Rotating a stamp from the stamp pallet

[pmcnulty]

Not sure if this is possible
I want to provide the user with a stamp which asks them for an angle in degrees and rotates the stamp when they use it from the stamp pallet
here is the code I've got so far

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var Consentdialog = 
{
	degrees:"",
	//this function is fired on pressing ok
	commit: function(dialog) 
	{
		var data = dialog.store();
		console.println("commit");
		
		this.degrees=data["stxt"];
	},


	description:
	{
		name:"Containment Diagram",
		elements:
		[
			{
				type: "static_text",
				bold: true,
				name: "Enter angle from north (degrees): "
			},
			{
				item_id: "stxt",
				width: 300,
            		type: "edit_text",
           		multiline: false,
			},
			{
				type: "gap",    //Add a small vertical gap between
				height: 10      //..radio fields and buttons
			},
			{
				type: "ok_cancel",
				ok_name: "Ok",
				cancel_Name: "Cancel"
			}
		]
	}
}

if(event.source.forReal &&
   ((event.source.stampName == "h2yaK916D7gKH6wiDDHfe0")))
{
	app.execDialog(Consentdialog)

	if(Consentdialog.degrees !="")
	{
		console.println(Consentdialog.degrees);

	}

}

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi pmcnulty,

Thanks for the post - Typically we don't write users code for them unless it's something really simple and working with dialogs via JS is not trivial. Is there something specific that we can guide you on?

Thanks,

[yogi108]

Hi,

If you have the name you can set the property rotate:

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var annots = this.getAnnot(0, "h2yaK916D7gKH6wiDDHfe0");
annots.rotate=Consentdialog.degrees;

for the above running you need the correct pagenumber where the stamp is put on - at the moment the first page ("0") -
or you have the object already ...

regards,

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Thanks Yogi

[pmcnulty]

Thanks Yogi for the response

I believe the code you've given below would work from the console windows after the stamp has been placed

basically I'm trying to set the rotate as the stamp is being pulled from the stamp pallet.
really I'm asking if we can access properties such as rotate as we are stamping not after the stamp is there

[yogi108]

Hi,

you have to find out how to get the stamp object, as I have no idea about the events you
sucessfully implented - just realized that the pdf is the stamp.

The object maybe is given through the event.source.xxxx
if not hopefully the pagenumber, so you can use the code

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if(event.source.forReal &&
   ((event.source.stampName == "h2yaK916D7gKH6wiDDHfe0")))
{
   app.execDialog(Consentdialog)

   if(Consentdialog.degrees !="")
   {
      // here you have to get the object, maybe already there 
      // or getting like this
      var page=0; // first page in the doc
      var annots = this.getAnnot(page, "h2yaK916D7gKH6wiDDHfe0");
      annots.rotate=Consentdialog.degrees;

   }

}

If the object is found it will work as you like....

I cannot test it, as I am limited to PDF-XChange without dynamic stamps,
regards,

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Thanks for the help yogi108!

@pmcnulty - please do let us know if the above code works for you!

Cheers,
Stefan