JavaScript code to export comments?

[Guest]

Greetings, everyone!

Is there a JavaScrip code available to export comments from multiple pdf documents into an Excel-like program?

Thank you in advance!

[try67]

No, but there's a built-in command in Acrobat that does that... Any reason not to use it?

[Guest]

Thank you for your reply.

Is there one that does that for the comments from multiple PDFs?

(I already tried the command Export All to Data file but is limited for what I need to do).

[try67]

Sorry, I thought you were talking about form fields...

There isn't a built-in command that does that, but it's possible to do it using a combination of a custom-made script and an Action in Acrobat Pro.

[Guest]

Nice to know that it's possible.

Could you elaborate a little?

What kind of custom-made script?

[try67]

The script would maintain a global variable with the comments data from all the files, and would collect the desired data from each file processed by the Action. At the end of the process a separate command would generate a CSV file using that variable and prompt the user to save it.

This is quite a complex task, though. If you're interested in hiring someone who specializes in this kind of custom-made scripting for Acrobat to develop it for you, feel free to contact me privately at try6767 at gmail.com.

[Guest]

Thank you. I'll pass this along to my supervisor and will take it from there.