Javascript to split top level bookmarks using bm names for file names

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Hello all!Adobe Acrobat DC proMac os 10.12.6I want to create a acrobat action to split top level bookmarks using bm names for file names, to my surprise Adobe doesn't have that as an option under the "tools to add" when creating a new action. I was equally surprised to find very little discussion or code postings on the net about this subject.What I did find doesn't work. I was hoping one of the experts on the forum could take a look at the code below and give some direction on how to get it to work.Thanks in advance!!BookmarkCollection bookmarks = document.Bookmarks;for ( int index=0, fromPage=0; index<bookmarks.Count; index++ ){   // determine last page of next part   int toPage = -1;   Bookmark bookmark = null;   if ( index == bookmarks.Count-1 )   {      // last bookmark - append all remaining pages      toPage = document.Pages.Count;   }   else   {      // not the last bookmark - append up to the next bookmark      bookmark = bookmarks[index+1];      GoToAction action = bookmark.Actions[0] as GoToAction;      if ( null != action )      {         InternalDestination destination = action.Destination as            InternalDestination;         if ( null != destination )         {            toPage = destination.Page.Index;         }      }   }   // create a new part   if ( -1 != toPage && null != bookmark )   {      Document part = new Document();      for ( int pageIndex=fromPage; pageIndex<toPage; pageIndex++ )      {         part.Pages.Add( document.Pages[pageIndex].Clone() );      }      using ( FileStream fileOut = new FileStream(         bookmark.Title + ".pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write ) )      {         part.Write( fileOut );      }      fromPage = toPage;   }}

Thom Parker · Accepted Answer

Hello Thom!Thank you for explaining about the assumptions and what to consider.............In this case the bookmarks are intended only to be used for Identifying the first page in a rang of pages and for the spilt/extracted file naming.The code you provided is splitting the pages correctly but the naming of the extracted files are not of their respective Bookmark names but of the file name and base numbering.I've tried a few attempts to modify the code with no good results.Thanks again for any help!!!!!oDoc = this;bkTrgt = []this.bookmarkRoot.children.forEach(function(a){a.execute();bkTrgt.push(pageNum);})bkTrgt.forEach(function(a,i,k){oDoc.extractPages(k,((i+1)<k.length)?k[i+1]-1:oDoc.numPages-1,oDoc.documentFileName.replace(/\./,i+"."));})Opps , missed that part, well here is an update,bkTrgt.forEach(function(a,i,k){oDoc.extractPages(k,((i+1)<k.length)?k[i+1]-1:oDoc.numPages-1,oDoc.bookmarkRoot.children.name + ".pdf"}) The bookmarks children have exactly the same indexes as the page numbers in the array, so I just changed the code the get the save file name from the bookmark name at the index that is being operated on..

Joel Geraci · Answer

The built-in Split function will split files based on top level bookmarks and can be run against multiple files as though it were being initiated from an Action. Unless there is something you're leaving out of your question, there's no need to create an Action to do this.

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