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1. George Johnson,

Nov 20, 2012 1:27 AM in reply to RobinJo139

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There are a number of things that have to be set up correctly for a stamp to work as a dynamic stamp, form the template name to the calculation script. If you provide the details of how you set the stamp PDF, it would help, as would the following book which has all the information you need: www.amazon.com/About-Stamps-Acrobat®-Paperless-Workflows/dp/098561470 6/

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2. RobinJo139,

Nov 20, 2012 6:19 PM in reply to George Johnson

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I've followed exactly the steps from here http://www.ehow.com/how_5935062_create-dynamic-stamp-acrobat.html but no luck.

I tried modified one of the stamp in Dynamic.pdf by adding a picture below the dynamic form and it'll work. But if i create a new custom stamp, it doesnt work.

Steps I have tried:

1. Create a my-stamp.pdf

2. Add the dynamic date (it is working at this point. it'll use the current date)

3. Save my-stamp.pdf

4. Open mydocument.pdf

5. Create custom stamp (browse to my-stamp.pdf and add it)

6. Goto Comments -> Annotations -> Select my-stamp.pdf and add to the document (the date is showing the date on step 2)

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3. George Johnson,

Nov 20, 2012 6:34 PM in reply to RobinJo139

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That tutorial isn't quite complete. What version of Acrobat are you using?

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4. RobinJo139,

Nov 20, 2012 6:36 PM in reply to George Johnson

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I have tried Acrobat Standard X and XI

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5. George Johnson,

Nov 20, 2012 9:18 PM in reply to RobinJo139

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For the text field that you placed on the stamp page, what did you use for the calculation script?

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6. RobinJo139,

Nov 20, 2012 9:31 PM in reply to George Johnson

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It is the same as the calculation script in the default Approved stamp in the dynamic.pdf

event.value = (new Date()).toString();

AFDate_FormatEx("h:MM tt, mmm dd, yyyy");

event.value = "By " + ((!identity.name || identity.loginName != (event.source.source || this).Collab.user) ? (event.source.source || this).Collab.user : identity.name) + " at " + event.value;

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7. George Johnson,

Nov 20, 2012 9:47 PM in reply to RobinJo139

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Did you add the field to that stamp file after you added your new stamp page to it, or before? You need to add the field after you have added the page to the stamp file.

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8. RobinJo139,

Nov 20, 2012 10:41 PM in reply to George Johnson

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May I know what field are you refering to? I dont quite get it. Sorry.

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9. George Johnson,

Nov 20, 2012 10:59 PM in reply to RobinJo139

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In post #2 above, you list six steps. Step #2 needs to come after step #5. After adding your custom stamp page (my-stamp.pdf), you have to find the stamp file in your stamps folder and then add the text field, not before. This is described in steps 10 and 11 in the tutorial you linked to earlier.

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