Dynamic Stamps: Correct way to clone and edit

[M P]

Hello PDF XChange Community,

I have a dynamic custom stamp with javascript which I like to copy and slightly modify the copy.

If I copy just the stame file in
%appdata%\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps

and then modify it, every time I select the new stamp the old
stamp is placed. I assume there is an ID insde the file? Can I modify this ID?

If I use Stamp Pallett->New->"Stamp from File" or "Stamp from active document" the form fields
and the javascript is lost.

I'm shure this problem is not new but I didn't find anything in the forums.

Greetings
Michael

[lev]

Michael,

Here's a brief step-by-step:

• Backup you existing stamp collection

• Import your stamp (all fields will be stripped upon import)

• Open your stamp collection located at C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps

• Copy and paste all fields from your original stamp into the one in your stamp collection

• Make sure there's

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  console.println("Stamp Name:" + event.source.stampName);

  line at the top of the script

• Save your stamp collection (I add -1 at the end of the original file name since saving with the same name is not an option)

• Delete file with your original stamp collection (the one without -1 at the end)

• Open Editor and open the Javascript window (Ctrl+J)

• Stamp a document with your new stamp. Copy stamp name from the Javascript window to the clipboard

• Open your stamp collection

• Open the script and change stamp name to the the one in the clipboard. Look for

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  event.source.forReal && (event.source.stampName ==

• Save your stamp collection (delete -1 at the end of the file name)

• Delete file with -1 at the end of the name

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Hi, All

Thank you, Lev, for providing those instructions, Hopefully they can help many others.

Have a great day!