Title of Dialog not displaying

[Robert Ooley]

Hi Everyone...

Using the AcroDialog tool on Thom Parker's site....what a great tool...

I used the simple dialog that loads up with the tool.

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Acrobat JavaScript Dialog
//

var oJSDlg = {
initialize:function(dialog){
},
validate:function(dialog){
var bRtn = true;
var oRslt = dialog.store();
return bRtn;
},
commit:function(dialog){
var oRslt = dialog.store();
},
description:{
name:"Dialog Box",
elements:[{type:"view",elements:[
{
type:"static_text",
item_id:"Sta1",
name:"Insert Dialog Elements Here",
},
{
type:"ok_cancel",
},
]}]
}
}

if("ok"==app.execDialog(oJSDlg))
{
}

It runs and displays the dialog...but for some reason, the name:"Dialog Box", of the dialog does not display. Instead, a "JavaScript Window" label does...

What am I not getting?

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

Adobe is very security concious. I think some time around Acrobat 8 or 9 they added anti-spoofing warnings to all the popup dialogs that are executed from a non-privileged context. Which also means the Title doesn't get displayed.  At some point, both the title and the warning message were displayed, but now it's just the warning 😞 

To get rid of the warnings and display the title the code must be run from a privileged context. If this is an automation script, then use a trusted function. Otherwise you'll need to use one of the other trust mechanisms, or just live with the warning. 

You can read all about trust and privilege here:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Trust-and-Privilege-in-Acrobat-Scripts.cfm

[Robert Ooley]

Thanks, Thom.

As a line in a well-known movie says "Am I reaching for the stars here?"...

I'll have to live with the warning as it will take an act of God to get privileged scripts propagated to the user level.

[try67]

It's not documented but it will only show if you run the code from a privileged context, such as a trusted function in an app-level script. Annoying, right? And that's on top of that super-annoying warning red text at the bottom of the dialog (which will also disappear if you run it from that context, by the way).

[Robert Ooley]

Thanks, try67...

Yes, a newbie, I'm finding these things out...

Thank you for thinking about my issues and guiding me....very much appreciated!

[radzmar · Accepted solution]

Thom's sample works as expected. For security reasons you'll get noticed when a dialog windows is created by JavaScript from an untrusted environment like a button in the form. Only if execute this script from a trusted environment like the JavaScript console or a folder level script, you will see get a dialog without any warning.

[Robert Ooley]

radzmar...

yeah. Bummer right!