How to launch JavaScript functions in PDF

[Abhimanyusuta]

Hi all,

I am a script developer in on one company, My company want to created an API wherein developers will have the ability to launch JavaScript functions in PDF. But i do not have idea about this. I think AJAX will help them. But exactly how ?? Any suggestion is appreciated.

[Modifier]

You need to add Adobe API for JavaScript in PDF. You do not need to tagging the document on it and adobe is automatically created a shortcut like " That" on the document. "That" will not really create any security problems because by default. Because you are already on PDF document. You should try this and reply.

[MindSpace]

You can add a javascript on Pdf by these ways if you want to add a page open action.
# Right-click the page thumbnail you want to apply the action to on the Pages tab.
# Then select Page Properties to open the dialog box.
# click the trigger drop-down list and choose an option.
# You can choose either Page Open or Page Close.
# Then select Run a JavaScript from the Actions drop-down list.
# click on add.
# write the script on the JavaScript Editor dialog box.
# click OK to close the box.
# Return the page Properties dialog box.
# you can see the actions a Page Open Run JavaScript now appears.
# Close and save the file.

[opaper]

If you want to add document actions ,then follow these steps:
# Select Advanced > JavaScript > Set Document Actions.
# Choose a document action from the list in this dialog box.
# Then select the JavaScript action from the list
# click on edit button.
# Add the script in java script box.
# Click on OK to close the dialog box.
# Return to the Document Actions dialog box
# You find that the script appears in the bottom window, and a green dot appears to the left of the action's line in the listing.
# click OK button to close the windows.

[Reegan]

I will give you the example of javascript that mark misspelled words with squiggle in Pdf document.

var chWord123, numWords123;
for (var i = 0; i < this.numPages; i++)
{
    numWords123 = this.getPageNumWords(i);
    for (var j = 0; j < numWords123; j++) {
        ckWord = spell.checkWord(this.getPageNthWord(i,j))
        if (ckWord123 != null) {
            this.addAnnot({
                page: i,
                type: "Squiggly",
                quads: this.getPageNthWordQuads(i,j),
                author: "my self",
                contents: ckWord123.toString()
            });
            }
        }
}

[Zecho]

This a javascript code for extract ISBN numbers From the Pdf Document.

var reISBNban=/(ISBN[\:\=\s][\s]*(?=[-0-9xX ]{13})(?:[0-9]+[- ]){3}[0-9]*[xX0-9])|(ISBN[\:\=\s][ ]*\d{9,10}[\d|x])/g;

var strExtban = "_Extracted_ISBN.pdf";
var strIntroban = "ISBN numbers extracted from document: ";
var strFinalban = "Total number of ISBN numbers extracted: " ;

ExtractFromDocument(reISBNban,strExtban,strIntroban,strFinalban);

function ExtractFromDocument(reMatch, strFileExt, strMessage1, strMessage2)
{
var chWordban, numWordsban;
var filenameban = this.path.replace(/\.pdf$/, strFileExt);
try {
    var ReportDocban = new Report();
    var Outban = new Object(); 
    
    ReportDocban.writeText(strMessage1 + this.path);
    ReportDocban.divide(1);    
    ReportDocban.writeText(" ");     
    for (var i = 0; i < this.numPages; i++)
    {
        numWordsban = this.getPageNumWords(i);
        var PageTextban= "";
        for (var j = 0; j < numWords; j++) {
            var word = this.getPageNthWord(i,j,false);
            PageText += word;
            }
    
        var strMatchesban = PageText.match(reMatch);
        if (strMatchesban == null) continue;
              for (j = 0; j < strMatches.length; j++) {
            Out[strMatches[j]] = true; 
            }
    }
        var nTotalban = 0;
    for (var prop in Out) 
    {
        ReportDoc.writeText(prop);
        nTotal++;
    }
        ReportDocban.writeText(" "); 
    ReportDocban.divide(1); 
    ReportDocban.writeText(strMessage2 + nTotal);
    
   ReportDocban.save(
        {
        cDIPath: filename
        });

}
catch(e)
{
app.alert("Processing error: "+e)
}
    
}