Adding Metadata to PDF Form

[zwickl]

Hi, I'm trying to add some metadata to a pdf. I have the follow script in the form initialize event:

if (form1.desc.nodes.namedItem("metadata") == null) then
var oNode=xfa.form.createNode("text", "metadata")
form1.desc.nodes.append(oNode)
endif

I receive the error message:

Argument mismatch in property or function argument

I also tried this code:

if (form1.desc.nodes.namedItem("metadata") == null) then
var oNode=xfa.form.createNode("text", "metadata")
oNode.value = "Test Data"
form1.desc.nodes.append(oNode)
endif

Which gave me this error:

accessor "oNode.value" is unknown

It appears that the oNode object is not being created.

Any suggesting how I can add Metadata to the PDF?

[_Bruce_Robertson]

Hi,

I don't use FormCalc a great deal, the following equivilent in JavaScript seems to work;

if (form1.desc.nodes.namedItem("metadata") == null)
{
var oNode=xfa.form.createNode("text", "metadata")
form1.desc.nodes.append(oNode)
}

Bruce

[zwickl]

Thanks for the tip. Using JavaScript instead of FormCalc corrected the problem.

[SI_MSD7]

Bruce / Zwicki - or anyone who can assit...

How did you get this to work?

I'm looking for a way to add/inject values (keywords) into the form's meta-data by retrieving the values from user input.

To test the above solution, I added the following script to the initialize event as referenced, but I'm not sure what is happening:

if (form1.desc.nodes.namedItem("metadata") == null)

{

var oNode=xfa.form.createNode("text", "metadata")

form1.desc.nodes.append(oNode)

}

1. Do I need a field on the page?

2. What part of the above script affects the meta-data?

Thanks!

[zwickl]

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[_Bruce_Robertson]

Hi,If you mean metadata like those set in the Form Properties Info tab, I don't think you can do this at run time, the above code is more like a form variable. Regards Bruce

[zwickl]

Hi,

This is the code I use to place metadata into the pdf file. If you open

the resulting pdf file using Notepad, the metadata is visible as readable

text in the file. I'm not sure the same approach can be used to add

metadata as viewed under Document Properties. We are not using it that

way. Maybe by changing the node name?

if ((EMAIL_SUBJECT1.rawValue != "")&&(EMAIL_SUBJECT1.rawValue != null))

{

var vDesc=xfa.template.data.desc;

var oNode1=xfa.template.createNode("text", "EMAIL_SUBJECT1");

vDesc.nodes.append(oNode1);

vDesc.nodes.namedItem("EMAIL_SUBJECT1").value=EMAIL_SUBJECT1.rawValue;

}

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Date:

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Adding Metadata to PDF Form

Re: Adding Metadata to PDF Form

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Bruce / Zwicki - or anyone who can assit...

How did you get this to work? I

I'm looking for a way to add/inject values (keywords) into the form's

meta-data by retrieving the info/values from user input.

To test the above solution, I added the following script to the initialize

event as referenced, but I'm not sure what is happening:

if (form1.desc.nodes.namedItem("metadata") == null)

{

var oNode=xfa.form.createNode("text", "metadata")

form1.desc.nodes.append(oNode)

}

1. Do I need a field on the page?

2. What part of the above script affects the meta-data?

Thanks!

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