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How to move a picture in a pdf?

Apr 27, 2012 2:31 PM

Tags: #a #button #picture #move #or #hide #setbuttonicon

I want to move a picture in a pdf in 3 possible specific locations.

 

I tried these:-

1) created a picture, by creating a button and setting an image button on it, but then i did not find commands to move the button

So if you could give me commands to move a button, that will be great.

 

I tried something else.

 

2) i put the button in all the locations but removed the icon from it, so it looks empty.

at run time i apply the image name on one of the 3 buttons, thus it looked like the button moves from one of the three locations to the other.

eg:-

button1.image="";

button2.image="img.jpg";

button3.image="";

 

thus it looks like the iamge moved from location 1 or 3 to 2.

 

i tried using this command to dynamically set the image of an icon which initially has no image, but it does not work

 

IAFormApp formApp;

IFields myFields = (IFields)formApp.Fields;

IEnumerator myEnumerator = myFields.GetEnumerator();

 

while (myEnumerator.MoveNext())

{

    myField = (IField)myEnumerator.Current;

    if (myField.Name=="btnPage4L")

            myField.SetButtonIcon("",@"C:\ACK-SDK\colorrisk.jpg",4);

}

 

There is no documentation at all on the SetButtonIcon, not in the SDK and not on the internet.

1752 Views   19 Replies   Latest reply: jayshakir, Jun 19, 2012 11:29 AM
 
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  • lrosenth
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    1. lrosenth,
    Apr 28, 2012 7:05 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    Set the rectangle (rect) of the field.

     
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    2. jayshakir,
    Apr 30, 2012 12:20 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    sir thanks but can you be a bit more detailed in more than 5 words.

    any command or example from the sdk that i could see?

     

    i need to do either of he 2 examples above, either to move the location or pics or to make pics visible/invisible.

     

    thanks

     
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    3. lrosenth,
    Apr 30, 2012 3:59 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    Offhand, I don’t know if there is an example or not in the SDK.

     

    But just read the SDK documentation – this is pretty simple.

     
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  • jayshakir
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    4. jayshakir,
    May 1, 2012 3:00 PM   in reply to lrosenth
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    can you let me know why the

     

    commands to dynamically assign the filename to the button is not

    working with "SetButtonIcon" command?

     

    it gives error, there are no examples on this in the SDK, nor is there anything on the net.

     

    js

     
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    5. jayshakir,
    Jun 1, 2012 12:49 PM   in reply to lrosenth
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    sorry, but i am really stuck on this, can someone help me please.

     

    how can i move an image

     

    or how can i dynamically set the image of a control at run time

     
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  • jayshakir
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    6. jayshakir,
    Jun 15, 2012 11:41 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    sir, i still dont see any documntation on this. how do i dynamically assign a picture to a button?

    the .SetButtonIcon() command is giving an error.

     
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    7. lrosenth,
    Jun 15, 2012 12:23 PM   in reply to jayshakir
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    setButtonIcon() is the right JS method.

     
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  • jayshakir
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    8. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 6:23 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    No i think you got confused, "SetButtonIcon" is not javascript, this is the command available in the SDK, however the issue is:-

    1) there is no documentation on it

    2) there are no examples

    3) the command gives an error

    4) there is no info on it in the entire internet

    it is strange, because i am getting "out of index range error", the only number used in the parameters is the last parameter which is page number, i gave numbers from -1 to all numbers, i still get the error.

     
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    9. lrosenth,
    Jun 19, 2012 6:45 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    In the Plugin API, all API calls start with the two or three letters for their layer (AV, PD, Cos etc.)   Since SetButtonIcon doesn’t have one, I can safely infer that it is NOT a plugin API call.

     
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  • Bernd Alheit
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    10. Bernd Alheit,
    Jun 19, 2012 7:30 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    The Javascript method is "buttonSetIcon". It is documented in the Javascript API Reference (part of the Acrobat SDK).

     
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  • jayshakir
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    11. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 8:53 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    i dont know what you mean by api and non-api. when i type MYFIELD., i get a drop down of command and SetButtonIcon() is one of them

     

    look at the below code and let me know why it gives error?

     

    IAFormApp formApp;

    IFields myFields = (IFields)formApp.Fields;

    IEnumerator myEnumerator = myFields.GetEnumerator();

    while (myEnumerator.MoveNext())

    {

        myField = (IField)myEnumerator.Current;

        if (myField.Name=="btnPage4L")

                myField.SetButtonIcon("",@"C:\ACK-SDK\colorrisk.jpg",4);

    }

     
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  • jayshakir
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    12. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 8:55 AM   in reply to Bernd Alheit
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    in the above while loop, how do i use the javascript command? why cant i just use the SetButtonIcon as above, how else can i use it? how do i fix the bug above, is the syntax wrong, is the parameter wrong? pls help

     
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    13. lrosenth,
    Jun 19, 2012 8:56 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    OK – that’s the COM/.NET APIs.

     

    For that API, you can only specify a PDF file for the icon of a button. I believe that is mentioned in the documentation.

     
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    14. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 9:06 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    yes okay, if you call it the COM/.NET API, yes that is it, so if i convert the jpg to a pdf, then i can use it as the parameter?

     
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  • Bernd Alheit
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    15. Bernd Alheit,
    Jun 19, 2012 9:19 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    I have never seen SetButtonIcon.

     
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  • jayshakir
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    16. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 9:28 AM   in reply to Bernd Alheit
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    yes that is what im talking about Bernd, there is no documentation or example on it. Try using the code i gave above and you will get this method, however it does not work.

     
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  • jayshakir
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    17. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 9:29 AM   in reply to lrosenth
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    i gave the name of the file as a pdf instead of a jpg, it still doesnt work with page # as 0 or 1 or 6...

     
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  • Karl Heinz Kremer
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    18. Karl Heinz Kremer,
    Jun 19, 2012 9:31 AM   in reply to jayshakir
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    Based on the code that you've posted, and your question, it sounds like

    you've never read the documentation. The Acrobat API is not "discoverable",

    you need to read the documentation that comes with it. Take a look at this

    page -

    http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/10/Acrobat10_HTMLHelp/IAC_API_Fo rmsIntro.107.11.html

    - it describes the SetButtonIcon function and it lists what the three

    parameters are supposed to be. In your sample code, you are passing in an

    empty string as the first parameter. That may work (I don't know if it

    does), but even if it does, that would be undocumented behavior. You need

    to supply one of the codes listed in the documentation. Also, the last

    parameter is the page number that is retrieved from the PDF file to be used

    as your button image. Even if you could use a JPEG file, the value "4"

    would definitely be wrong.

     

    So please read the documentation that comes with the API, it will save you

    a lot of time and frustration.

     

    Karl Heinz Kremer

    PDF Acrobatics Without a Net

     

    khk@khk.net

    http://www.khkonsulting.com

     
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  • jayshakir
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    19. jayshakir,
    Jun 19, 2012 11:29 AM   in reply to Karl Heinz Kremer
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    Karl,

     

    yes it was the combination of 2 things, the first parameter has to be a code N or D or R

    and the second is the image which must be a pdf and not jpg, LRosenth had mentioned that earlier

     

    once i saw it was working i looked above and said "im ready, you can take me now, it is finished..."

    amen

     

    thank you all Karl, LRosenth, Bernd

     
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