You can add custom JavaScript actions to your PDF files.
Click Document > JavaScript and choose from the following:
To add JavaScript actions to PDF document events
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Choose Set Document Actions.
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Select the Document event in the left window.
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Click the Edit button.
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Write your JavaScript in the JavaScript Editor text window.
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Repair any reported syntax errors and click OK again.
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Click OK.
To edit your script directly
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Choose JavaScript Console.
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Compile your script.
To create custom scripts
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Choose Document JavaScripts.
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Click Add.
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Name your script for identification and click OK.
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Click Edit, and compile your script. When done, click OK.
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Click Close to finish.
Provided that your script is correct, and it is supported by the version of your PDF, the set event will execute the specified action.
Example
E-mailing the PDF that you have just saved:
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Select Document Save Completed in the Set Document Actions dialog.
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Click Edit.
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Type in the following script: this.mailDoc(true);
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Click OK.
After you have successfully saved the PDF, a new, blank e-mail message will pop-up with your PDF attached to it.
