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You might include the JavaScript (call )in the FDF itself - using the /Javascript key and specifying that it execute after the import of the FDF.... /JavaScript << /After (YourDocumentLevel_JS(\);)>> Ben Marchbanks AlQemy PDF Products and Services > your imagination Adobe Solution Network Reader Users can Save data checkout SaveForm.pdf @ http://www.alQemy.com Greenville, SC USA 864.284.9918 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karr, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: [PDFdev] document-level scripts appear to run before FDF data is merged with PDF > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > My colleague has found a problem with my approach of using the > document-level JavaScript to perform the "DocOpen" event. > > We use PDF files in workflows, where the PDF is initially downloaded and > manipulated, and then the FDF file is routed through email. When the > user loads the FDF file, it's supposedly to implicitly load the PDF file > and then merge the fields in the FDF into the PDF. This process > basically works, but what we're seeing is that when we load the PDF by > loading an FDF, it appears as if the document-level JavaScript is > executing before the fields from the FDF file are merged into the PDF. > Is it expected that the scripts will execute before the FDF is merged? > Is there an easy way we can build the document so that the scripts are > executed AFTER the FDF data is merged in? > > ___________________________________________________ > David M. Karr, Technical Specialist II > Technology Solutions Group > Intranet eBusiness > > Washington Mutual > 1201 Third Avenue, WMT0914, Seattle, WA 98101 > www.wamu.com > > 206.490.7289 direct | 206.909.0664 mobile > 206.490.2262 fax > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
