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jamesprongs
jamesprongs
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April 7, 2021
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Check if application buttons are clicked

  • April 7, 2021
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Hi, 

 

Hoping that someone can help me with this. I am trying to figure out if, from a document, I can see if application buttons are clicked in Adobe Acrobat. In particular, I would like to see when an attachment is added or removed from the Attachments panel, but I can't seem to check this the way I expected. 

 

I've come up with this bit of code:

if (app.execMenuItem("AddFileAttachment")) {
console.println("success");
}

However, this block seems to actually run app.execMenuItem(), instead of checking to see if it ran. 

 

A little confused both as to why this is happening, but also now wondering if there is a way to read when attachments are added or removed via the Attachment panel that would be best. 

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More: execMenuItem does the same thing as clicking on the menu, no more or less. 

There is no feature in Acrobat to allow a document to track the user interface.

There is no feature in JavaScript to allow a script to be notified of document changes.

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April 7, 2021

More: execMenuItem does the same thing as clicking on the menu, no more or less. 

There is no feature in Acrobat to allow a document to track the user interface.

There is no feature in JavaScript to allow a script to be notified of document changes.

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 7, 2021

    And it has no return value, so using it in an if-statement is meaningless. It will never return true (or false).

      Bernd Alheit
      Community Expert
      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 7, 2021

      At Document Open you can read the information of available attachments.

      At Document Save you can check any difference at the attachments.

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