global.subscribe at folder-level script

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
July 15, 2025
4 replies
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i try for test

global.radius=2;
global.subscribe("radius", RadiusChanged);
function RadiusChanged(x)  
{
   app.alert(x);
}

i have

Exception in line 2 of function top_level, script Folder-Level:App:test.js

GeneralError: Operation failed.
Global.subscribe:2:Folder-Level:App:test.js

whats wrong ?

JavaScript

Correct answer PDF Automation Station

global.subscribe("radius", RadiusChanged); must be declared from an open document. You get an error in a folder level script because it runs before a document is open. Remove it from the folder level script and put it in a document level script.

PDF Automation Station

Correct answer

Community Expert

global.subscribe("radius", RadiusChanged); must be declared from an open document. You get an error in a folder level script because it runs before a document is open. Remove it from the folder level script and put it in a document level script.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

RadiusChanged is not defined

try67

Community Expert

That shouldn't matter. It appears like that in the Reference and it works from the Console, just not from a folder-level script, not even if you place it in a trusted function. It seems it can't be used in that way.