Open excel file with a click of a button in PDF

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 13, 2025
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Hi, I have created a button, to trigger it to run a javascript code, to launch excel file.

My java code as below:

var filePath = "file:///C:/Path/To/Your/File.xlsx";
app.launchURL(filePath, true);

The problem is, it wont open the excel file.

Is my code is correct? Anything that I miss out?

Thanks in advance

try67

Community Expert

To be able to do it you must attach the Excel file to the PDF, then use a script to open it.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

No, it won't work. Did you look in the Console Window (Ctrl-J) to see the reported error?

Acrobat is sandboxed. Meaning that scripts in a PDF operate only in the PDF/Acrobat enviroment, NO touching things on the users local system, unless specific security measures are taken. And even then, there are limitations in the API.

Read this:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Trust-and-Privilege-in-Acrobat-Scripts.cfm

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

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