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kama999
kama999
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March 22, 2016
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dynamic stamp with an incremental number

  • March 22, 2016
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How to create a dynamic stamp with an incremental number every time I stamp in the PDF. This will be used by only one person and installed on a single computer. Thanks for your help in advance.

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    Thom Parker
    Thom Parker
    Adobe Expert
    December 21, 2017

    A global variable works, but I think a better option is to store the number value in "doc.info", so that last increment is persistent with the document. Meaning the stamp will always start off at the last increment, even when Acrobat is closed and reopened. It also makes it easy for you to set/change the increment by simply editing the values on the "Custom" tab of the Document Properties dialog.

    The stamp script should be something like this:

    event.value = ++event.source.source.info.myInc;

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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    Adrian5CDA
    New Participant
    January 21, 2021

    That seems to almost work. My problem is,that the stamp increases its value not only when stamping, but every time I even just hover the mouse over the stamp tool. Any way to prevent that? I need to only increment when actually stamping.

    try67
    try67
    Adobe Expert
    January 22, 2021

    I use the script of Thom Parker as given in the post I replied to. I use it in a form field inside a dynamic stamp. Every time I hover  the mouse over the stamp (as in screenshot below), the counter increases. The workaround is to open the stamps palette and select the stamp from there: This avoids parasitic counter increases. I use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Version 2020.013.20074.

     

     


    Add this line before the current code instead:

    if (event.source && event.source.forReal && event.source.stampName == "XXX")

     

    Replace XXX with the stamp's AP value, which you can find by applying it to the page, selecting it with the mouse and then running this code from the JS Console:

    this.selectedAnnots[0].AP

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      liangl49739488
      New Participant
      December 21, 2017

      I just made a github of an auto-incrementing stamp set that should work:

      GitHub - q335r49/AcrobatIncrementStamp: Auto-incrementing stamp for Acrobat

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        Gerhard24846348e2ww
        New Participant
        June 13, 2022

        That works perfect if I use always the sane pdf file.
        Is it possible that the stamp keeps in mind the last Number and when I open another pdf file it counts the "reminded" number and increments 1.
        Thanks
        Gerhard

        Bernd Alheit
        Bernd Alheit
        Adobe Expert
        June 13, 2022

        Use a global variable for the number.

        Karl Heinz Kremer
        Karl Heinz Kremer
        Adobe Expert
        March 22, 2016

        Take a look here for some more information about this subject: Auto Increment Exhibit Stamps - saving metadata to Stamp file (JavaScript)

          try67
          try67
          Adobe Expert
          March 22, 2016

          You would need to set up a persistent global variable that keeps track of how many times the stamp was applied and increments its value after each time.

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