Custom dialog initialisation help please...

[Nick5E79]

Hi there,

I'm having trouble with passing the information returned from a app.browseForDoc within a custom dialog. The app.browseForDoc is assigned to a button, which triggers ok, however I'm encountering 'undefined' when I try to get the filename or file path of the file selected.

I think it's the way I'm initialising the variable used to store and return the info from the app.browseForDoc. I've tried initialising 'baseFile' in a few different ways but I'm still having problems.

Please can someone help me.

Thanks in advance.

Here's my code so far:

var oDlg = {
	strName: "", initialize: function(dialog) { 
	    dialog.load({"usnm":this.strName}, this.baseFile = ""); },
        commit: function(dialog) { 
              var data = dialog.store();
              this.strName = data[ "usnm"];
    	      var baseFile = dialog.store();
              this.baseFile = data[ "baseFile"];
      	  },
		butn: app.trustedFunction(function(dialog) {
        	app.beginPriv();
        	  var baseFile = app.browseForDoc();
    	    app.endPriv();
			}),
        description: { name: "Test Dialog", elements: [
        	{ type: "view", elements: [
    	    	{ type: "button", item_id: "butn", name: "Select 1st pdf"},
        		{ name: "Enter no. of files:", type: "static_text", },
				{ item_id: "usnm", type: "edit_text", char_width: 15 },
				{ type: "ok_cancel", },
			] },
		] }
};

// Dialog Activation 
oDlg.strName = "765"; // Enter a default value of files to process 
if( "ok" == app.execDialog(oDlg)) { 
    console.println("Number of files to process: " + oDlg.strName);
    console.println("Selected base file: " + oDlg.baseFile);  
}

[try67]

The trusted function can't be a part of the dialog object. You have to create it separately and place it inside of a .js file in the application's Javascripts folder, and then just call it from the dialog. Also, it needs to return a value if you want to use it later on in your code.

[try67]

Also, baseFile is a variable, not a field, so you can't assign a value to it like this:

this.baseFile = data[ "baseFile"];

You need to assign to it the return value of the call to the trusted function that calls browseForDoc.

[Nick5E79]

Hi Try67,

Thanks for all the help.

If I'm aiming for the finished item to be a custom menu item can the trusted function, and code for the rest of the process, be in the same .js file or does the trusted function need to be separate?

Also, I've created a custom menu item in the past and wondered is there a way the code for the .js can be edited and any changes carried through to Acrobat without having to restart the app?

Thanks again for the help 🙂

[try67]

If you put it all in a folder-level script that can work, but you would have to place it in all in a function, or it will run at the moment the application opens.

I would still recommend splitting the trusted function from the rest of it.

And no, after each change to the .js file you must restart the application for it to take effect.

[Nick5E79]

Thanks again for the help and clarification on the best approach.

I'll do as you've suggested and split out the trusted function.

Cheers!