How to write a simple JScript to modify bookmarks.

[sg50492549]

I want to modify the book marks in my pdf. How can I write a code in JSCript for that ?

For example when I Ctrl + J and try to run this code:

var bkm = this.bookmarkRoot.children[0];

console.println( "Top-level bookmark name: " + bkm.name );

It says :

ReferenceError: bkm is not defined

1:Console:Exec

undefined

Thanks for your kind assistance.

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[try67 · Accepted solution]

You need to select (with the mouse or the keyboard) the entire code before

executing it.

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Just Shoot Me <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[sg50492549]

Sometimes when I select the entire code and press enter it executes and some time with the same code, the code just disappears ?

Any idea why this is happening ?    

[try67]

Not really, no... What code are you executing? What key are you pressing?

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

... and, are you using a Mac or a Windows system?

This tutorial explains which keys to press in order to execute code in the console window: https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/javascript_console

[sg50492549]

Ok. Yes. I mananged that some how. But some how this code does not work. Any idea why ?

function ZBookmark(bkm, nLevel)

{

for (var i = 0; i < nLevel; i++);

bkm.zoom = 1;

if (bkm.children != null)

for (var i = 0; i < bkm.children.length; i++)

ZBookmark(bkm.children, nLevel + 1);

}

console.clear(); console.show();

console.println("Setting Zoom Level");

ZBookmar(this.bookmarkRoot, 0);

[try67]

What makes you think that Bookmark objects have a "zoom" property?

[Bernd Alheit]

The following line makes no sense:

for (var i = 0; i < nLevel; i++);

Bookmarks doesn't have a property with the name "zoom"

bkm.zoom = 1;

[gkaiseril]

Not all bookmarks are link with go to a page view with a specific zoom.

Bookmarks can could be a link to a web page, run some custom JavaScript, open a destination, etc.

One cannot access the action associated with a specific bookmark in JavaScript so it might not be possible to add the zoom setting to a specific bookmark.

[try67]

If what you're trying to do is change the Zoom Level associated with your bookmark then you should know it's not possible to do it with a script. It requires using a stand-alone tool (like this one I've developed: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Batch Edit Zoom Level in Bookmarks) or possibly a plugin.