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Open a random PDF document using Javascript

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Hello,

I am trying to create a button in my XDP form that will function as a standard "Open Page" link in a typical PDF.  I want to be able to define the file path and the page number of a PDF and open the document in a new window to that page.

The target documents are provided by a third party and I have no ability to dictate format or anything else.

Any ideas?

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I found the answer.  radzmar was partially right.  It did use app.openDoc but required a trusted function and an extra command:

var mydoc = app.openDoc(path);

mydoc.pageNum = page;

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Hi,

You can specify the page number as part of the URL, so

app.launchURL("http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/js_api_reference.pdf#page=30", true)


Opens the "JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference" at page 30.

Regards

Bruce

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Level 2

I need to open this in adobe standard NOT a web browser so the user can make edits to the target document.  LaunchURL won't work.  Is there anything like that to launch local files?

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There's also a openDoc method available to launch locally stored files.


try {


    // Open the "other.pdf" in the same directory


    app.openDoc("./other.pdf", event.target);


    // Close this doc


    event.target.closeDoc(true);


} catch (e) {}


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Level 2

I found the answer.  radzmar was partially right.  It did use app.openDoc but required a trusted function and an extra command:

var mydoc = app.openDoc(path);

mydoc.pageNum = page;