Thank you both.
I finally got the posted script to run, only to find it created a 'dialog balloon' icon, that when clicked on, revealed the text in Arial format. So I've decided to try the text box approach.
The script I've come up with fails with the same error as before, doesn't understand the 'do script' message.
I've pasted the Clipboard into the debugger, and added 'var f ' in front, and the error I eventually get is that it needs a Doc set, which I don't know how to do, despite researching 'Doc'. I'm presuming that means the script should be OK, but why don't it work? I'm hopeless at JavaScript, so any advice is greatly appreciated.
I would also like to make sure I'm using the correct font name, by following this procedure below, but can't work out how to name a text box 'Text1'. Any help on this as well, please? I've tried all sorts of things, but no explanation tells me how to name a text box in Acrobat Pro DC! Is it possible to address the text field by a number?
Thanks in advance,
Santa
To find the PDSysFont font name of a font:
1.Create a text field in a PDF document. Using the UI, set the text font for this field to the desired font.
2.Open the JavaScript Debugger Console and execute the script
this.getField("Text1").textFont
The above code assumes the name of the field is Text1.
3.The string returned to the console is the font name needed to programmatically set the text font.
tell application "Adobe Acrobat"
activate
set p to 1
tell document 1
tell page 1
set cbox to {}
if cbox = {} then set cbox to crop box
if cbox = {} then set cbox to bounds
if cbox = {} then set cbox to media box
if cbox = {} then set cbox to art box
if cbox = {} then set cbox to trim box
if cbox = {} then set cbox to bleed box
set p to 4
set pageTop to (item 2 of cbox) + 36
set p to 5
set item 2 of cbox to pageTop
set p to 6
set pageBottom to (item 4 of cbox)
set p to 7
set item 4 of cbox to pageBottom
set p to 8
set bounds to cbox
set p to 9
set media box to cbox
set p to 10
set crop box to cbox
set p to 11
set trim box to cbox
set p to 12
set bleed box to cbox
set p to 13
set art box to cbox
set p to 14
set theNewString to ((character id 209) & "this is a test" & (character id 211) as text)
#
# values are Text, Font, Font Size, Start Page, End Page, Text type?, Horizontal Alignment, Vertical Offset, Horizontal Offset, Vertical Height, Rotation, Current Page
set p to 15
set theResult1 to my Add_WaterMarkText(theNewString, "MRVCode128bXSA", 16, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 10, 0, 0, 1)
try
do script theResult1
on error errmsg
display dialog errmsg
end try
end tell
end tell
end tell
# This handler uses Java Script
#
on Add_WaterMarkText(cText, cFont, nFontSize, nS, nE, nTA, nHorizontalAlignment, nVerticalAlignment, nHorizontalValue, nVerticalValue, nR, currentPage)
set Params to "page:" & currentPage - 1 & ", " & return
# set Params to Params & "type:\"" & "Text" & "\"," & return
set Params to Params & "richText:true," & return
set Params to Params & "value:\"" & cText & "\"," & return
set Params to Params & "textFont:\"" & cFont & "\"," & return
set Params to Params & "textSize:" & nFontSize & "," & return
set Params to Params & "rect:[100, 472, 272, 400]," & return
set Params to Params & "alignment:\"" & "Left" & "\"," & return
set Params to Params & "UserName:\"" & "Text1" & "\"," & return
set Params to Params & "multiline:false," & return
set Params to Params & "lineWidth:0," & return
# set Params to Params & "display:display.visible," & return
set Params to Params & "textColor:color.black," & return
set javaScript to "this.addField({" & Params & "});"
set the clipboard to javaScript
return javaScript
end Add_WaterMarkText
The Cipboard...
this.addField({page:0,
richText:true,
value:"Ñthis is a testÓ",
textFont:"MRV Code128bXSA regular",
textSize:16,
rect:[100, 472, 272, 400],
alignment:"Left",
UserName:"Text1",
multiline:false,
lineWidth:0,
textColor:color.black,
});
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