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Inspiring
March 12, 2021
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How to access the data after this.importTextData("/c/desktop/myData.txt")

  • March 12, 2021
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This is probably a trivial question, but I have no idea how to access the data

after executing this.importTextData.


The contents of myData.txt are

bookmark0      bookmark1    bookmark2
Introduction   Chapter 1    Chapter 2


How do I retrieve the value of "bookmark0" for example?


Thank you in advance.

Tak

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Look at the example in the Acrobat Javascript Reference for this method.

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 12, 2021

Look at the example in the Acrobat Javascript Reference for this method.

Tak OsatoAuthor
Inspiring
March 12, 2021

I was expecting that the importTextData() function would import data into a string array or the like. If I have to create fields for every pieces of text I'm trying to import in advance, this is not a viable solution. I'll look for other ways to import text. Thanks.

try67
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Community Expert
March 12, 2021

No, it imports it directly into the fields. If you want to read the text as is use readFileIntoStream, and then convert it from a Stream to a string, an split it by line and further by item (depending on the delimiter used in your file).