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September 20, 2017
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I'm fooling around with document-level actions and can't seem to get it working. Below is my code:

var didSave = function()
{
   console.println("saved!");
};
this.setAction("DidSave", didSave);

This is the error that I get in the console:

TypeError: this.setAction is not a function

47:Folder-Level:App:will_save.js

Using Acrobat X Standard. Any help you can provide is appreciated!

Acrobat SDK and JavaScript

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The folder level JavaScript is executed when Acrobat starts, when no documents are open. This is true even if you have double clicked to open a file; Acrobat starts first, then it opens the file. Later it may open more, without Acrobat starting again. Hence in your code "this", whatever it might be, cannot be a document...

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The folder level JavaScript is executed when Acrobat starts, when no documents are open. This is true even if you have double clicked to open a file; Acrobat starts first, then it opens the file. Later it may open more, without Acrobat starting again. Hence in your code "this", whatever it might be, cannot be a document...

four80eastfanAuthor

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Ah gotcha. So is there no way to code it so that the above code executes without a user having to interact with a separate button or something? The end goal is: open a document, make a change, hit save, and after hitting save the above code executes.

try67

Community Expert

No. You could run an Action on all of your files to embed this code in

them, but you can't do it at the app level for any file that is opened in

it.

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:25 AM, four80eastfan <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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What context is your code used? Have you confirmed that in this context you can use the "this" object?

four80eastfanAuthor

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Thanks for the reply. This code is the sole code that I have and the file resides the the Javascripts folder. The error shows up in the console when I open the document.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

First open the document then use this.setAction(...);

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