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Unable to delete pages

  • June 18, 2020
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Hello together.

 

I created a form with several pages. The first two pages are the completion instruction. Now I created a button on the first page to delete the first two pages.

In the properties of the button: Action - release mouse button - execute javascript: this.deletePages({nStart: 0; nEnd: 1});

In Acrobat Pro it works properly. In Acrobat Reader DC nothing happens.

I also tried to transfer the delete command into a document script and call this function with the button click, but nothing changed.

Can someone tell me what the problem is?

Thanks in advance.

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    Correct answer JR Boulay

    You should remove these lines that are useless here:

    this.calculate = false;

    …

    this.calculate = true;
    this.calculateNow();

     

     

    You should use these lines instead:

    this.delay = true;

    …

    this.delay = false;

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 19, 2020

    You should remove these lines that are useless here:

    this.calculate = false;

    …

    this.calculate = true;
    this.calculateNow();

     

     

    You should use these lines instead:

    this.delay = true;

    …

    this.delay = false;

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
      JR Boulay
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      JR BoulayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2020

      "where can I find 'Document open'?"

       

      Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
        uweb40795041
        uweb40795041Author
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        June 19, 2020

        Following your instruction, I get the displayed window. Here I can create my own scripts. But I have no 'Document open' script. Should I create it myself?

          Bernd Alheit
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          Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 19, 2020

          Create a function, remove the function definition, and enter your code.

            JR Boulay
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            JR BoulayCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            June 18, 2020

            Acrobat Reader cannot delete pages, even with Extended Rights enabled.

            But this is only true for "real" pages.
            If these are pages which have been spawned from a hidden Template Acrobat Reader agrees to delete them.

            So the solution is to transform your pages into hidden Templates and spawn a page from each.
            So the user of Acrobat Reader can delete them on demand.

             

            Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
              uweb40795041
              uweb40795041Author
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              June 19, 2020

              Hello and thanks for the prompt answers.

              @ BarleaDC: Bernd is wright. CHanging the rights does not works.

              @ JR_Boulay: In principle it works. Thanks. I turned the first two pages into templates and hid them.
              Page 3 got from me as page properties - Actions - Open page - the script to spawn the templates. This works too.
              But if I now delete the instructions with the button, it works, but afterwards the instructions are spawned again.

              What is wrong?

              Script:

              var expTplt1 = getTemplate('Instruction1');
              var expTplt2 = getTemplate('Instruction2');
              this.calculate = false;
              expTplt2.spawn(0,true,false);
              expTplt1.spawn(0,true,false);
              this.calculate = true;
              this.calculateNow();

               

              Thanks in advance
               

                Bernd Alheit
                Community Expert
                Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                June 19, 2020

                Use the script at "Document Open", not "Page Open".

                  BarlaeDC
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                  BarlaeDCCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  June 18, 2020

                  Hi,

                  For this to work in Acrobat Reader, you need to have enabled form rights ( from the documentation )

                  The property or method is allowed in Acrobat Professional and Acrobat Standard. It can be accessed in Adobe Reader (version 5.1 or later) depending on additional usage rights that have been applied to the document:

                  • ●  F — Requires forms rights

                   

                  you can try and enable this by selecting File -> Save As Other -> Reader Extend PDF.

                   

                  Apparently I am incorrect, that will teach me to believe the documentation.

                   

                  Regards

                   

                  Malcolm

                    Bernd Alheit
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                    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
                    Community Expert
                    June 18, 2020

                    This adds only form save rights, not the whole form rights.

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