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Why did Adobe remove a useful feature?

Jun 29, 2012 4:19 PM

Will someone please tell me why Adobe would remove such a useful feature as the “File>Attach to Email...” from the Link Properties dialogue box under the “Execute a menu item” - “Add” options list. The idea of an improved version, Acrobat X, is to add utility not make it less useful.

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  • Dave Merchant
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    1. Dave Merchant,
    Jun 30, 2012 11:33 AM   in reply to vancanjoe
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    For security reasons only a limited number of menu items can be executed from the context of a document link or button.

     
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  • vancanjoe
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    2. vancanjoe,
    Jun 30, 2012 2:09 PM   in reply to Dave Merchant
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    Re: Dave’s response; Sad that would have been the reasoning compelling the removal of that function when security can be managed in Acrobat’s quite comprehensive security dialogue box. What’s worse is when a document had applied that link function when created in an earlier version of Acrobat, Acrobat X can’t pick it up... can’t see it, so “suddenly” how users were able to distribute existing documents, say, in an academic setting course material to students, can’t be done upon upgrading to Acrobat X. So sad, so sad.

     
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  • Dave Merchant
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    3. Dave Merchant,
    Jul 1, 2012 3:40 AM   in reply to vancanjoe
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    Direct access to menu items isn't the preferred method to execute functions available via the JSAPI, you should simply trigger the JS function on a button or link:

     

    this.mailDoc(true);

     

    or if you want to set the message params:

     

    this.mailDoc({

    bUI: false,

    cTo: "recipient @ example.addr",

    cCC: "cc @ example.addr",

    cSubject: "A PDF file",

    cMsg: "here is the PDF."

    });

     
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  • vancanjoe
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    4. vancanjoe,
    Jul 6, 2012 2:29 PM   in reply to Dave Merchant
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    A belated, thank you, Dave. I had been away for a few days. Unfortunately, you’re speaking way over my head. If that function that was removed can be induced by some means, that’d be great, but for me it’d have to be detailed in layman’s language. You lost me at “via the JSAPI.”

     
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  • Dave Merchant
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    5. Dave Merchant,
    Jul 6, 2012 5:39 PM   in reply to vancanjoe
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    JSAPI = JavaScript API.

     

    To use the code in bold from my previous reply, create a new link or button on your PDF page and in the dialog choose "Custom link" - then in the second dialog switch to the Actions tab and choose "Run a Javascript". Click Add, and in the editor that appears paste the code - e.g. this.mailDoc(true); - and click OK until the dialogs close.

     

    Click your newly-created link and your file will be attached to a new email message.

     
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  • vancanjoe
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    6. vancanjoe,
    Jul 9, 2012 12:14 PM   in reply to Dave Merchant
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    Bingo!. Thank you, Dave Merchant. Now, at the next tech meeting please fly the flag for those of us who’d like to see that “File>Attach to Email...” reinstated as one of the built in choices.

     
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