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Acrobat Javascript - Extract Pages with Different file names

Community Beginner ,
Jan 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024

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Hi, I have an Action that I have been running and hoping to simplify so it can be shared with others on my team. I have an action that creates a temp file and then extracts pages and gives them a file name in a designated folder. The Action currently has a separate entry for Javascript to extract the five pages and works. I am hoping to get this to one so I can set the output folder as a variable and quickly update this for each member of the team. 

this.extractPages({nStart:0, nEnd:1, cPath: "C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/form name 5.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:2, cPath: "C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/form name 4.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:5, cPath: "C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/form name 3.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:6, cPath: "C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/form name 1.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:4, cPath: "C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/form name 2.pdf"});

What I was trying to do was define a variable with the folder name and then call that in the cPath: 

var RenamedFolder = C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/;
this.extractPages({nStart:0, nEnd:1, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form name 2.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:2, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form name 1.pdf"});

I am very new to Javascript and am kind of learning as I go. Is this possible? Or is there a better way to simplify this Action? 

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Jan 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024

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I made a few edits and am seeing some odd behavior. This script worked one time but then gave an error when trying it again. 

var RenamedFolder = "C:/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/";
this.extractPages({nStart:0, nEnd:1, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form1.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:2, nEnd:2, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form2.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:5, nEnd:5, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form3.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:6, nEnd:6, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form4.pdf"});
this.extractPages({nStart:4, nEnd:4, cPath: RenamedFolder + "form5.pdf"});

When I run in the debugger, this is the error. 

Exception in line 1 of function top_level, script Console:Exec

NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to this property or method.
Doc.extractPages:1:Console undefined:Exec

undefined

Again, the script worked one time but then started giving this error when I tested it a second time. 

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Jan 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024

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The syntax for the folder is not quite correct. It should be:

var RenamedFolder = "/C/Users/user/Downloads/Folder/Renamed/";

If it's still giving you the same error message it probably means the file is protected or digitally signed, so you can't export pages from it.

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Jan 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024

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Thanks for the help. I'm not sure why but restarting Acroabt resolved the security errors and the script is running perfectly now. 

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