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Creating and moving layers

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2010-01-01 11:18:23
Doug.Christie
Registered: Jan 1 2010
Posts: 1

Hi
I work for an engineering firm that does reserves evaluations. We publish our reports in pdf format and I have a question regarding layering.
 
1: Can we create a customer user layer: When we publish maps often the engineers would like to create a layer where they attach notes, Polygons, lines etc.
 
2: export and import a layer: If we make changes to the base map and republish it with everything the same except for some of the laeyrs being updated is it posible to export a layer created by the engineer from the first pdf and inport it into the revised drawing?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.2, Windows
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2010-01-04 11:23:25
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
The answer to both of your questions is yes and no. Yes, the features you'd like are possible, but no, there are no tools in Acrobat or anywhere else for doing exactly what you want. You would need to create custom plug-ins to implement these features.

As an example, I have a custom plug-in at www.pdfscripting.com that will allow you to impliment #1. It's a layer (OCG) tool that allows you to create layers and attach images, fields, and markup annotations to it. It's on the second page of the Automation Tool downloads,
http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/programs/downloadsearch.cfm?StartRow=16&searchtype=simple&searchmode=cat&keywords=recent&sortby=name&cat=Automation%20Tools
but you have to be a memeber to get it.

This tool is general purpose, but it demonstrates that you could create custom tools to do exactly what you want.

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]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

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

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