Extract script does nothing in Reader

Question

Ok so I was looking around and I found this:

var newDoc = this.extractPages(this.numPages-1);

Tried it in Acrobat (Mouse UP button event) and it worked but it did nothing in Reader DC.

Am I missing something here?

I am trying to allow those without Acrobat to extract the page and save it so they can email it. I saw another to directly attach it to email but my company only utilizes the webmail than an actual client.

Anyway I can actually get this to work?

gkaiseril · Accepted Answer

As shown in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference extractPages method is not available to Reader, the "X" in the fourth column, Availability, indicate not allowed or available to Reader.

Test Screen Name · Answer

Adobe don’t want people without Acrobat to do this; the status of this is per the JavaScript API documentation. You can think of the API as chiefly a marketing tool for Acrobat.

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