Possibility of a "browse button"?

[Former Community Member]

Hello everyone in the user to user adobe forums,



I was wondering is it possible to add a "browse button" to a pdf form I have created that would allow users to attach another pdf document along with the form. Both the files-the attached and the filled out pdf file-would have to send when the submit button is clicked. The submit button e-mails the document to a specified e-mail address.



Is this possible?



Thank you For your Time,



Todd C. Bey

[Former Community Member]

bump anyone?

[Former Community Member]

Have you tried using the following?



app.execMenuItem("AddFileAttachment");



Rocky

[Former Community Member]

edit

[Former Community Member]

thank you so much, this works.



I guess a simple javascript code does the trick eh?

[Former Community Member]

IS there anyway to spcify it as a .pdf file so it doesn't allow you to add every filetype.

[Former Community Member]

Is it possible to limit the filetype to certain extentions?

[Former Community Member]

any ideas?

[Former Community Member]

bump

[gkaiseril]

If there is no input parameter for the file type for the method, then no. But you might be able to write a plug-in.

[Former Community Member]

but why wouldn't there be a parameter for the file type if there is a parameter for browse?

[gkaiseril]

I am not the programer of the function or an Adobe employee, but from my experience writing functions, it is easier to program a logical value to test than the build a file path statement for multiple OSs.

[Former Community Member]

so how should i go about programming a logical value to test?

[Former Community Member]

bump

[gkaiseril]

Create a variable with a value of true or false, you can then use an "if(logical comparison)" statement to check the value by just using the variable name for the logical comparison statement.



Example:



var Valid = true;

console.show();

console.clear();

console.println("Test of Valid")



function Test(bValid){

if (bValid)

console.println("Valid is true");

else

console.println("Valid is false");

return;

}



Test(Valid);

Valid = false

Test(Valid);

Test(!Valid)

[Former Community Member]

but how would you use that checking mechanism to filename extentions?

[Former Community Member]

hmph

[Former Community Member]

those lines of code don't make sense, how would it check the filename?

[gkaiseril]

That is an example of setting a logical parameter.



If you want a browse button, you will need to write a plug-in for Acrobat/Reader.

[Former Community Member]

Why is adobe that annoying? :X

[gkaiseril]

If you do not like Acrobat, try Novel's Tumbleweed, an alternative multi platform viewer or write your own.



All software has short comings.