Acrobat SDK

I am hoping for a solution using the Action wizard only for the following problem. I am pretty new to Acrobat so I am sure there are many options I have not yet considered for my task. I am working with a large series of typewritten forms that were scanned. These forms contain information that should be read semi-automatically. The same information is in the same area on every page and every page has 6 "areas of interest" that contain said information. The rest of the page is different from page to page so OCRing entire pages would create different levels of noise depending on the page. That is why I want to OCR only those areas of interest and get the output as plaintext. (The goal of the data is in Excel so I will try to get the output in there as directly as possible by VBA, although reading from exported files in VBA is possible, too.)I was able to create an action that lets the user crop every page down to one of the aforementioned areas and then run OCR and output the text a

Hello - thanks for hopefully attempting to answer my question.  I'm trying to set up formatting/auto functions in fields in forms using Adobe Acrobat calculations. What I am wanting to do is have around 4 - 5 fields in a form which all add up. Pretty simple so far (ie go to properties in the form and add etc). However I'm wanting the fields that I enter a number into and then the final "calculator field" in the form to be formatted with an automatic "+" or "-" depending on what is entered.  Two examples both using 4 fields that I enter data into in the form and one "calculator field: EXAMPLE 1: What I enter: Field 1; "4",  Field 2; "10",  Field 3; "-5",  Field 4; "25", Final "Calculator field"; "34"What I would like to see in Example 1:  Field 1; "+4",  Field 2; "+10",  Field 3; "-5",  Field 4; "+25", Final "Calculator field"; "+34" EXAMPLE 2What I enter: Field 1; "10",  Field

Summary : need to change "Confirm before taffing document" setting via Registry keys.I am working on a deplyable Bot that will automate some tasks in a PDF using Winium. In order to have access to the UI elements within a PDF, I first need to uncheck the "Confirm before tagging document" option found in Preference > Reading > Screan Reader Options > "Confirm...". In order to make this Bot deployable to all machines, I would need to be able to change this setting programatically, ideally through the windows registry. But I can't seem to find that setting anywhere. I looked in the Adobe regristry reference... but found nothing (https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/PrefRef/Windows/index.html) Please let me know if there is a solution to this. 

Hello everyone,I have a form which has different signature fields. One of the fields is the signature of the CEO. But the signature of the CEO is not always necessary. It depends on a field in the form. If this field is checked, the CEO has to sign. If the field is not checked, the CEO does not have to sign. I have solved this hiding and showing of the signature field with JavaScript. But I can only lock the document if all signature fields in the form are filled in.Here my hiding with JavaScript is ignored. Although the field has been hidden by JavaScript and all visible signature fields are signed, I cannot lock it. Only if I show the signature field of the CEO and insert a signature here, I can block it.Can someone explain a solution to me here? Is it possible to declare a signature field somewhere as an option and not as a mandatory field? Thanks a lot alreadyBastian

I have created a PDF that's too large to submit as a whole, however, I am hoping to be able to get around this by submitting the file as an FDF and then being able to open it in PDF (since I will have the full PDF file on the server that receives the submitted FDF). To do this I have briefly read that the FDF file must reference the PDF file, I am just wondering how to go about doing this?  So far to submit the file as FDF I have just changed the settings on a Button -> Submit a Form action to FDF and ticket include field data and comments. However, I cannot see anywhere about referencing the PDF file. Will I be able to just take an exact copy of the PDF file and put it in the same folder that the FDFs are submitted to and it will be smart enough to know to open this PDF file up with the FDF data?

I have created a PDF that contains the usual fillable form data, text boxes, dropdowns, etc. I will be sending this out to clients and they will be filling it out and submitting the form, this form will go up to Azure and be pulled down into my application. As part of this process, the document that has been submitted will need to be reviewed in my application by a different user before being approved. This is where I am having difficulty since I can't submit the file as a PDF to Azure since its too large in file size, I can however submit the file as an FDF (which to my knowledge just contains the form field data and not the likes of labels, etc.), my problem is trying to read this FDF file in the application, since it's not containing all of the data as a PDF would.  So my question is, is it possible to receive the file as an FDF when the client submits it, and then populate the PDF with the FDF data that I have received? Since the PDF I will be populating will be the

Hello,  I need to export my pdf as fdf and save it server. I have script that is working, but it's not working in adobe acrobat reader. Can someone please help me know I can export in Reader. var fields = [];var Arrays =[];app.alert("Started")for (var i = 0; i <= this.numFields - 1; i++){fields.push(this.getNthFieldName(i));Arrays = fields.sort( function(a,b){return a - b; } );}//Don't change JavaScript, expecet Domain name, otherwise It will not workvar aSubmitFields = fields ;var cFDF = this.exportAsFDF({aFields:aSubmitFields,//cPath: "JHHJH.fdf",//bAnnotations:true,}); 

Has anyone in this community been successful at getting a WhiteList Policy to work?  We have a Windows .Net program that needs to open our pdf's in a particular directory on the server.  We are using the Adobe Acrobat Browser Control Type Library 1.0 (AxAcroPDFLib). The ONE example in the security docs looks quite specific and straight forward.   However, I cannot get the browser control to show any of the pdf files with protected mode turned on.  The program loads it but it remains solid gray. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Is there a way to auto populate a text field with consecutive numbers? Looking at the picture, say I start typing in 'Operation TypeRow1', I want the 'Op #' in that same row to auto populate as the number "10". and then when I start typing in Operation TypeRow2, I want the 'Op #' to auto populate to 20. Side Question:The Op # for a Rework is always 900. Say I type "Rework" into the 'Operation TypeRow', I want the cooresponding 'Op #' to auto populate as "900" but also keep the formatting mentioned above. Is this possible? 

HiDoes anyone know how I might use an action in adobe pro to add a document specific footer (ie a reference number) to a folder of documents - based on an index (xls or CSV). So CSV could have filename and then reference and action would look at this to find the reference and then add it as a footer to the document, then move to the next document and repeat. Any thoughts - or other ways to achieve this would be welcome! Many thanks 

Hello everyone,i would like to show a signature field "CEO" in Adobe Acrobat Pro CC only if the checkbox, "Approval by CEO nessary" is checked.The background is that the signature of the CEO is not always required. The document can only be locked if all signatures in a form are filled in. Thanks a lot Bastian

Since I couldn't find the Acrobat scripting forum which used to exist, I had to post my question here.   I have a simple PDF form which will be filled by users. At the bottom of the form, I placed a "Send" button that will automatically attach the PDF to the email and will eventually be sent to the concerned person. Is there a way to have the Entity Name (see image) show in the e-Mail Subject instead of having the document name?  

I am new to this and i am trying to put a simple if statement into a field based on the value of another field. Can someone help me correct the below? var score =this.getfield("PriorityScore").value;If ((score <5))event.value="Declined";If ((score >5)&&(score <=9))event.value="Low";If ((score >10)&&(score <=17))event.value="Medium";If ((score >18))event.value="High";Else event.value= "error";

I am simply trying to measure distance on a PDF map using the Measuring tool, but the moment I click on the map I am switched to the Geospatial Location Tool. How do I stop this from happening?

I have little knowledge on Java Script, but what I am trying to do is have a dropdown list with salesman names and also a "type in" option if the name is not listed. I was thinking that I could have this drop down list with a text field behind it and then run a script to whenever the "type in" is selected in the drop down, it disables the dropdown and the text field appears. Is this possible or is there a different way to do this?

I am trying to use the doc.pageWindowRect information as part of some code I am writing using the Adobe Acrobat Javascript API. I originally found that doc.pageWindowRect was undefined, and through various posts on this forum, found that I needed to activate the media extension first, by running something likeconsole.println(this.media); Normally this prints something like:[object DocMedia]but on some computers used by our client, this just prints 'undefined' instead. It seems that having this.media undefined means that doc.pageWindowRect will stay undefined too. Does anyone know how to make sure this.media is defined, and thus enable doc.pageWindowRect? Or any other way of getting hold of the doc.pageWindowRect information? I wondered if there might be a delay in activating the media extension, and have tried repeatedly running code to display this.media and doc.pageWindowRect using app.setInterval, but even after waiting for a couple of minutes, they are still not

Hi Adobe, I'd like to use the C# .Net (console application) to Merge PDF from Acrobat DC SDK ("Web Server"), Is it possible to do? If not, please let me know how can i do it? And what's difference between Adobe PDF library SDK & Acrobat DC SDK? Which one can run to "Web Server" for Merge PDF? 

Hi, I want an auto date for two text fields. so every time i open this form, bellow two field dates should auto-update. can u pls help me to do this using javascript. thanks.. 1. First payment date = Today date + two months2. Second payment date = First payment date + 1 Year

I am hoping to add some validation in to check whether certain fields are null if some are filled out. Unfortunately just using the required field isn't enough for this as I don't want to always make it mandatory, I just want to make certain fields mandatory if some are filled out. For example:  Email AddressDescriptionBoth of the above fields are optional, however if a description is entered I want to validate that there is also a value for Email Address on submitting the form. I have this part of the script complete I believe. I am hoping for some assistance on how to only submit the form if the validation passes. At the moment I have it set up as two different mouse up actions (Run a Javascript & Submit a Form) meaning that they're independent of eachother and it still submits the form even when the validation fails and an alert is brought up. So I am seeking help in writing the submit a form logic in my JavaScript file if anyone can lend a hand. 

I have a complex .pdf file with fillable fields. Once these are filled in, I want to extract the data in the fields, for insertion into a database.I know that I can use Prepare Form, then More|Export Data... will create an .fdf file. Then I can use Merge Data Files Into Spreadsheet... to generate a .csv file that contains all the fielded data. Then I've written some code to extract this data and put it into my mssqlserver database.There are several steps involved and I would like to streamline them as much as possible.Beginning at the beginning.1. When I select Export Data, I am presented with a dialog that uses "Test Adobe_data.fdf" as a default filename. Can this default be changed? Can it default to the name I used last time?2. When I select Merge Data Files Into Spreadsheet I am presented with a dialog requesting the file. Can't it default to the .fdf  file I just created? This dialog has a checkbox (Include most recent list of files to export data from) but I don't want the m

I have created a time sheet but it is not converting the time correctly, for instance clock in at 8:00 and clock out at 4:00 it is reading that as 12 hours and not just 8 hours like I need it to. I am using Adobe Acrobat DC Pro.I have followed this tutorial https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/date_time_part1/index.html but it has really not got me anywhere. Any help will be appreciated 

We have a document approval process that needs 4 possibly 5 people to sign off a document. I've created a very simple document approval form whereby there is an Approved yes/no radio button for each indiviual that needs to approve the document. I've used show/hide for each radio button so that if "yes" is clicked against a name (x, y...), "date" (x1, y1...), "name" (x2, y2...) and "signature" (x3, y3...) fields will show for that name only and the remainder will appear hidden. This works well however, once the next individual who needs to sign off the document clicks on the appicable "yes" button, the previous signature is hidden. My question is...How can I make such that if a "yes" button has been selected, the fields associated with that button remian visible if previously completed...bascially I'm looking for something like If radio button x = yes, then show fields X1, x2 and x3 and if rado button y = yes, then show fields y1, y2 and y3 and so on. I hope this makes sense. All answer

Acrobat, Reader v. - 2020.012.20043 and 2020.012.20048I'm developing add-in for Acrobat/Reader and with versions mentioned above when I try to sign document via Fill & Sign or Adobe Sign Adobe starts to produce infinite set of events and eventually crashes.Chain of events: PDDocDidSavePDDocWillClosePDDocDidClosePDDocDidSavePDDocWillClose PDDocDidCloseThese set of events occurs few times and Acrobat/Reader application crashed.This is not happened before and reproduces on old my plug-in builds. 

Dear Support, I would like to query about the business use of Acrobat DC SDK.The target server with OS MS Server 2012 R2 installed. It is using C# .net framework 4.5.2 to develop the application.I would like to know if Acrobat DC SDK could achieve the following actions.Convert image files(e.g.  JPG, TIF) to pdf fileCombine multiple pdf files into one pdf file (append pages)Is there any dependency (application to be installed) for the SDK? If Acrobat DC SDK could not achieve the actions, please advise if there is any other SDK could help. Best regards,Ming

When I export a 10 page pdf to an excel spreadsheet the java script tells the excel spreadsheet to create a sperate tab for each page of the pdf. In the older version of Adobe, the 10 page pdf would export into one long tab, rather than 10 seperate tabs. I need to know how to change the java script in the newer Acrobat DC to export a 10 page pdf into one long excel spreadsheet tab not into 10 seperate tabs for each page of the pdf.