List and count attachments

[JR Boulay]

Hi.

Is there a way to list and/or count all attachments in a PDF file?

I'd like the output in the Console or in a text file, it's for files comparison purpose (they contain dozens of attachments).

Thank you.

[try67]

What kind of attachments? Ones created using the File Attachments commenting tool, and/or using the Attachments panel?

[JR Boulay]

Using the Attachments panel with Acrobat Pro DC.

A Dropbox-like cloud backup that I use has made several versions ("Copy of…") of the same file, so I need to compare their content, which is attachments only

[try67 · Accepted solution]

They can be accessed via the dataObjects property, like this:

console.println("Number of attachments: " + this.dataObjects.length);

for (var i=0; i<this.dataObjects.length; i++) {

     console.println("Attachment #"+i+": " +this.dataObjects.name);

}

[JR Boulay]

Thank you very much.

I missed it in the documentation.

[xkxtnt]

Sorry to hijack this old post. I have some files that were created using the File Attachments commenting tool. How can I

1. Get a list of the Files

     I tried using the Annotation object, but I couldn't find a property that will show me the name of the file.

     var annots = this.getAnnots();
for (var i = 0; i < annots.length; i++) {
   console.println (annots.name);
}

2. Save the files individually to local drive.

Thanks!

[try67]

I don't believe that either of those things is possible using a script.