How to automatically show filename in Acrobat DC header

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November 3, 2020
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Hi,

I need to show the name of the file in the document header. I found a script for that purpose for the reader but for a professional product I think there should be a builtin way of grabbing the filename for the header as a default. Unfortunately I could not find the internal names of the properties. Can anyone help?

Thanks.

Susanne

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try67

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You have to use a script to do it, but it's very simple. Create a (read-only) text field called "FileName" and add the following code under Tools - JavaScript - Document JavaScripts (NOT inside a function):

this.getField("FileName").value = this.documentFileName;

Of course, the file name also appears in the title of the application window (unless there's a title and it is set to show that instead), but you seem to want it to appear on the page itself, too...