Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Dynamic Stamp Javascript to display User ID

[careyslade]

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I have watched more tutorials and read more articles than one should ever have to watch/read on this topic, and yet I still can't seem to find the answer for what Javascript to insert into the custom calculation script in order to display the User identity of the document. Please can somebody help, I'm a Javascript novice.

Using a mac. I've tried to look at the Javascript of the existing Dynamic Stamps that come preloaded with the program, but for some reason I can't seem to see the Annotations folder in the Plug-ins folder.

This Youtube video was the closest I got to coming right: Adobe Acrobat DC Dynamic Stamp Tutorial - YouTube

I inserted the following script, but it had issues with the first two lines of script and it didn't seem to like the hashtag either:

var cAsk = “Enter a name”;

var cTitle = “Document State for Stamp”;

if(event.source.forReal &&

  (event.source.stampName == “#templatename”))

{

  event.value = app.response(cAsk, cTitle);

}

Thanks in advance!

[try67]

You must only use straight quotes in your code, not curly ones.

[Thom Parker]

I would agree that the quotes do not look like ASCII quotes and should be changed.

What are the error messages?. Do you know for sure that "#templatename" is the name of your stamp?

You'll find explicit instructions here for finding the Stamp folders on both Mac and Windows. Mac does a good job of hiding them.

Installing a PDF Stamp (Macintosh and Windows)

[careyslade]

Thanks guys! I copied the straight codes from another piece of code and that seems to have fixed the error message that kept popping up.

This may seem like a silly question, but for future reference where do I find the straight ASCII quote marks on my keyboard? I typed the script directly into the Javascript panel and they came up as curly quotation marks, should I be using another program to type out the script?

With regards to the stamp name, I just inserted that name into my question so that people knew that that's what I was intending to insert into that space

[try67]

What keyboard layout do you use? In the English ones it should come out as straight quotes when you use a plain-text editor.

[Test Screen Name]

On a US keyboard the quote marks (single and double) are on a key next to Enter. On a UK keyboard, double quote is shift+2.

Curly quotes usually sneak in when a text has passed through a word processor (e.g. with copy & paste) but some web samples will also show them. Bear in mind that a funny thing could also have happened to your quotes on the way to the forum.