how to open a pdf at a page by a given 'bates number' or 'logical pagenumber'

[masa_slm]

I try to open a PDF with the commandline. Everything works fine when I use the given parameter out of the document https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf

But my pagenumbers look like "1.10" on page 15 or "R3" on page 107 (e.g.)

Do I have a possibility to open the document with acrobat reader by this special 'page name'?

I even tried to open a bookmark by this value, but had no luck.

[Test Screen Name]

No, none of the things you identify are a page number. You can use a named destination however. This is NOT the same as any of those things either.

[masa_slm]

'nameddest' didn't work either.

But I found out, that the value, mentioned above, is called 'logical page number'.

When I open the document with AcrobatReader, I have the possibility to type this logical page number into the editable page field to jump to the right page.

....but not with command line.

[Test Screen Name]

Did you make a named destination in the file?

[haj_dev]

The question here is "how to open a page at a logical page number". I've had the same issue but haven't been able to solve it yet.

What masa_slm means by a logical page number is the following (highlighted):

I've tried using the following calls but none of them work:

• example.org/doc.pdf#nameddest=R5
• example.org/doc.pdf#page=R5
• example.org/doc.pdf#bookmark=R5
• example.org/doc.pdf#R5

Does anyone have any idea how a logical page number can be used to open a PDF at its relative page number?

[try67]

This can probably be achieved with a script, but only if the file is opened inside the browser and using the Adobe plugin.

For example, I've created a tool that allows you to open the file to a specific bookmark name, even though it's not a part of the Open Parameters spec: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Link to a Specific Bookmark in a PDF

[haj_dev]

Thanks try67,

from what i understand regarding scripting in PDF you can only execute the script within the PDF itself and not externally over a browser window, is this correct?

[try67]

Not exactly, but more or less. However, the script I've developed resides within the PDF itself and is triggered when it is opened.

[Test Screen Name]

There is nothing in the documentation suggesting you can open at a logical page number. But there IS something saying named destinations worked. This seems a better path to follow, rather than searching for a way to make it perform outside its original design.