AcroButtons Quick Start Tutorial
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1. Be sure to enter your paid for Serial Number in the AcroButtons About Box to produce buttons without the red line Now is that cool or what This example shows how to use just one of the JavaScrippets included with AcroButtons Check out the others too there are sure to be a few that will help your Document Process Any problems questions or suggestions please send us email support windjack com2. ll start off with one of the pre defined JavaScrippets that comes with AcroButtons and modify it fit our needs On the Properties panel push on the Select a JavaScrippet button Select JavaScript Examples gt Display an Alert Box Click Use This JavaScippet on the JavaScrippet Pre Viewer dialog nk a a On the Properties panel press the Advanced gt gt gt button The advanced properties are now available at the bottom of the Properties Panel Hew AcroButton Untitled New AcroButton Met windjackSolutionslogo WindJack Solutions Inc Info about WindJack Solutions Inc When a Document is Open 7 Never a Le 5 The Action Code for this JavaScrippet simply displays an alert box It s useful though because is comes with documentation on how to use the alert box Press the Edit button for the Action Code to display an edit window for the code AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc 6 Below the full text of the Display Alert Box JavaScript is shown We ve already changed it to say something useful about the company Enter your own information This Function Has 4 input parameters CMsg Text Displayed in AlertBox nicon Icon to display in AlertBox 0 Error default 1 Warning 2 Question 3 Status nType Buttons to display on AlertBox H 0 OK default 1 OK Cancel 2 Yes No 3 Yes No Cancel cTitle
3. see the Button Images section of the AcroButtons User s Manual The final product will be a logo button that displays information about the company Setup Quick Select Preferences 1 Open the PDF document containing the image you want to use for the button face Your company logo would be an excellent choice but since I can t show you yours here for this example I ll use the logo for Windjack Solutions For the JavaScrippet action we ll put up a dialog box providing information on the company 2 Activate the AcroButtons Preferences from the Acrobat menu Edit gt Preferences gt AcroButtons 3 Check 32 pixels in the Quick Select Button Height box 4 Change the mask color to match the background of the image you want to select Quick Select automatically scales all images to this height It 1s possible to Quick Select an entire page for your button icon but large reductions can produce poorer quality images on the button face AcroBbuttons Preferences Note The 32 pixel height is only valid for toolbar buttons in Acrobat 6 0 AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc Quick select an Image 1 Create anew AcroButton See Create the Button in the previous tutorial 2 Enter the name for the new button using no spaces in this case WindjackSolutionsLogo Click Save In the Properties Panel for the new AcroButton press the Acrobat 6 0 Icon button 4 In the Image Source Dialog check Quick Select Since
4. we won t be using an image from the Quick Select document check the Don t Open Quick Select Doc box AcroButtons Image Source 5 Click OK 6 Place the cursor over the image you want for the button The cursor will indicate object type forms pages images etc as it passes over them Click on the image AcroButtons User s Manual by Windjack Solutions Version 1 0 01 AcroButtons is an Adobe Acrobat plug in to create custom toolbar buttons with the graphic design and Acrobat JavaScript function of your choice AcroButtons connects the buttons to custom functionality by creating folder level JavaScript files Using the Quick Select feature you can create a custom toolbar button in just a few clicks Easy and fun to use AcroButtons comes with a set of pre defined images or you can import any image type Acrobat accepts bmp jpg png pdf git etc AcroButtons also has a predefined list of useful Acrobat Javascrippets or you can insert your own Acrobat Javascripts AcroButtons can be specific to a particular document always visible on your Acrobat toolbar or applied to all open Acrobat documents AcroButtons specified to a PDF document allows your custom AcroButton to travel with your document and be viewed and used in Acrobat Reader 7 The image should appear scaled appropriately in the Properties Panel AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc Add and Modify the JavaScript Action We
5. AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc AcroButtons Quick Start Guide AcroButtons by Windjack Solutions Inc An Adobe Acrobat plug in for creating Toolbar Buttons The Fastest Button There are 5 quick steps to creating a custom toolbar button Create a New Button Name the button Select the image to appear on the button face Select the Action the button will perform Save to button to a file E hee Create a New Button There are two ways to start making your own Acrobat Toolbar Button 1 Press the Cy button on Acrobat s Advanced Editing Toolbar If this toolbar is not visible then activate it from the menu option View gt Toolbars gt Advanced Editing 2 Select the menu option Advanced gt AcroButtons gt Create New Acrobutton Each of these Actions starts the process of creating a new toolbar button by displaying the Properties Panel for a new button All values are set to defaults including the button icon See The Properties Panel in the AcroButtons User s Manual Hew AcroButton Untithed0 ee untitled Acrobat 6 0 Icon Clear _Aerobat 7 0 Icon _Clear_ ne Execute untied Command O O O O SRNE Advanced 55 _Embedinto current boc ok __Cancel_ At this point you could press Ok and a new toolbar button would appear on Acrobat s toolbar The image on the new button would be the icon that s currently showing in the Properties Panel question mark
6. Text on Title Bar of AlertBox app alert cMsg Windjack Solutions has been developing plug ins and Adobe solutions since 1997 Our specialty is the rapid development of modules and small applications We have developed and or were team members in the development of several successful products on the market today nIcon 3 nType 0 cTitle Information about Windjack Solutions 7 Click Ok 8 That s it Click on Save or close the Advanced options with the lt lt lt Advanced button and click on Ok to save the button to a file 9 The new AcroButton is now on the Acrobat Add on Toolbar Notice the larger 32 pixel size Click on it and the Alert Dialog box will pop up with the title and information we typed in about Windjack Solutions 0 isar A O O OlGleax tu BQO O E R G m kai How To Windjack Solutions Information Bookmarks Windjack Solutions has been developing plug ins and Adobe solutions since J 1997 Gur specialty is the rapid development of modules and small applications We have developed and or were team members in the development of several successful products on the market today Signatures i et Es TJERE zji ITED ee pee ice ES 7 iL Flej Ht a useful Acrobat JavaScrippets or you can insert your own Acrobat JavaScripts Note The Red Line is on the button image because this example was done with an Evaluation Copy
7. k F Save as type JavaScripti js Cancel ee Done The AcroButton with the Next Page image and JavaScript function is now on the Acrobat Add on Tools Toolbar see Ou a E a mM A Gil The button will appear grayed in there aren t any documents open Try out the ToolTip by leaving the cursor over top the button for a few seconds and if the current document has multiple pages click on your new Next Page button the page view changes appropriately Pretty Cool NOTE AcroButtons Quick Select can also be used with images from any PDF document Please see the Tutorial Using AcroButtons Quick Select with Images from any PDF Document Have fun playing with AcroButtons There are more things you can do with this tool than we can think of but if you have any special requests please let us know Any problems questions or suggestions please send us email support windjack com gt AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc Quick Select with Images from any PDF Document In the Quick Start tutorial we showed how to create AcroButtons using the Quick Select PDF document with over 250 ready to go images for the button face In this exercise we ll show you how to use the Quick Select Preferences how to use Quick Select to choose an image from any open PDF document and how to modify the button s JavaScript action NOTE For detailed information on selecting images appropriate for AcroButtons please
8. rings up the JavaScrippet Pre viewer dialog Use this dialog to verify that this is the JavaScript you want to use JayaScippet Pre Viewer F Use Label p Ise Enare unde r Use Marked Code 4 Select the Scrippet Description to be used as the tool tip 5 Press the Use This JavaScrippet button AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc 6 The code for the selected JavaScrippet has now been written to the Properties Panel Advanced users can view and edit this code as well as several other properties by pressing the Advanced Button 7 Let s change one last thing for this button Set the Button s Label to Next Page this text will appear to the right of the Icon on the toolbar The Properties Panel should now look like the one shown below New AcroBbutton UntitledO NextPage OOOO O Clear _Acrobat 7 0 tcon _clear NextPage Newt agg E AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc Save the Button Click the Ok button This button has not been previously saved to a file so the Save File Dialog is activated The name of the file is defaulted to name of the Button but it could be anything Leave it as is and press Save Save croB uttons JavaScript File Save int E Javascripts i Rebs i E ADB js aform j E Annots js 23 debugger js E DoFileSelect js media j My Computer ies File name NextPage is My Networ
9. to look For the Image to be Placed on the Toolbar Button Quick Select Don t Open QuickSelect Dac From an Already Open PDF Document Image File cancel Select Quick Select Leave Don t Open QuickSelect Doc unchecked Click Ok The Quick Select PDF document will open This document is a sheet of over 250 icons all ready to be used Below is a small section of the Quick Select PDF document As the cursor passes over an image on the page the outlines of the image are highlighted and text is added to the cursor that indicates the type of image that will be selected on a click For this exercise choose the Right Arrow image Image aa 7Weodtode 5 Place the cursor on the Right Arrow and click once 6 Image Selection is complete The right arrow icon should now be displayed on the Properties Panel oe AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc Select Button Action The Buttons Action is really some JavaScript code that Acrobat executes each time the button is pressed You can enter your own copy and paste JavaScript from another source or use one of the predefined JavaScripts that comes with AcroButtons For this exercise we ll choose one of the predefined JavaScrippets 1 Press the Select a JavaScrippet button Several JavaScrippet categories are displayed 2 Select Embedded Scripts gt Next Page Lo ooo O l Mew Page Nest Fage 3 Selecting a JavaScrippet b
10. with a red slash through it This button wouldn t be very interesting though because it doesn t do anything 1 AcroButtons User s Manual WindJack Solutions Inc Name the Button Change the default name UntitledO to something more descriptive For this example change it to NextPage The button s name is important for several different reasons It s used for creating and deleting the button as a default value for several operations and as a root name for functions and variables in the button s JavaScript As such it cannot contain any white space or special characters and cannot be changed after the button is saved to a file If you want to change the name after the button has been save you will have to copy the button see Advance Properties Panel in the AcroButtons User s Manual and then delete the original select a button icon For this example we ll used the easiest way to get an icon The Quick Select Method 1 Click on the Acrobat 7 0 Icon button This icon will work for both Acrobat 6 0 and Acrobat 7 0 The first dialog in this process is the Image Source This dialog gives you 3 options for selecting the image to be placed on the button The Quick Select option is by far the easiest option for getting a button fast The other two options give you a much greater range of image selection but require you to do some extra work AcroButtons Image Source Please Indicate where vou want
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