Using saveAS on a PDF form opened in Outlook

[louiso36853280]

Hi Guys and Gals (assuming there are some Nerdy Gals out there )

I have this lovely expense claim form I created and want to have it approved electronically, meaning I will fill out the form and click a "Submit" button to email it to my boss for approval. This all works fine.

When my boss gets the email in Outlook, he double-clicks the attached expense form to review. Hopefully he will click "Approve" at the bottom

The "Approve" button tries to save the Form using this.saveAs in a privileged context.to a trusted location on the bosses hard disk.

That's where it all goes wrong....

Anyway here's my code:

In C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\Javascripts I have a script called MyTrusted.js:

var MySavesAs=app.trustedFunction(

function(oDoc,cPath,cFlName)

{

cPath=cPath.replace(/([^/])$/,"$1/");

try{

oDoc.saveAs(cPath+cFlName);

}catch(e){

app.alert("Error during save");

}

}

)

I'm sure Thom Parker will recognise this, cos he wrote it!

In the mouseUp JavaScript for my button, I have

if (typeof(MySaveAs)=="function")

{

var MyPath="C:/AIF/";

var MyFileName=this.documentFileName;

MySaveAs(this,MyPath,MyFileName);

}

Anyway. When the boss opens the attached pdf in Outlook, it is cached in C:\outlookcache\

When he hits the Approve button with the aforementioned button script, he gets "Error during save" from the trusted function MySaveAs.

I have tried to add the directory C:\outlookcache\ to the list of Privileged Locations under the Enhanced Security Preferences, Reader doesn't accept this.

If the Boss manually Clicks File>Save As and saves to C:\AIF\ (which IS on the list of Privileged Locations), and then opens that file from that location he can approve without problems i.e. the script works perfectly.

So, how do I get around this security restriction?

"Enable Protected Mode at Startup" has been switched off, as has "Enable Enhanced Security" but to no avail

Please tell me I am doing something wrong!!

Louis

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Your path is wrong. Acrobat uses device independent paths that are different than your normal windows paths. Try this instead:

"/C/AIF/"

[louiso36853280]

Nope that didn't work

As I said, this script does work if the file has been opened from a "Privileged Location", but not as an attachment to an Email

[louiso36853280]

Using the following code:

var ReportedPath=this.path;

app.alert("the PATH is: "+ReportedPath);

I get this:

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Which version of Outlook, and on what operating system are you running this?

What is the exact error,that is getting thrown? You can display that by changing this one line:

app.alert("Error during save: " + e);

[louiso36853280]

Outlook Version 14.0.7166.5000

Windows 7 Enterprise SP1

Error During SAve: NotAllowedError: Security settings prevent access to this property or method""

[try67]

What is the file-name you're trying to use?

[louiso36853280]

it varies with job number and date. Here's an example:

RKB - 10012345 - OKeeffe - 12-Apr-2016.pdf

No illegal characters

Like I said, this works fine from another directory. There doesn't seem to be a problem with the path or filename

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

You need to wrap the call to Doc.saveAs() with app.beginPriv() and app.endPriv():

var mySaveAs = app.trustedFunction(
   function(oDoc,cPath,cFlName)
   {
      // Ensure path has trailing "/"
      cPath = cPath.replace(/([^/])$/, "$1/");
      try{
         app.beginPriv(); // <-- NEW
         oDoc.saveAs(cPath + cFlName);
         app.endPriv();   // <-- NEW
      }catch(e){
         app.alert("Error During Save: " + e);
      }
   }
);

You can find more about how to raise the execution privileges in the API documentation: Acrobat DC SDK Documentation