acrobat xi actions -- Execute JavaScript step not showing "Prompt User" checkbox

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November 9, 2016
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I have an Action I'm building. The first Execute JavaScript action steps I added had a "Prompt User" checkbox I could uncheck. The latest Execute JavaScript action steps I've added do not display the "Prompt User" checkbox and are opening the JavaScript Editor, which would confuse the user.

Why aren't the new Execute JavaScript action steps displaying the "Prompt User" checkbox?

Thanks

Christian Bahnsen

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Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

May be that you can combine the JavaScript steps.

try67

Community Expert

I've seen this happen before. It's a bug in the Action Wizard that happens when you add a lot of steps to your Action (more than 10, I believe). There isn't really a solution except for to remove some steps, or to edit the Action's SEQU file manually.

ChristianBahnsenAuthor

Inspiring

So it's a bug. I only have 5 steps in the action at present.

I moved the steps lacking the prompt up in the editor and the prompt appeared when they were the first Execute JavaScript step. I unchecked the prompt then moved the step back down to its proper place. Cumbersome, but it appears to be a workaround.

As an aside, it would be nice if one could name the steps. If one has multiple Execute JavaScript steps the only way to tell what they do is to use Specify Settings to open it and examine the code.

Thanks for the replies.

Christian

try67

Community Expert

You can add a label before each step and name it as you please.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 4:26 PM, ChristianBahnsen <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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