Removing Office Files from an Acrobat Portfolio

Hi,

the "Export Portfolio Metadata to Console" feature of Joel's utilities may helps you : http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/2008/10/joels_pdf_portfolio_utilities.php

;-)

An automation script could easily walk through the attachments and delete the doc file.

foreach(var oAtt in this.dataObjects)
{
if(/\.doc$/.test(oAtt.name))
this.removeDataObject(oAtt.name)
}

Run this from the console window

Waow, such another great info!
Thomp, you're a javascript gold mine.
;-))

Thanks, this is pretty much what I do all day, every day.

But the script is just a quick one off and has some big errors that I forgot to fix before posting. Like the syntax error in the "for each"

1) Because elements are being deleted from the list the loop needs to run backwards.

2) it should really be testing the MIMEType, which is a more reliable indicator of the file type.

for(var i=this.dataObjects.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
if(this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType == "application/msword")
this.removeDataObject(this.dataObjects[i].name)
}

Thank you both so much for your advice. I apologize that I am not more computer literate and I am struggling with implementation of this script.

Here is what I did:
1. Went to the menu bar, clicked on “Advanced,” then clicked on “Document Processing,” and then clicked on “JavaScript Debugger”
2. Copied and pasted the following text in the box under “Console”
for(var i=this.dataObjects.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
if(/this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType == "application/msword")
this.removeDataObject(this.dataObjects[i].name)
}
4. High-lited the above text within the box and hit Ctrl + Enter key
5. It returned the following:
SyntaxError: invalid flag after regular expression
2:Console:Exec
undefined

Any suggestions? I really appreciate your patience with me!

The "if" statement should read:

if(this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType == "application/msword")


Some how the "/" character slipped into the text during cutting and pasting. Not a rare occurance.

So the entire script should be:

for(var i=this.dataObjects.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
if(this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType == "application/msword")
this.removeDataObject(this.dataObjects[i].name)
}

Thanks for catching that George. I fixed the post to show the correct code. Don't know how that extra slash got in there.

Thanks again.

I really appreciate your help and PATIENCE with me.
Here is what I did:
1. Went to the menu bar, clicked on “Advanced,” then clicked on “Document Processing,” and then clicked on “JavaScript Debugger”
2. Copied and pasted the following text in the box under “Console”
for(var i=this.dataObjects.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
if(this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType == "application/msword")
this.removeDataObject(this.dataObjects[i].name)
}
4. High-lited the above text within the box and hit Ctrl + Enter key
5. It returned the following:
"undefined"

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Once again, THANK YOU!

It seems to have operated correctly. Were the attachments removed from the PDF?

It removes the .doc files but not my .docX files.

The "docx" must have a different MIMEType. Run this code in the console window to see what the mime types are.

for(var i=this.dataObjects.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
console.println(this.dataObjects[i].name + " = " + this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType);
}

It comes back with 24 pages of feedback. Here is an example of where it says docx

<846>List of Programs.docx = nullDoes that make sense?

Yes it does, it means that the docx files do not have a MIMEType. So to remove these files you'll need to modify the delete script to also check for the file extension, like this. Although, how the attachment properties are setup depends on how it's added. In this code the "path" property is used to test for the extension. To cover all the bases the code should also include a test of the "name" property.


rgDoc = /\.docx?$/i
for(var i=this.dataObjects.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
if((this.dataObjects[i].MIMEType == "application/msword") || rgDoc.test(this.dataObjects[i].path) )
this.removeDataObject(this.dataObjects[i].name)
}

That worked beautifully. Thank you so much for problem-solving that with me. You have saved me numerous hours of work. Thanks again!