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Mon31895094gk7b
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October 5, 2023
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Making search field in the pdf

  • October 5, 2023
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Hi everyone,

 

Is it even possible to create a search box where I can type in then it will display the results.

 

Thank you 🙂

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 12, 2023

    You should use this tuto:

    https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/custom-document-search-using-javascript

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    try67
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    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 5, 2023

    Search of what, exactly? The file's static contents? If so, it can be done, but only through a script that either searches the file itself or opens the Advanced Search dialog and runs a search through it.

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    Mon31895094gk7bAuthor
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    October 6, 2023

    It's like there's a bunch of data, and I want the user to just type in the text field I guess then click a search button, it will display the data the user was looking for. I hope you do understand my objective. And, I know the advanced search dialog, I preferred not to use it. Thank you.

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 6, 2023

    What kind of "data"? Where is it saved in the PDF file? How should it be searched? How should the results be presented? A lot of info is missing there...

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