Toolbutton Close Doc

Please explain what you mean by a toolbutton and the "Exec" line.

Hi,
Sorry if I wasn't accurate. What I meant is this: I was able to create a Tool Button using this code:
app.addToolButton({
cName: "Return",
cExec: "……………",
cTooltext: "Return",
nPos: -1
});
but not every command can be put in line “cExec:”. What I would like to achieve is that this Tool Button, which will be created within, let say second document, will close that 2nd doc and take mi to the previous one. It will be also nice if I could open this 2nd doc and create Tool Button from the link in the first doc.

The only restriction on using the "doc.closeDoc()" function is that if it's used in Reader, the document being closed must have Save Rights. Other than that it's not a problem.

You're crash is due to the context inwhich this function is being called. It's been known for a long time that closing a document from certain execution contexts crashes Acrobat. The problem may be that the document closes, and becomes invalid, before the JavaScript engine finishes using the document object.

The solution is to move the context of the close somewhere else. For example, make a bookmark that calls the close menu item, then execute this bookmark from your button. Or place the code for closing in a timeout.

EX:
app.setTimeOut("this.closeDoc(false);",100);

Thanks very much for your tips. I’ve made use of them. The last thing I need is a Java code which will do exactly the same as an action:
Go to page in another Document
File name: c:\.............. . pdf
Destination name: DEST1
I need the same functionality but within action: Run a JavaScript.

Look in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference at the app.openDoc() fucntion. It has a input for navigating to a named desination in the opened document.

Also, if you have control over the PDF that's being opened, you can get a Doc Object from the openDoc function by setting the following line in a document script in the target PDF

this.disclosed = true;

This line tells Acrobat to expose the Doc Object to JavaScript. Allowing you to set the page number, like this:

var oDoc = this.openDoc(myDocPath);
oDoc.pageNum = 3; // to navigate to page 4


Thom Parker
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