Adding JavaScript References to the Acrobat Pro 6 Help Menu

JavaScript Code

By Douglas J. Alford

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Now that we have the files and have given them a home, let's get started with the fun stuff -- JavaScript code. Get your CTRL keys ready, cut-and-pasters. Here comes the nutshell! (I'm not leaving out Mac-ophiles. Something just tells me they'll keep reading to the end of the article.)

1. Open a new text file in your favorite editor.
2. Add code similar to the following:

app.addSubMenu({
        cName: "JSHelp",
        cUser: "JavaScript Help",
        cParent: "Help",
        nPos: 4
});

app.addMenuItem({
        cName: "JSGuide",
        cUser: "JavaScript Guide",
        cParent: "JSHelp",
        nPos: 0,
        cEnable: "event.rc=(!(this.documentFileName=='AcroJSGuide.pdf'));",
        cExec: "app.openDoc(
            '/C/Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 6.0/Help/ENU/AcroJSGuide.pdf');",
});

app.addMenuItem({
        cName: "JSRef",
        cUser: "JavaScript Reference",
        cParent: "JSHelp",
        nPos: 1,
        cEnable: "event.rc=(!(this.documentFileName=='AcroJS.pdf'));",
        cExec: "app.openDoc(
            '/C/Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 6.0/Help/ENU/AcroJS.pdf');"
});

3. Name the file "something.js", or whatever you want. (I used "usrAddJSHelp.js".)
4. Save the file in the "Javascripts" folder under your Acrobat folder. My path is:

        C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\Javascripts\

5. Close Acrobat. Reopen Acrobat. Check it out.

Wave goodbye to the cut-and-paste crowd. Bye!

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