How to execute javascript from scratch!

I don't know about Acrobat Standard, but in Acrobat Pro 7 the menu item is:

Advanced > JavaScript > DebuggerGeorge

Hi John Wayne,

The JS debugger does not come built into Acrobat Standard (only Pro), but you can add it yourself. My company has a utility for adding the debugger to the free Adobe Reader but it can also be used with Acrobat Standard.
http://www.windjack.com/products/freestuff.php
(scroll to the bottom- it's titled JavaScript Console for Adobe Reader 7- instructions are provided in the ReadMe file).


After you've installed it there is an article at JavaScript Corner on using the Console Window that will be good reading for you-
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/2006/javascript_console/

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Thanks for your reply George.

So, I cannot run javascript with Acrobat Standard 7? Through my research, it seems that javascript can be run within Acro. Standard 7.

Hello Dimitri,

Thank you for your response. I'll give it a try.

Hi Dimitri,

I've installed your utility in Acrobat Reader 7. However, when I try to run a simple script to open a pdf document (i.e. app.opendoc("/c/work/test.pdf"), it seems not working. Am I missing something? Can you give me some feedback?

Thanks very much

Hi John Wayne,

Are you seeing any error messages in the Console Window? What are they?

There are a couple problems with the code ( if this is exactly what you tried). It is app.openDoc, you must have parenthesis around the file name.

app.openDoc("/C/work/test.pdf")

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com
www.pdfscripting.com

Hi Dimitri!

I forgot about the case-sensitive thing. It works fine now. However, when I add another line of code to insert a page into the document right after the first page:

this.insertPages({nPage: 0, cPath: "/C/Work/test1.pdf",nStart: 0});

I receive this error message:

TypeError: this.insertPages is not a function
3:Folder-Level:App:test1.js

Am I doing something wrong or placing the code in the wrong place (level)? Can you help please?

Thank,
JW