Acrobat 6 allows insertions of JavaScript to be run only when: 1)
Document Will Close, 2) Document Will Save, 3) Document Did Save, 4)
Document Will Print, 5) Document Did Print.

However, it does not specify to run it when: "Document Did Open." I
would like to run a JavaScript (expiration date and then a closing
command) immediately when the document opens. Any idea how to do it?
Thanks for your help, Oz.

Oz Shy wrote:
> Acrobat 6 allows insertions of JavaScript to be run only when: 1)
> Document Will Close, 2) Document Will Save, 3) Document Did Save, 4)
> Document Will Print, 5) Document Did Print.

These are 'Additional Actions' (PDF Reference 8.5.1 Table 8.43)

> However, it does not specify to run it when: "Document Did Open."

What you need is an 'Open Action' defined in the
Document Catalog (aka root). (PDF Reference 3.6.1).

best regards,
Bruno

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Oz Shy wrote:
> Acrobat 6 allows insertions of JavaScript to be run only when: 1)
> Document Will Close, 2) Document Will Save, 3) Document Did Save, 4)
> Document Will Print, 5) Document Did Print.
> 
> However, it does not specify to run it when: "Document Did Open." I
> would like to run a JavaScript (expiration date and then a closing
> command) immediately when the document opens. Any idea how to do it?
> Thanks for your help, Oz.
> 

Add a document function like this:

   function test ()
   {
     // your code
   }

and remove the lines

   function test ()
   {

and

   }

Oz Shy wrote:
> Acrobat 6 allows insertions of JavaScript to be run only when: 1)
> Document Will Close, 2) Document Will Save, 3) Document Did Save, 4)
> Document Will Print, 5) Document Did Print.
>
> However, it does not specify to run it when: "Document Did Open." I
> would like to run a JavaScript (expiration date and then a closing
> command) immediately when the document opens. Any idea how to do it?
> Thanks for your help, Oz.
Oz:

You have two choices.

1) Put your script in the Document Javascripts, but don't call it a
function.  (As another said, omit  "function(){}").  This will "run"
each time the document is opened, and will also run each time you edit
the Document Javascripts.

2) Add a Page action (Click on the "Pages" tab, right-click on page 1,
select Page Properties and then on the Action tab, add a Javascript
call to your function).  This will run each time the page is opened, so
if the document has more than one page, be aware of that.

Thanks for your help. I understand your option 2) below. However, I
apologize but I fail to understand how to implement your suggested
option 1)?

I'd like to insert an expiration date JavaScript to run immediately
after the document opens:
var d = new Date();
  var d1 = util.scand("mm/dd/yy", "11/8/06");
  if((d1.valueOf() - d.valueOf()) < 0){
     app.alert("Document expired! Please consult www.ozshy.com");
  }

Observe that the term "function" does not appear in this script. In
Acrobat 6, JavaScript ---> Set Document Action I cannot do this since I
am restricted to actions of the sort Document will Close. So, how do I
insert the above script  so that it will run immediately when the doc
opens?  Thanks again, Oz.

On Nov 6, 3:32 pm, "BeenWetter" <budatli...@aol.com> wrote:
> Oz Shy wrote:
> > Acrobat 6 allows insertions of JavaScript to be run only when: 1)
> > Document Will Close, 2) Document Will Save, 3) Document Did Save, 4)
> > Document Will Print, 5) Document Did Print.
>
> > However, it does not specify to run it when: "Document Did Open." I
> > would like to run a JavaScript (expiration date and then a closing
> > command) immediately when the document opens. Any idea how to do it?
> > Thanks for your help, Oz.Oz:
>
> You have two choices.
>
> 1) Put your script in the Document Javascripts, but don't call it a
> function.  (As another said, omit  "function(){}").  This will "run"
> each time the document is opened, and will also run each time you edit
> the Document Javascripts.
>
> 2) Add a Page action (Click on the "Pages" tab, right-click on page 1,
> select Page Properties and then on the Action tab, add a Javascript
> call to your function).  This will run each time the page is opened, so
> if the document has more than one page, be aware of that.

Oz Shy wrote:
> Thanks for your help. I understand your option 2) below. However, I
> apologize but I fail to understand how to implement your suggested
> option 1)?
> 
> I'd like to insert an expiration date JavaScript to run immediately
> after the document opens:
> var d = new Date();
>   var d1 = util.scand("mm/dd/yy", "11/8/06");
>   if((d1.valueOf() - d.valueOf()) < 0){
>      app.alert("Document expired! Please consult www.ozshy.com");
>   }

Add this code portion as 'Document Level JavaScript'.

> Observe that the term "function" does not appear in this script.

That's the whole issue. You got the advice twice
to remove "function { ... }" from a sample.
Since you don't have this word/braces, there's
nothing to remove.

> In
> Acrobat 6, JavaScript ---> Set Document Action I cannot do this since I
> am restricted to actions of the sort Document will Close. So, how do I
> insert the above script  so that it will run immediately when the doc
> opens?  Thanks again, Oz.

As I said before: the best way is to define an
OPEN ACTION in the document catalog.
br,
Bruno

Thanks Bruno, I've just realized that for Catalog I need Acrobat 6
Professional (and I use the Standard version). For this reason, I
initially failed to understand the meaning of  Document cataloging that
you advised me to use. Oz.

On Nov 8, 6:08 pm, Bruno Lowagie <bruno.lowa...@ugent.be> wrote:
> Oz Shy wrote:
> > Thanks for your help. I understand your option 2) below. However, I
> > apologize but I fail to understand how to implement your suggested
> > option 1)?
>
> > I'd like to insert an expiration date JavaScript to run immediately
> > after the document opens:
> > var d = new Date();
> >   var d1 = util.scand("mm/dd/yy", "11/8/06");
> >   if((d1.valueOf() - d.valueOf()) < 0){
> >      app.alert("Document expired! Please consultwww.ozshy.com");
> >   }Add this code portion as 'Document Level JavaScript'.
>
> > Observe that the term "function" does not appear in this script.That's the whole issue. You got the advice twice
> to remove "function { ... }" from a sample.
> Since you don't have this word/braces, there's
> nothing to remove.
>
> > In
> > Acrobat 6, JavaScript ---> Set Document Action I cannot do this since I
> > am restricted to actions of the sort Document will Close. So, how do I
> > insert the above script  so that it will run immediately when the doc
> > opens?  Thanks again, Oz.As I said before: the best way is to define an
> OPEN ACTION in the document catalog.
> br,
> Bruno