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Invoke an open dialog by pressing a button

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2011-11-18 10:30:20
StevenD
Registered: Oct 6 2006
Posts: 368
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Someone here at work is asking if it is possible to click a button and get an open dialog appear so he can choose another PDF to open? I have been looking but I sure can't find anything. I know I can set an action to open a specific document. He would like to be able to let users choose the file to open.

StevenD

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.1, Macintosh
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2011-11-18 10:57:59
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1875
Accepted Answer
Try the app.execMenuItem method to trigger the File - Open menu item, but you will have to make a registry change to allow it to work, or use a trusted function in a folder-level JavaScript file, as explained in the documentation: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.143.php

The other option is to use the app.browseForDoc method. The documentation shows an example of what you're asking about, but you'd have to add the code to a trusted function in a folder-level JavaScript file, which shouldn't be a problem. See: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.138.php
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2011-11-18 11:57:34
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StevenD
Registered: Oct 6 2006
Posts: 368
Thanks. A hassle but it works and I will see if this guy really wants to do this. Thanks for the great references. They were quite helpful.

StevenD

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