How do I import an interactive stamp from Bluebeam into Acrobat?

[Tarok Sawicz]

I have (somehow...) modified an interactive stamp in Bluebeam and it has been working brilliantly for stamping invoice approvals in Bluebeam that opens a window to input some information and also the date the stamp is applied and the user ID automatically. I have been asked to share the stamp with others in the company but they use Acrobat and I have not been able to find out what exactly I need to do to modify the javascript to make it work properly in Adobe as well. I am new to this forum and fairly inexperienced with Adobe but any guidance would be greatly appreciated. I have attached the stamp file that I exported from Bluebeam, if needed, thanks.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

The dialog in the stamp works fine in Acrobat if you place it in the Stamps folder, but the dimensions of it are off, because the page is not properly cropped. Either crop it manually, or re-create the stamp and copy over the code and fields to it.

The place to put it (if you're on a Windows machine) is:

C:\Users\<USER NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\<VERSION NUMBER>\Stamps

[Joel Geraci]

The stamp is all annotations and no page content. What you have now will never work in Acrobat as a stamp.

[try67]

It doesn't matter they are annotations. It all gets flattened when the stamp is applied anyway. It will still function as a stamp, and there are form fields in it and a script that works as well... It did for me, at least. The issue is with the page size. See my reply below.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

The dialog in the stamp works fine in Acrobat if you place it in the Stamps folder, but the dimensions of it are off, because the page is not properly cropped. Either crop it manually, or re-create the stamp and copy over the code and fields to it.

The place to put it (if you're on a Windows machine) is:

C:\Users\<USER NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\<VERSION NUMBER>\Stamps

[Tarok Sawicz]

Thanks for the information, I have cropped it and I think it's right now and I have also saved it in the location you noted. It seems to be working mostly but I have 2 things that aren't quite right:

1. The name is not what I want to identify it with because it appears as Submittal Project in my stamp list but I want it to show as Invoice Approval and when I try to rename it or move it in the Stamp Manager, it reverts back to a static stamp

2. The date doesn't auto populate for the date the stamp is applied and I would like to have the stamp applier ID (name) automatically applied. I have attached the modified stamp here as well, thanks so much for your help.

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

First, never use the Stamp Manager for anything. It's worthless. 

Open the stamp file

The Title property is the stamp category.

The stamp name is part of the template name.  In the "Organize Pages" tools, select the "More..." dropdown menu, and then Page Templates. 

Change the name here, but only the portion after the "=" symbol.

 

[Tarok Sawicz]

Brilliant, thank you so much Thom!

[Thom Parker]

You'll need to modify the stamp file. Read this article:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Bluebeam-Stamps.cfm

[Tarok Sawicz]

Thank you Thom, your input is greatly appreciated. I did review the article but I couldn't figure out what I needed to change. I am far from any kind of an expert in this area and appreciate you taking your time to offer assistance to me.