Hi,
I am currently evaluating PDF-XChange Editor Plus, as far as I have got I like what I see but I have hit a road-block..
Importing Dynamic stamps with the dd-mm-yy format.
Using Foxit I have a dynamic stamp that achieves a dynamic stamp with the date format dd-mm-yy, the Javascript goes like this:
event.value = (new Date()).toString();
AFDate_FormatEx("dd/mm/yyyy");
event.value = ((!identity.name || identity.loginName != (event.source.source || this).Collab.user) ? (event.source.source || this).Collab.user : identity.name) + " " + event.value;
It works in Foxit, I have tried importing the stamp into PDF-Exchange Editor Plus but it doesn't update the date.
So I tried something simpler, I edited the stamp in Foxit to give...
event.value = util.printd("dd/mm/yyyy", new Date());
That gives the date in Foxit, but not in PDF-Exchange Editor Plus
How can I get a Dynamic date in PDF-Exchange Editor Plus with the dd/mm/yy format?
I hope that you can help
Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy SOLVED
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Re: Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy
Hello hcoward,
Please try using the util.printd() method instead:
You can take a look at pages 718 and 719 of this file:
http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/e ... erence.pdf
For a full list of the supported parameters for the date formatting.
Regards,
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Please try using the util.printd() method instead:
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todayDate = "Date: " + util.printd("dd, mm, yyyy", new Date());
http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/e ... erence.pdf
For a full list of the supported parameters for the date formatting.
Regards,
Stefan
Re: Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy
I edited the stamp using Foxit, using the suggested code and then saved it.
I go to PDF-Xchange editor, open up any old pdf to experiment with..
> Stamp
> Stamps Palette
> Add new
> Add new stamp from file (and then select the stamp that had the dynamic code)
If I use imported stamp within "any old pdf" to experiment, it does not show the date (this may be a clue, it shows a date from the past).
If however I use the Java console that code does indeed return today's date.
?
I go to PDF-Xchange editor, open up any old pdf to experiment with..
> Stamp
> Stamps Palette
> Add new
> Add new stamp from file (and then select the stamp that had the dynamic code)
If I use imported stamp within "any old pdf" to experiment, it does not show the date (this may be a clue, it shows a date from the past).
If however I use the Java console that code does indeed return today's date.
?
Re: Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy
An update...
Using the example found at https://help.pdf-xchange.com/EUM/de ... mic_stamps
Change to:
var d = new Date;
event.value = util.printd("dd/mm/yy", d);
At least I have got today's date rather than some date in the past.
When I have time, from tomorrow onwards, I'll post confirming whether (as I would hope) it shows the date that the stamp is inserted (rather than the date it was edited).
Using the example found at https://help.pdf-xchange.com/EUM/de ... mic_stamps
Change to:
var d = new Date;
event.value = util.printd("dd/mm/yy", d);
At least I have got today's date rather than some date in the past.
When I have time, from tomorrow onwards, I'll post confirming whether (as I would hope) it shows the date that the stamp is inserted (rather than the date it was edited).
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Re: Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy SOLVED
Hi hcoward
Give the instructions on this page a shot too, https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxe6 ... ol_ed.html
They are instructions for the V6 version of the software, but the javascript in this one is much more fleshed out than in the v4/5 manual that you are looking at there.
Give the instructions on this page a shot too, https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxe6 ... ol_ed.html
They are instructions for the V6 version of the software, but the javascript in this one is much more fleshed out than in the v4/5 manual that you are looking at there.
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Re: Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy
Thanks for that link.
I followed the instructions precisely and it seems to be working
I believe the problem that I had been encountering was due to the stamp I was trying to import not being "flattened" prior to import.
Yesterday I flattened the stamp, used the code as per my post of "Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:23 pm" and imported it.
Today when I try and use the stamp it updates to show today's date!
Thanks again.
Great product by the way.
I followed the instructions precisely and it seems to be working
I believe the problem that I had been encountering was due to the stamp I was trying to import not being "flattened" prior to import.
Yesterday I flattened the stamp, used the code as per my post of "Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:23 pm" and imported it.
Today when I try and use the stamp it updates to show today's date!
Thanks again.
Great product by the way.
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Re: Dynamic stamps and dd-mm-yy
Hello hcoward,
Appreciate the kind words for our products!
And happy to hear you've got the stamp working as intended!
Cheers,
Stefan
Appreciate the kind words for our products!
And happy to hear you've got the stamp working as intended!
Cheers,
Stefan