Need an Acrobat JavaScript to do the following:

[sports03]

01. Number pdf file names in a folder.

02. ADD a number at the beginning of each file name but not change the original file name.

    examples: abc.pdf becomes 0001 abc.pdf; xyz.pdf becomes 0002 xyz.pdf etc.

03. To make this less complex, add a 4 digit number (0001, 0002, 0003 etc) unless there is a way to fine tune the number of digits depending on the number of files in the folder.

[try67]

JS can't rename files.

[Thom Parker]

What Try means is that the Acrobat scripting environment is sandboxed for security, and so the model has very limited access to the local file system. There simply is no functionality for what you want to do.

So, your best option, since your task is all in the file system, is to use an easily accessible scripting/programming language for your system. Something like Batch Scripting if you are on Windows, or AppleScript if you are on a Mac.

If you are a VB programmer, then that is the best way to do it on Windows

Also lookup "Windows Scripting" on Google.

Well Actually, there is a way to do something like this in Acrobat. You can create an "Action" that will open all the files in a folder and save them to a different folder with new names. But not as clean as the previously discussed solutions.

[sports03]

Thanks to you guys for the feedback. I'm not a programmer so vb is out. Could you give me some ideas as to how to do the open and save with new names without doing it one file at a time.

[Thom Parker]

See this Tutorial

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-create-and-share-actions

Acrobat DC is a little different,

[sports03 · Accepted solution]

Thanks a bunch.