Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Javascript folder

[neca123]

Hi,

I have been working on some folder-level scripts for a Win10 device which is using a free license of Acrobat Reader DC. I've tried to locate the 'Javascripts' folder on both user and app levels but both are undefined when I used the 'app.getPath("user","javascript");/app.getPath("app","javascript")' functions in the javascript console. I've even tried to manually create directories for them under "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Javascripts" and "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Privileged\DC\Javascripts" and other variants I stumbled across the internet but to no avail. The app just doesn't seem to recognise my .js file no matter where I put it. The current build version of Reader DC for this device is 2020.009.20074

 Please help.

Thanks.

[Bernd Alheit]

What does you use in the .js file? In the preferences of Acrobat Reader is Javascript enabled?

[neca123]

I have enabled Javascript in the preferences and everything else that's available on the free Reader but I'm not sure that they help. My .js file uses a standard trusted function for a saveAs function, based off the one seen below:

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

Thanks.

[Bernd Alheit]

Any issue using this function?

Have you created the .js file at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Javascripts" or "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Privileged\DC\Javascripts" ?

[try67]

The issue is they don't know where to put the .js file that contains it...

[neca123]

The function works fine when I use it on my main Win10 device which I used to build the function. That machine has Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020. I already put copies of the .js file in both those directories you mentioned. 

[Bernd Alheit]

At the begin of the .js file add this line:

app.alert("test");

What happens when you start/run Acrobat Reader?