PDF Widget and JavaScript

[Bob Sneidar]

Thanks Ralph I figured as much. It’s actually not difficult to recreate from scratch if the structure, header and footer is known. The trouble is the fields. If I had a list of form controls for a given form, I could create one from scratch easily enough. 

The fillable forms have to be saved with an open file action to autofill, and if someone can do that, I suppose they already have the ability to export the fdf file using the javascript console in Acrobat Pro. 

Bob S


> On Dec 29, 2023, at 7:04 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> The last I knew the JavaScript engine is not implemented in the PDF widget.
> 
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 3:00 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Bob Sneidar
> Subject: PDF Widget and Javascript
> 
> Hi all. 
> 
> This is a long shot, but is there any kind of PDF gadget in Livecode that can run javascript? I am specifically wanting to generate an FDF file from fillable forms. The javascript is fairly straightforward: 
> 
> This.ExportAsFDF(true, false, null)
> 
> This will work in a javascript enabled PDF application and will use the currently open PDF fillable document, generating an FDF file named after the PDF name (without the dot3 extension) appended by “_data.fdf” 
> 
> It would be quite the luxury to be able to do this in Livecode, otherwise I have to pay for a licensed Pro version (I think they are all subscription based now) and the ONLY thing I need from the Pro version is this function. 
> 
> Bob S
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