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ashdflkjh
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March 21, 2016
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Open and close PDF files from a CVS list

  • March 21, 2016
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I would like to perform some actions on a list of files. I have them in a CSV file. I can read it in OK in the Console but cannot open them. The paths are correct, I can open one. But in the loop it does not work. Why?

var oFile = util.readFileIntoStream("/C/test.txt");


var cFile = util.stringFromStream(oFile, "utf-8");






var n = cFile.split(",");






//second part


for (var i in n) {


  var otherDoc = app.openDoc(n);


  otherDoc.closeDoc();


}

undefinedInvalid Location "/D/test.pdf". File or folder does not exist.

NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to this property or method.

App.openDoc:2:Console undefined:Exec

undefined

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Correct answer try67

Thanks, try67‌

//opening directly

var otherDoc = app.openDoc("/C/test/test.pdf");

undefined

//and the file opens

//running this second

var oFile = util.readFileIntoStream("/C/test/test.txt");

var cFile = util.stringFromStream(oFile, "utf-8");

var n = cFile.split("\n");

console.println(n.toSource());["\uFEFF/C/test/test.pdf"]

true

//now running this

for (var i in n) {

  var otherDoc = app.openDoc(n);

  otherDoc.closeDoc();

}Invalid Location "/C/test/test.pdf". File or folder does not exist.

NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to this property or method.

App.openDoc:2:Console undefined:Exec

undefined

//i guess this looks like you are right. then how can i output a list of file and read them back into an array with those breaks removed?


OK, it's actually not a line-break, but something called BOM, which appears as the first character of some UTF-8 text files, especially those created on a Mac.

All you have to do is remove it from the strings. You can use something like this in your loop:

var filePath = n.replace("\uFEFF", "");


var otherDoc = app.openDoc(filePath);

You're benefiting from my experience here because I recently encountered this same issue and it took me several hours of frustration to solve it...

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try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
March 21, 2016

Are you sure the file path is correct?

What happens when you run just this code from the console:

app.openDoc("/D/test.pdf");

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    ashdflkjhAuthor
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    March 21, 2016

    If I run it in a fresh console window it works as a single line. After I try the loop it does not. I thought maybe this is some security restriction on iteration...

    I am generally struggling with accessing files. The idea is to list all files in a directory, then manually remove some files on the list, then perform some operations on the remaining files. If I am missing a better way, I am all ears.

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    ashdflkjhAuthor
    Known Participant
    March 21, 2016

    Here is the evidence try67‌

    var oFile = util.readFileIntoStream("/C/test/test.txt");

    var cFile = util.stringFromStream(oFile, "utf-8");

    var n = cFile.split("\n");

    console.println(n);

    /C/test/test.pdf

    true

    for (var i in n) {

      var otherDoc = app.openDoc(n);

      otherDoc.closeDoc();

    }

    Invalid Location "/C/test/test.pdf". File or folder does not exist.

    NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to this property or method.

    App.openDoc:2:Console undefined:Exec

    undefined

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