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Spawning Pages to specific spot in PDF

New Here ,
May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020

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I have a fillable PDF that triggers a hidden page template when the button "Add Benefit" is clicked.  However, it always places that spawned page at the end of the document and I need it to go after page 5 and continue to go in order if button clicked on the subsequent spawned pages that pull in.  I have searched for the Javascript syntax to do so but am not having any luck finding it for my specific situation.  

 

Current syntax is: 

 

var a = this.getTemplate ("Add Benefit");a.spawn();

 

I know it needs something about nPage or numPage but I can't figure if it needs the bRename or any of the bOverlay commands.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

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I have already looked at this.  This is my first time ever with Javascript so I do not know how to extrapolate the options given into actual code.  Which is why I posted here.

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Do you have any experience with programming? There are a lot of details, and I think you'd find it worthwhile to spend some time learning the basics.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
Use the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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May 12, 2022 May 12, 2022

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Hi,
You can use the "spawnPageFromTemplate" method:

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/html2015/index.html#t=Acro12_MasterBook%...

If you want the page after the page #5 (before the page #6) you must set the nPage parameter to 5 (0-based number for the page #6).

Set "bOverlay" to false for a new page.

Setting bRename to false will not rename the fields with a prefix, so if you spawn several time the template, all the fields with the same name will get the same value.

Have a look on the attached file.

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This method has been deprecated and replaced by the spawn method of the Template object. You should not use it.

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Thanks,

What does "superseded" means exactly as this method is still working (such as other superseded methods or properties).

Does that mean it will not work in a next time?

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Yes, it means that at any point in the future it could stop working.

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It's all explained in the documentation of that method.

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