How make shortcut to Advanced|Document Processing|Batch Processing?

Make a new menu item with this code:
app.execMenuItem("BatchEdit");

Is it possible to add a shortcut when adding a new JavaScript menu item ?

You mean a keyboard shortcut? No.
But you can add an accelerator to a menu item by adding an ampersand to it before the letter used as the accelerator.

Actually, in the original post I meant to say "make a new toolbar icon", since it's more accessible.

try67:

I'm unclear on how that puts a button on the menubar or toolbar. I created a sequence, javascript, and executed it -- but had to navigate manually to the batch processing branch to run it I'm trying to one-click to that part, so I can re-edit my sequences. (or said another way, I'm unclear as to how to link javascript snippet like this to a custom button on the toolbar)

You need to create a folder-level script with app.addToolButton and use this snippet of code as the cExec parameter of your button.
Look in the reference file for more info.
Be aware that this code will only open the Batch window. It can not launch, or edit, any batch process in that window. That can't be done with JS.

Please explain "Ampersand".

English isn't my native langage and I can't find this word in any dictionary…

;-)

try67:

Ugh -- I was afraid of that. "RTFM" isn't going to happen right now, as it's 2:35 am and I'm trying to get some dox ready to fax and mail. But thanks for the code, and perhaps I can get to it in a day or two. Can't believe there's not a simpler way to do this.

-- Roy

Ampersand = &

Save this into a js file, place it in Acrobat's Javascripts folder and restart Acrobat:

app.addToolButton({cName: "Open Batch Window", cLabel:"Open Batch Window", cExec:"app.execMenuItem('BatchEdit');"}):

But next time RTFM...

(Edit: code is not tested)

Thanks !

Ampersand mean "Esperluette" in french language.

;-)

try67:

You know, coding lis like a key -- if you have the key, you can open doors. If not, you need something blunter.

It's 5:07 am here on the Left Coast, and I'm going to get a couple of hours rest. I will try your key when I get back to the console. It looks right -- thank you so much.

-- Roy

try67:

The target path is to make shortcut to Advanced|Document Processing|Batch Processing. Soyour text 'BatchEdit' generates an 'invalid label' error on startup.

But even changing this to 'Batch Processing' doesn't navigate to the combo box, so there must be something more to it that I'm missing.

May have time tomorrow to take this up again.

app.addToolButton({
cName: "myButton",
cLabel: "myButton",
cExec: "app.execMenuItem('Batch Processing');"});

Here's the solution. It turned out that 'BatchEdit' is not one of the items that can be executed outside of a privileged or secure wrapper. I've added a line to prevent the button from calling up the batch processing combo box if there's no document; just comment out the line 'cEnable' to disable this and the box will come up when there's no doc in view.

See the link below for clues as to how to solve this problem.

-- Roy Zider

1. Here is the article that addresses this problem:

Executing Acrobat Menu Items from JavaScript
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2008/06/executing_menu_items_from_javascript
By Thom Parker, June 30, 2008

2. Here is code that actually works, in Acrobat 8:
--------------------------------------------------
var doMyMenuItem = app.trustedFunction(
function(cItemName)
{
app.beginPriv();
app.execMenuItem(cItemName);
app.endPriv();
}
);app.addToolButton(
{
cName: "myButton",
cLabel: "myButton",
cEnable: "event.rc = (app.doc != null);",
cExec: "doMyMenuItem('BatchEdit');"
}
);
--------------------------------------------------

Hi,

I was very delighted to have found this forum. I work in an a prepress outfit that intensively utilizes Acrobat. This thread was a lot of help and answered my questions about batch processing shortcut.

One thing though...

I have successfully created a toolbar button using the script above, but i noticed that it is inactive (grayed-out) when there is no document open. I usually use sequences to batch process an entire folder of large documents and it would be to heavy and time-consuming to open all those.

This is my first encounter with JavaScript (or any programming language) and I am a little intimidated, but i hope there is a tweak to the script that would make the button active at all times.

Thanks.

OH! GOT IT!

"...I've added a line to prevent the button from calling up the batch processing combo box if there's no document; just comment out the line 'cEnable' to disable this and the box will come up when there's no doc in view."


... I missed this...

Great to hear that, Mervin. Always good to know that somebody else can use this stuff.

-- Roy Zider