Coding Corner

I have a custom calculation script that I want to load into two dozen fields on a single page. Adding it to each field one at a time is a colossal pain, especially since I'm still developing the script and need to do it often.Is there a less painful way to handle this? Does Acrobat have an option to add a script to many fields simultaneously? Or a way to put the script in one central "place" (in Acrobat, or the doc, or even externally) and have the fields pull the script from that place? -------------------------------- UPDATE: I ended up using TinyTask to record a screen macro for inserting scripts. That way, I could insert a script by clicking a field and press my hotkey. That allowed me to add 38 scripts in under 5 minutes. Not the solution I was going for, but it's much better and faster than doing it 100% manually.

hi every onei create a game with as3,it has a lot of questions of multi choose,so i have a lot of buttuns that i hide them all at the beginning of the game ex ( a10.visible=false;b10.visible=false;...... etc )the proplem is :when i start to create the eleven question with hte same code of hiding it doesn't work.why?my code for the first question is:import flash.display.MovieClip;import flash.events.MouseEvent;btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickhandler);function clickhandler(event:MouseEvent):void {var num1 =Math.round((Math.random()*5) + 1);rno.text = String(num1);}var q1:MovieClip = q1q1.visible=false;a1.visible=false;b1.visible=false;c1.visible=false;d1.visible=false;var q7:MovieClip = q7q7.visible=false;a7.visible=false;b7.visible=false;c7.visible=false;d7.visible=falsevar q2:MovieClip = q2q2.visible=false;a2.visible=false;b2.visible=false;c2.visible=false;d2.visible=false;var q3:MovieClip = q3q3.visible=false;a3.visible=false;b3.visible=false;c3.visible=false;d3.visibl

I've seen examples that use:function main(argv){...} but when I run a jsx file with this main function and arguments passed from applescript nothing happens

When I go to help -> Object Model Viewer, it is grayed out. How can I get access to this?

Does anybody know where I can download the Illustrator CS5 SDK? The link on Adobe website is broken.

For example you write script with some UI and some user input.You want to test if everything works right.You can test script manually, but it is time consuming especially when your GUI is complicated and you have multiply cases to check. Below is simple example: #target photoshop $.level = 1; // Debugging level, Level: 0 - No Break, 1 - Break, 2 - Immediate Break var mainWindow = new Window("dialog", "Test buttons"); var buttonFoo = mainWindow.add("button", undefined, "foo"); var buttonBar = mainWindow.add("button", undefined, "bar"); buttonFoo.onClick = function(){ alert("Fooo!"); } buttonBar.onClick = function(){ alert("Baar!"); } mainWindow.show();  Here is gif in which I show what I want to do automatically: Requirements:I want to run test by one click.The test need to be platform independent and it should run on all photoshop versions above 13.0 (CS6).(If is it possible) The test should be independent from user's PS layout.(If is it p

Hi, Actionscript3 / Flash version 32.0.330When I'm using stageVideo for a local cam the video shown is blinking, repeating the same frames for ever.rather, with a NetStream, everything is ok. Any clue? var sv:Vector.<StageVideo> = stage.stageVideos;stageVideo = sv[slotNumber];if(stageVideo){    stageVideo.addEventListener(StageVideoEvent.RENDER_STATE,onRenderStateChanged);    gpuSlotArray[name] = slotNumber;    if(isPublish == true){         stageVideo.attachCamera(cam);    }else{        stageVideo.attachNetStream(ns);    } Thanks!

Hi! New poster and relatively new dev here, so bear with me... I've been tasked with adding comparison functionality to one of my office's custom apps. The requirements call for the ability to do basically exactly what the "Compare Files" tool in Acrobat Pro (this guy: ) already does quite robustly: visually compare two different PDF versions side-by-side while highlighting any differences. All of the colleagues in my office already have licenses for Acrobat Pro, so it seems silly to reinvent this wheel. However, I would like to make their QOL a little better by allowing them to select two PDF's from *our* app, then push a button (or some such) that opens Acrobat and tosses the selected files directly into this comparison tool.I explored the Acrobat DC SDK Documentation, and while there was lots of talk of controlling Acrobat from an external application, I didn't find anything that referred to this particular capability (though I totally could have missed it by searchin

Hi,I need to convert over one miljon web pages to PDF. I have a WSH VBS script that uses Adobe PDF printer by sending ^p {ENTER}.This does work but is a little bit un-reliable, and I can only run one instance of the script per computer.Also the computer has to be un-locked and I can not run the script on remote server. So now I need to print or save the web pages without using sendkeys.Can this be done? /Peter

Brand new .pdf creator/ JavaScript code writer here. I am building an invoice document and have already set up certain fields to auto calculate a total cost. I have it set up so that when values in columns H and J are entered, the product is shown in column K (below right). However, what I need to do is allow for manual entry in all three columns if the 'yes' radio button is checked under the heading of Block (below left). All fields are in the same document, but I do not know how to write the if / then statement so that it reads the Block field values and acts upon them (if that makes any sense). I appreciate any and all help.Thanks so much,Amy 

I've been experimenting with the ExternalObject feature because I want to integrate a c++ library with my After Effects script. I started with the SampleLib found in the path:C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CC\SDK\Samples\cpp\build\samplelibI used VS 2019 to build the solution and got a dll file out of that. Then when I try to load it with:var lib = new ExternalObject("lib:SampleLib.dll"); What I get is:I/O errorI'm not sure what to do at this point. The documentation does not even mention this as a possible error. I've looked everywhere on the internet but I can't seem to find anyone with a similar issue. It seems to work fine for everyone. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi Folks, I'm struggling to find a JS equivalence to Remote SharedObject, NetGroup and StageVideo classes. any clue?Thanks

I got Chrome update for version 80 and realized CEP plugin's remote debugging is broken.I verified that Chrome ver 79 is still working after reinstalled old version.The project is old code base on CEP7. I wonder if this is happening on CEP7 only or happening on CEP8 or CEP9.Also it would be fixed on later Chrome version or CEP7 is outdated from standard.      

We are running a script to analyze and verify all of our PDFs. It runs a different group each day. We get access denied on some files. 02/10/2020\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_10.pdfAccess to the path '\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_10.pdf' is denied.4/9/2009 8:31:09 AM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM02/10/2020\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_09.pdfAccess to the path '\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_09.pdf' is denied.4/9/2009 8:31:09 AM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM Trying to figure out what might be causing this. These files tend to be a small group that was often sent from a particular agency or processed by a particular person. Trying to figure out what to look at to determine the probable cause. All of the files have the same permissions, both the ones that work and the ones that do not.

I am working on an extension for Adobe Bridge with CEPv9 Once my extension is loaded, I can select text in the panel manually with the mouse and right-click to copy. then proceed to paste outside of Bridge into other programs via normal OS copy/paste functions. However, I cant seem to get the same .innerHTML text in the Panel to copy using a javascript function Following the basic example on w3schools  my javascript:  var cText = document.getElementById("fileNameTable").innerHTML; alert("cText = " + cText); cText.select(); cText.setSelectionRange(0, 99999); cText.copy(); //example says document.execCommand("copy");  The alert shows the text without issues, so i dont have a problem pulling the data. Big picture, there is an html button that calls a function, said function would copy html text of specific element to the clipboard, user can then paste into another program. I am a hobbyist to javascript so not sure where t

i know this is probably something simple i am missing. I am just trying to grab which text frames are selected so i can then (do something) to those selected. here is what i am working with:var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var textFrame = myDoc.textFrames.selection[0]; for(var i = 0; i < textFrame.length; i++) { var frameCount = textFrame[i]; } alert("text frame amount:" + frameCount);anyone have any ideas?

I'm working on a Photoshop plug-in for Windows, to be published on exchange.adobe.com. It looks like I can't provide an installer when my plug-in is shipped.  So how can I make sure that a certain Visual Studio Redistributable will be there?  Can I rely on Photoshop to install one or more redists?  I was reading that the Visual Studio 2015 64 redist is needed by Photoshop - would that be the one I should target to use to? 

Hey there,I have a JSON object that grabs swatch colors then converts to hex. I then bring that hex back to javascript and the array shows, but it won't make custom color blocks from the CSS code. if I hand type in a bunch of random hex colors into an array it does work then.when I alert hexArray I get: #ffffff,#00adef,#ec008b,#ff100,#d12229,#40ad48 and so on....I then push this array into another to make up for the colors none and paper. I run a delay because otherwise, I do not see those colors.I then run the following code to build a li list with the swatch name and a color block next to it. when I use the pulled in code it doesn't except the array colorbox. but if I build my own array in javascript it does.Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here?Here is my js code:/* Create an instance of CSInterface. */ var csInterface = new CSInterface(); //======================= DROPDOWN COLOR SWATCHES===================// //=====================LAYOUT PANEL===============================/

I am developer and I have a problem with PDF signed. I received a PDF file, created with Life Cycle (I don´t know if it is xfa or hybrid, because the form come from the Federal Tax Agency) that already contain two digital signing over some acroFields. I have to put a couple of data over other acrofields, and I´m using iTextsharp code.:The problem is the new file has the two previous signing broken. I don´t know what is wrong. Thanks in advanceMy code is:PdfReader pdfReader = null;   PdfStamper stamper = null;  string filePDF = @"C:\Visual Studio Solutions\Visual Windows\cpce Certificaciones\prueba_xfa.pdf";  string outPDF = @"C:\Visual Studio Solutions\Visual Windows\cpce Certificaciones\prueba_xfa_out.pdf";   try   {  using (var inStream = new FileStream(filePDF, FileMode.Open))   {  pdfReader = new PdfReader(inStream);   }  using (var outStream = new FileStream(outPDF, FileMode.Create))   {  sta

I use a javascript on a button to create an email when pdf formular is filled.to check if a digital sign is given I use:var dSign = this.getField('FKDigSig').value;if (dSign.value == "") {app.alert("Please check if you have digital signed the form!");}var email = 'a.b@domain.com';var ccmail = this.getField('FK-Mail').value;var subjectline = 'requested pdf';var body = 'Hello,\n\nattached you'll find the filled form\n\nGreetings!\n';this.mailDoc(false, email, ccmail, "", subjectline, body ); But if the digital sign is not filled, the alert comes up and if I enter it by ok, then the email client starts with all details and attached file.I need to have a break here!So if I enter the js-alert by clicking the Okay-button, the email client shouldn't start. The PDF should stay open to get fullfilled till the dSign-Field got a value by a digital signing. How to realize this?Thanks&Greetings from Berlin,Wollehaufen

I have successfully been using VB Scripts for several years using Visual Studio - VB.Net.I have recently updated Photoshop from CC2019 to CC2020, my app constantly crashes with the message 'Cannot create ActiveX component'. This occurs when my code reaches -objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application").Can anyone give me some advice please?If I revert back to CC2019 it works perfectly. Thanks - John

Hi I've written a script to automatically generate layouts in illustrator based on data in a csv file.   Is there a way to reference a file located on a website ie http：//www．site．com/file1234.csv I have searched around but have had no luck.   I have managed to load it in by copying and pasting the address into a File.openDialog, but to streamline things would rather the user only have to enter the reference number (1234 in the example above) and the rest be put in by the script.   So if it is not possible to reference a web based file is there a way I can achieve the above with File.openDialog defaulting to specified file name?   Thanks   [Removed unnecessary hyperlink by MOD ]

Hi, I would like to develop a class/function in HTML5/JS clone of the famous AS3 NetConnection() NetStream NetGroup() RTMP / RTMFP / p2p and server classes.Any clue? Thanks

Adobe has released a Document Cloud View SDK that will display PDFs that you control natively. It's simple to use; only a few lines of JavaScript are all you need to deliver an "Adobe Quality" reading experience for text and fonts, graphics, images, and page objects.   The View SDK provides a Playground that demos the full capabilities of the SDK. Web developers can try different viewing configurations with example pages before implementing any code within their website. Or they can test the SDK against their webpages.    All of this is important for content owners to ensure their users are getting predictable experiences across all desktop and mobile devices for all major browsers.   And it's FREE to use.

Hi, I have a requirement to convert some interactive webpages (each page contains html controls like checkbox. DDL, etc) into a pdf document with the interactive part intact. I wanted to know how do achieve this using Adobe SDK. Just to give you an overview as to what my expectations are i've selected them below. Get each pages contents from SQL (our back end storage for the data rendered on a page) each page will be called a step going forwardcreate a pdf documents equal to the number of steps.Create TOC for all the stepsCreate Naviation based on control descision and user selection. as mentioned there can be html controls like dropdownlist/checkbox list/radio button list etc. when a user makes a selection i want to add logic to take the user to step(page) x. Can someone tell me if the above is something achievable using the adobe sdk in c# .net or javascript? if yes how do i get started? where do i download the c#.net/ javascript libraries from? and also are there any