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Insert field and put external data in that field

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2011-12-05 13:22:50
Tim Klahr
Registered: Feb 7 2011
Posts: 12

Hello all,
 
A couple months ago I figured out how to automate inserting fields. But for the life of me, I cannot remember what I did, or find it through searching.
 
It was something like insert.field, then I would specify that it was a text field and the x and y coordinates for its location. I'd like it to be a hidden field. Do any of you know what I'm talking about?
 
After I figure that out, I want to read a csv file and put data in this new field, so I can generate a nice email for a user.
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
Tim

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-12-05 13:31:26
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George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1875
You can find the documentation for the addField method here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.435.php
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2011-12-05 13:41:33
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Tim Klahr
Registered: Feb 7 2011
Posts: 12
Thank you! If anyone has any links or info on reading data from a csv file, please throw it my way. Thanks.
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2011-12-05 13:57:29
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George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1875
It's easier to read from a tab-delimited file, using the importTextData method: page: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.502.php

The return code numbers in the documentation have the incorrect sign.
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