Here's a revised script that you can place in a folder-level JavaScript file that adds a new menu item (Edit > Comments Report) to the Edit menu. I changed the date/time format of the original to something less wordy, added some page sizes/orientations to select from, and included a variable for the reverse sort (bReverseSort) parameter. Instructions for installing a folder-level JavaScript file can be found here:
// Install this JavaScript file in the user JavaScript folder, which is given by:
//
// app.getPath("user", "javascript");
//
// in Acrobat's interactive JavaScript console: Ctrl + J
// Place the cursor on the line of code and press: Ctrl/Cmd + Enter -or- Enter on the numeric keypad
//
// Add a separator bar at the end of the Edit menu
app.addMenuItem({
cName: "-",
cParent: "Edit",
cExec: " "
});
// Add a menu item for the comments report function
app.addMenuItem({
cName: "AS_comments_report",
cUser: "Comments Report",
cParent: "Edit",
cExec: "AS_comments_report(this);",
cEnable: "event.rc = app.doc;"
});
AS_comments_report = app.trustedFunction (function (doc) {
if (app.viewerType === "Reader") {
app.beginPriv();
app.alert({
cMsg: "This comment report utility cannot be used with Adobe Reader. It requires Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Standard.",
nIcon: 1, // Warning
cTitle: "Acrobat required"
});
app.endPriv();
return;
}
// Prompt the user for the sorting type
var aSortTypes = [];
aSortTypes.push({cName: "Select a sort type below", bEnabled: false});
aSortTypes.push({cName: "-"});
aSortTypes.push({cName: "None", cReturn: ANSB_None});
aSortTypes.push({cName: "Page #", cReturn: ANSB_Page});
aSortTypes.push({cName: "Author", cReturn: ANSB_Author});
aSortTypes.push({cName: "Date", cReturn: ANSB_ModDate});
aSortTypes.push({cName: "Type", cReturn: ANSB_Type});
var nSortType = app.popUpMenuEx.apply(app, aSortTypes) || ANSB_None;
// Change to true to reverse the sort order
var bReverseOrder = false;
// Specify some page sizes
var PageSize = {
letter_portrait: [0, 11 * 72, 8.5 * 72, 0],
letter_landscape: [0, 8.5 * 72, 11 * 72, 0],
legal_portrait: [0, 14 * 72, 8.5 * 72, 0],
legal_landscape: [0, 8.5 * 72, 14 * 72, 0],
A4_portrait: [0, 11.69 * 72, 8.27 * 72, 0],
A4_landscape: [0, 8.27 * 72, 11.69 * 72, 0]
};
doc.syncAnnotScan();
var a = doc.getAnnots({nSortBy: nSortType, bReverse: bReverseOrder});
if (a) {
var rep = new Report(PageSize.letter_portrait);
rep.size = 1.8;
rep.color = color.blue;
rep.writeText("Summary of Comments for " + doc.documentFileName);
rep.color = color.black;
rep.writeText(" ");
rep.size = 1.2;
rep.writeText("Total of " + a.length + " comments in this file");
rep.writeText(" ");
rep.writeText(" ");
rep.indent(20);
var msg = "\200 page %s by %s on %s";
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
rep.writeText(" ");
rep.writeText(util.printf(msg, 1 + a.page, a.author, util.printd("yyyy/mm/dd HH:MM:ss", a.creationDate)));
rep.indent(20);
rep.writeText(a.contents);
rep.outdent(20);
}
var docReport = rep.open("commentSummary.pdf");
docReport.info.Title = "Comments Summary for " + doc.documentFileName;
}
});
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