Thanks Ralph I figured as much. It’s actually not difficult to recreate from scratch if the structure, header and footer is known. The trouble is the fields. If I had a list of form controls for a given form, I could create one from scratch easily enough.
The fillable forms have to be saved with an open file action to autofill, and if someone can do that, I suppose they already have the ability to export the fdf file using the javascript console in Acrobat Pro. Bob S > On Dec 29, 2023, at 7:04 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > The last I knew the JavaScript engine is not implemented in the PDF widget. > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf > Of Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 3:00 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Bob Sneidar > Subject: PDF Widget and Javascript > > Hi all. > > This is a long shot, but is there any kind of PDF gadget in Livecode that can > run javascript? I am specifically wanting to generate an FDF file from > fillable forms. The javascript is fairly straightforward: > > This.ExportAsFDF(true, false, null) > > This will work in a javascript enabled PDF application and will use the > currently open PDF fillable document, generating an FDF file named after the > PDF name (without the dot3 extension) appended by “_data.fdf” > > It would be quite the luxury to be able to do this in Livecode, otherwise I > have to pay for a licensed Pro version (I think they are all subscription > based now) and the ONLY thing I need from the Pro version is this function. > > Bob S > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
