Open a random PDF document using Javascript

[joshuab24944986]

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?

[_Bruce_Robertson]

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

[joshuab24944986]

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?

[radzmar]

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) {}

[joshuab24944986 · Accepted solution]

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;