Unexpected movement of annotations

[tkittel]

Hello all.



In the switch 11 update 1 reference guide (page 57) I found the following sample script for summary of "annotations":

// Acrobat is used to make a summary of the annotations resulting in a file that shows you

the page

// content and the annotations per page.

// No arguments are required.

if($error == null)

{

try

{

var title = $doc.documentFileName + " summary"

$outfile = $outfolder + '/' + $filename + "_summary.pdf";

$doc.ANsummarize($doc, title, ANSB_Page, null, $outfile, null, false, true, false, false,

false, false);

$outfiles.push($outfile);

}

catch(theError)

{

$error = theError;

$doc.closeDoc( {bNoSave : true} );

}

}

$error



Trying this script using the acrobat configurator (version 1), all annotations in the resulting summary were moved away from their original position. Could somebody confirm this behaviour?



Furthermore I can't find a helpful explanation of the 'summarize' command of the acrobat scripting api. In a forum thread I found:

ANsummarize(doc, title, p, r, dest, fs, print, twoUp, useSeqNum, scale, noAssocDoc, filter, paperWidth, paperHeight)



The values doc, title, dest, print, twoUp, useSeqNum, scale, paperWidth, paperHeight are nearly clear, but p, r, fs, noAssocDoc and filter aren't!

Is there a documentation for this available?



Thanks in advance,

Thomas



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OSX 10.6.8, Switch 11 update 1, Acrobat 10.1.1

[dkelly]

ANsummarize() is an undocumented API function.



p = sort method (use ANSB_Page to sort by page order)

r = reverse sort order (boolean)



You can also use this loop to print the annotations.



this.syncAnnotScan();

var annots = this.getAnnots({ nPage:0, nSortBy: ANSB_Page });

for (var i = 0; i < annots.length; i++) {

console.println(util.printf("%s,%s,%s", annots.author, annots.type, annots.contents));

}



Another option is to use PDFspy to dump the annotations (and lots more)



Dwight Kelly

dkelly@apago.com

Apago, Inc.

[tkittel]

Hello Dwight,



thank you for your explanations and your code. I'll try this next week. So there's no official API function from Adobe to summarize comments with Acrobat - neighter with javascript nor applescript?



Okay, I see: I've to speak once more with my boss about your software "and lots more" ;o)



Have a nice weekend,

Thomas