migrating javascript code across multiple documents

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October 22, 2025
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Hi Everyone,

"Bottle to the Sea" we work on a "big" project of a pdf form with significant javascript.

the template and all fields are 'locked', we have got the document translated in multiple languages.

We continued to develop the code in parallel to the translations happening.

The Challenge we face is to "copy" the code from one document to all the different version in different languages.

We had hoped that simply opening "all Javascrip Strings" in a text editor and pasting the final version of the code would allow us htat final update.

Unfortunately seems that Acrobat massively struggles with this approach (code actually does not copy properly)

Any idea or advice ?

Thom Parker

Community Expert

If all you are changing is the page text and graphics, and the layout for fields remains the same, then creating a separate update PDF and then performing a replace pages on the PDF with all the scripts and fields is a good strategy. If you have page templates, then this method can be a bit tricky, since the templates need to be unhidden in the correct order to match the udpate PDF. In fact, this could all be automated with a script.

Another strategy is to create a plug-in that either copies scripts from one doc to another.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

PDF Automation Station

Community Expert

An easier approach would be to "Replace pages" and then "Save As". Replace pages only replaces the graphic content and text, not the scripts or form fields.

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