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Insert a file Name automatically in an PDF Form

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Hello everyone, I would like to automatically add the document name to the footer of an Adobe PDF form. I use the Adobe Acrobat Pro version from the Creative Cloud. Is there a solution here?

its possible With an JavaScript Code?

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Bastian

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JR Boulay

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You don't need to reinvent the wheel, search for "File Name Stamper" on this page: https://acrobatusers.com/actions-exchange/

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try67

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The problem (or feature, depending on how you look at it, I guess) with this Action is that it's a stamper, ie the name it adds is static. If you rename the file after running it it will still show the old file-name. That might be desired in some cases, but not in others. If you want it to be dynamic and always show the current file-name then it needs to be done using a field that is updated whenever the file is opened, as described above.

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Technische Redaktion

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Thanks for the Note with the automatic update. I have an empty document and would like to display only the document name here, for example.

How to proceed then?

First I create a text field and give it a name, e.g. "DK_01".

Where do I enter the script so that it is updated when I open it?

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George_Johnson

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You can use JavaScript to access the documentFileName property. Here's some sample code that sets a text field value to the document file name:

getField("Text1").value = documentFileName;

But the correct code depends on when you want the code to set the field value and where the code is placed. If you provide more information about your workflow, we could probably provide more help.

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try67

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If you use the code above place it as a doc-level script, so that it will update each time you open the file.

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Angelina235839650zf3

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Can someone explain this more? I don't understand where or what I'm supposed to do?

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