Javascript to print to current directory with date stamp

Question

Need to setup a button that prints the document, to the current directory with a specific phrase (name) and a date stamp. Do not need user interaction.

Example: importantstuff_9-5-2016.pdf.

(also, just thinking, will never need it, but could someone also lend some insight on error checking to see if the "doc" already exists - and if so incrementing the stamp? Example: importantstuff_9-5-2016a.pdf)

(thanks in advance you guys are great!)

try67 · Answer

You can't use a script to print to a file and specify the file name. You can send it to the Adobe PDF printer (assuming that's what you mean), but the user will have to manually specify the file name. You can, however, save the file under a different name (but this required a script to be installed on the user's local machine).

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