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Nick Riviera
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September 11, 2023
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auto load output preview

  • September 11, 2023
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Is there any method so when I open acrobat, the window Output Preview/Show: RGB automatically start?

for example, I use this code for pitstop app.execMenuItem("FICL:PitStop_PitStop_MenuItem_ActionListPanel_PITSTOP");,

I tried this "app.execMenuItem('OutputPreview')" but doesn't  work...

Thank you

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    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    September 11, 2023

    There are two reasons that running that menu item at startup will not work. 

     1. All menu item execution from JavaScript is blocked, except for those items that are Whitelisted

    https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/AppSec/javascript.html?highlight=menu#disabling-menu-invoked-js

     

    You can add the menu item you want to run to this list.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat
                           \<version number>\FeatureLockDown\cDefaultExecMenuItems

     

    2. It is uncertain in a folder level script at strartup how much of the Acrobat UI is setup and which plug-ins are loaded. It might be that Pitstop or Acrobat is just not ready.  

    One solution is to setup a trusted function that executes this menu item, then create an interval timer to test the plug-in list and run the function if Pitstop is loaded. 

     

     

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