Duplicate page

[ILWT]

Hi!

I need to make an action which duplicates page 1, 8 times in a 3 page pdf. I have found some scripts, but I can’t make them work. Can someone help me with some java that will work with action wizard? ( I don’t know much about java scripting, normally I just copy/paste scripts.)

[try67]

This code duplicates the first page. Run it 8 times to get 8 copies...

this.insertPages ({
    nPage: -1,
    cPath: this.path,
    nStart: 0
});

[ILWT]

Thanks
How do I set it to do it 8 times?

[try67]

Either duplicate the code eight times (ugly) or use a for-loop from 1 to 8

and put the code in it.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:43 PM, ingerlouiset <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[ILWT]

I would prefer not to duplicate the code 8 times... could you you ad the for-loop to the code?

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Sure.

for (var i=1; i<=8; i++) {
    this.insertPages ({ 
        nPage: -1, 
        cPath: this.path, 
        nStart: 0 
    }); 
}

[ILWT]

Thank you SO much

[ILWT]

Hi again.
Unfortunately, the script only worked twice. The third time I used it, it only made one page instead of 7. I adjusted the script a bit, but it still worked - well at least twice.

for (var i=1; i<=7; i++) { 

    this.insertPages ({  

        nPage: -1,  

        cPath: this.path,  

        nStart: 1  

    });  

} 

[try67]

Why did you change the nStart parameter to 1? Do you want to duplicate the second page? If so, then you would need to adjust more things, because after the first run the second page is not the third, so you'll be duplicating the (previously) first page in the next iteration...

[ILWT]

Yes, it was the second page I needed to duplicate instead.
The strange thing is that the changed script works on a colleagues computer and at home, but not at work.
The script from friday (unchanged) is not working any longer. It's only making one copy of the first page.

[try67]

Are you sure you're executing the full code? You need to select it all before running it, if you're using the JS console.

[ILWT]

Yes I am. I have tried it on several computers, Acrobat DC/XI. For some reason the script is not working on my work station, but on all my colleagues computers. I just have to run a modified script on my computer.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Are you getting any error messages on the console? What is the script you are running now (after making the adjustment for the now changing source page number)?

[ILWT]

No error. It just duplicates page 2 one time and that's it.

This is the script:

for (var i=1; i<=7; i++) {

    this.insertPages ({

        nPage: 0,

        cPath: this.path,

        nStart: 1

    });

}

[ILWT]

I have now been working on a different document, with a slightly modified script. one page, duplicated 6 times (then the 6 pages are cropped into 6 different page sizes, haven't mentioned it before) and saved. Exactly like the 8 paged document, only this one was a native one paged document.
I ran it through several times, checking that the pages were cropped into the right sizes. Suddenly the same error: makes only one copy instead of 6 pages.

for (var i=1; i<=6; i++) { 

    this.insertPages ({  

        nPage: -1,  

        cPath: this.path, 

        nStart: 0  

    });  

}