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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Action Wizard

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March 25, 2018
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Need help setting up Adobe Acrobat Pro DC action wizard to import one fdf file into many pdf files. I looked in the action wizard and I don't see this as a pre-installed action.

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jane-e

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An action can run JavaScript.

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DavidF32818Author

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I upgraded to Acrobat Pro DC 2015 thinking that this action was pre-installed. I would think someone else has created an action for this, I just don't know where to look. I saw approximately 10 other types of actions shared on the Acrobat Pro DC page. I would be willing to pay for this.

try67

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You can create this Action yourself using the information provided above.

If you're interested I could create it for you. You can contact me privately at try6767 at gmail.com.

try67

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It's not, but it can be done using a script.

Let's say the path of the FDF file is "C:\Temp\1.fdf". In that case you can run this JavaScript code to import it into a file:

this.importAnFDF("/c/temp/1.fdf");

Notice the special file-path syntax I used. You have to use the same syntax.

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DavidF32818Author

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Thank you for the reply.

So for a person that needs to import approximately 20 fields from 1 fdf file into 18 pdf forms several times a day, this would be the best approach, not a customized action for the action wizard?

I was also hoping to password protect the files and set the permission settings for "printing allowed" and "changes allowed' in all of the 18 pdf files after editing them (editing would be done between the importing and the password protecting).

try67

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You can use the Action Wizard for it, but you would need to trigger it manually each time.

If this is something you need to automate fully then Acrobat is not the right tool for the job.

It can be done using a command-line standalone application, though, which can be triggered using the Task Scheduler, for example, or a cronjob. I've developed similar applications for my clients so if you're interested in something like that feel free to contact me privately (try6767 at gmail.com) and we could discuss it further.

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