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Acrobat 9 Pro - Attach to email - missing subject line?

packagingdesign
Registered: Apr 17 2009
Posts: 5
Answered

I asked this same question at the Adobe forum but did not get a response.

I just upgraded to CS4 from CS3. In Acrobat 8 when I am viewing a PDF if I go to the File menu and select (Attach to Email) I am taken to my mac mail app and an email will have been created with the attachment and the subject line is filled in with the file name. With Acrobat 9 when I try to do the same thing it does not include the subject line. Is there some sort of preference I can change to get it to include a subject line? I send a lot of PDFs to customers and that feature in Acrobat 8 is a convenient time saver.

I think that Adobe may have removed this function unintentionally. If that is the case is it possible for a dummy like myself to add a script or something? I've seen mention of scripts and buttons in these forums but I'm not really sure how to do that. BTW, I'm using a Mac.

Thanks.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1, Macintosh
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
I think you are right about Adobe removing this feature. And you are right that you can create a script that will send off the email with not just the subject, but the email message, the cc and bcc set as well. Use the "doc.mailDoc()" function.

For your application you need to create a folder level automation scirpt. There are several articles on this site that will help you in this task.

For sending PDF email attachments:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/dynamically-setting-submit-e-mail-address

For creating a toolbar button to invoke the email script:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/folder_level_scripts
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/10/apply_security_with_js

Third party tool for creating scriptable toolbar buttons in Acrobat:
http://www.windjack.com/products/acrobuttons.php

And you can find examples of Automation tools here:
http://www.pdfscripting.com

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

packagingdesign
Registered: Apr 17 2009
Posts: 5
Thank you!