 0x00000010. JavaScript for Acrobat 3D Annotations API Reference: SceneObjectList.removeItem() The JavaScript for Acrobat 3D Annotations API Reference does not specify that the scene_object parameter for the SceneObjectList.removeItem() method is of type SceneObject.
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