Use Acrobat Javascript to add button field with action goto a page view

If I run the process for one button then the script is correct. So assume, as all buttons have the same name that the javascript is modified to the last one declared. I will try giving each button an individual name.

I have adjusted the script to point to the physical page, which I confirm with the app.alert(cscript). However when I check the button properties the pageNum has changed and points to the page with the button on it.

Hi

In the document I have, the sections have page numbering depending on the chapter. So the page number mayl be shown as "N-1" and be "N1" within acrobat. So to generate the page link in the script the letter is put in varWord and the number in linkpage. qQuads comes from another script to give the position for the button.

When tested the correct info is shown from

app.alert(pageRef);

eg. "pageNum = N101"

however when I check the button properties the following script is present:

this.pageNum = N2;

I have tried:

f.setAction("MouseUp", "this.pageNum = " +varWord + linkPage + ";");

which also resulted in a javascript beint added to the button.

function addbutton(varWord, thisWord, thisPage, qQuads, NormalPage)

{

// view page to have button added

    this.pageNum = thisPage;

// work Quads of reference

    var sQuads = qQuads.toString();

    var aQuads = sQuads.split(",");

// get page rect dimensions

    var pgRect=this.getPageBox("Crop", thisPage);

    var fldRect=[];

// apply rect to make button dimension to cover width of page and apply offset fix

    pgRect[0] = 0;

    pgRect[1] = +aQuads[5]-234;

    pgRect[2] = +423;

    pgRect[3] = +aQuads[1]-234;

// set up and get page number to link to

    var linkPageVal=thisWord+1;

    var linkPage = this.getPageNthWord(thisPage, linkPageVal);

// confirm the page number to which the button should link

    var pageRef = "pageNum = " +  varWord + linkPage;

    app.alert(pageRef);

// generate cscript for the button

var cscript = "this.pageNum = " +varWord + linkPage + ";";

// place button field and set parameters

    var f = this.addField("actionField", "button", thisPage, pgRect);

    f.setAction("MouseUp", cscript);

    f.delay = false;

    f.fillColor = color.transparent;

    f.buttonSetCaption("");

    f.borderStyle = border.s;

     f.display = display.visible;

    f.lineWidth = 1;

    f.strokeColor = color.black;

    f.highlight = highlight.o;

    f.delay = false;

}

Use something like this:

f.setAction("MouseUp", "this.pageNum = x;");

A script can only apply JavaScript-based actions, but the method you described should have worked just fine... Can you maybe share the code you used to create the buttons? It sounds like you have some issues there.