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remove metadata

2008-10-15 09:41:21

lucianopilla

Registered: Oct 18 2007

Posts: 76

Answered

hi thom,
i search abaut remove metadata with javascript but i haven't found anything.
is there a way to remove metadata with javascript.
the only method i found it was to set "setting option" of pdf optimizer but it doesn't work with my documents. I'd like to delete metadata in a several documents with a bath sequence written in javascript.
Best regards

Adding intelligence to documents

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows

2008-10-15 09:52:12

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

You cannot remove the MetaData entirely. Acrobat insists on putting a minimum of it in every document. But you can clear all the fields you want.

try running this code from the console window

metadata = ""

This will clear out just about everything.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]

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

2008-10-16 00:08:05

lucianopilla

Registered: Oct 18 2007

Posts: 76

I try it by a batch sequence and it seems to work as i wanted.
Thanks Thom

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