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syntaxerror:illegal XML character 1:

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
October 14, 2018
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Could someone please assist. I am getting a syntaxerror:illegal XML character 1: at line two on the following script:

var oMyDoc = <... PDF being operated on ...>

app.execMenuItem("Save", oMyDoc) ;

Thankyou in advance

Acrobat SDK and JavaScript

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try67

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Change the first line to:

var oMyDoc = this;

On Sun, Oct 14, 2018, 07:47 annemariep67945361 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

annemariep67945361Author

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Thankyou for your response, unfortunately it hasn't worked. Thank you anyway, it's appreciated

try67

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I should have looked better at what you're trying to do... First of all, the "Save" command will not work like that. You can use "SaveAs", but to silently save the file you will have to install a script on the computer itself.

In addition, the execMenuItem command only takes one parameter, so the second one should be removed either way.

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George_Johnson

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Well, it could actually have something to do with the first line, and without seeing it all, it's hard to say.

annemariep67945361Author

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Hi George,

Thankyou for your response. The script in total (line one and two) is:

var oMyDoc = <... PDF being operated on ...>

app.execMenuItem("Save", oMyDoc) ;

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George_Johnson

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In that case, the problem is what comes after the equals sign on the first line. Do you have reason to believe it or the second line is correct? It would help if you provide more details about what you're trying to accomplish, apart from "I want to save the current document".

Note that the "Save" menu item cannot be invoked with app.execMenuItem. More info is available in the documentation for app.execMenuItem: Acrobat DC SDK Documentation

so you might want to look into using the doc.saveAs method: https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-save-pdf-acrobat-javascript

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