Folder content list

[jeremy0013]

hello all. I'm trying to automate some of my systems and wanted to ask if anyone knows of a way to populate a form with a folders contents.  I'm trying to make a list of print files from this folder to print on a zebra label.  Any help would be appreciated.

[Test Screen Name]

This could not be done in pure JavaScript. It woul need to be an external app.

[jeremy0013]

Thanks test. Don't know where to start in this one. I know you can get a list in a browser, say Firefox. But the formatting is needs to be specific to fit on the print area. I will keep researching.

[try67]

Don't waster your time. You can't do it in a PDF, unless the user has Acrobat Pro and runs an Action on the folder that saves the file names in it, and even then it will only record PDF files.

[jeremy0013]

Exsactly what I need. User has pro. And pdf is all I use.

[try67]

In that case it can be done, but they will need to install (or create) an Action with specific code, run it on their files, and then you could use another code to read the file-paths collected by that Action and populate it into your text field.

Note that the list will not reflect any changes in the folder, unless you re-run the Action on it. Not even when the file is re-loaded.

[jeremy0013]

Good to know. Still a ways to go but this at least points me in the right direction. Thanks T.