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Batch process to add action script and text box.

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2007-10-12 10:43:20
DAF
Registered: Oct 12 2007
Posts: 2

Including the following script in the Document Will Print / Document Action script-box will populate a text box named DatePrinted with the current date and time, and this will show up on the printed document. This is exactly what I need, but now I have 3000 documents that need this line of code and a DatePrinted text box added to each of them. How can this be done? Is some sort of Acrobat batch processing a viable option?
 
this.getField("DatePrinted").value = "Printed: " + util.printd("mmm d, yyyy h:mm tt",new Date());
 
signed – please help a chemist

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 6.0.2, Windows
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2007-10-13 17:39:49
#1
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Yes, you can do this from a Batch Script using the "doc.addField()" and "doc.setAction()" fucntions.

Read this Article:
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/js_add_buttons_to_pdf/]http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/js_add_buttons_to_pdf/[/url]

You can find an example of exactly this functionality in the sample scripts provided with this 3rd party tool

[url=http://www.windjack.com/products/acrobuttons.php]http://www.windjack.com/products/acrobuttons.php[/url]

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

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2009-01-15 02:12:46
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Sabina Compassi
Registered: Jan 15 2009
Posts: 1
Thomp: I cannot open the article you posted.
I am looking for a Script to add through Batch Processing a Document Will Close Event.
the code to be added is simple:
{
this.dirty = false;
}

Sabina

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