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Sebastian26959229q5eu
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November 7, 2022
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Enable javascript for Adobe reader

  • November 7, 2022
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I´m trying to create a PDF with a javascript showing different pages (templates) based on a selection in a dropdown list. This works perfectly fine in my Adobe Acrobat Standard (32-bit) but most of the persons that will use the PDF have Adobe Reader (64-bit), but even though they enable javascript in Prefereces, the javascript does not work (i.e., showing only already visible pages (templates)). 
Please let me know if I can do someting to make this work?

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Correct answer try67

Thank you. 
Can you give me one example of how that script could look like? For example to spawn and delete one template? 


To spawn a page as the last page of the file:

this.getTemplate("Template1").spawn(this.numPages-1, false, false);

To delete the last page of the file:

this.deletePages(this.numPages-1,this.numPages-1);

You should really read the documentation of these methods, though, to know what all the parameters mean.

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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November 7, 2022

What script does you use?

Does you spawn template pages?

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Sebastian26959229q5euAuthor
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November 7, 2022

This is the script (not spawning templates) which works perfectly fine in Adobe Standard: 

this.getTemplate("page 9 P&ID Compact" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 10 P&ID CF" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 11 P&ID Std" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 12 3D Compact" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 13 3D CF" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 14 3D CF" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 15 3D Std" ).hidden = true;
this.getTemplate("page 16 3D Std" ).hidden = true;

if(event.value=="3.2 Compact")
{
this.getTemplate("page 9 P&ID Compact").hidden=false;
this.getTemplate("page 12 3D Compact" ).hidden=false;
}

if(event.value=="3.2 Compact Flex")
{
this.getTemplate("page 10 P&ID CF").hidden=false;;
this.getTemplate("page 13 3D CF").hidden=false;;
this.getTemplate("page 14 3D CF").hidden=false;;
}

if(event.value=="3.2 Standard")
{
this.getTemplate("page 11 P&ID Std" ).hidden=false;;
this.getTemplate("page 15 3D Std").hidden=false;
this.getTemplate("page 16 3D Std").hidden=false;;
}

 

 

try67
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try67Community Expert
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November 7, 2022

The hidden property of a Template object can't be changed in Reader, only in Acrobat.

If you want to show/hide pages in Reader you must spawn a copy of the Template and then delete that page (using the deletePages method of the Doc object) when you wish to hide it.

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