Viewing/Printing PDFs with dynamic date stamp

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   Hi all,

I am trying to view/print PDFs that contain javascript that displays the current date in a text box.  

With the 2.71 demo, when I preview the PDF, the date displayed is the original creation date - it does not update to the current date.  

In VB, I used QuickPDF to hard code the date in the javascript, but it still does displays the old date with the demo.  Adobe will display the new date.

I'm using GetPageJavaScript to get the original javascript with the date function, replacing the date function with today's date, then using PageJavascriptAction to replace the original javascript.

Any help will be greatly appreciated,
-Jean Fields

Edit:  Here is a PDF that has a date stamp similar to ours
http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/ppjslc_commonex_2.pdf

Edited by jfields - 24 Jul 13 at 4:33PM

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jfields Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 24 Jul 13 Location: Houston Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote jfields Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Viewing/Printing PDFs with dynamic date stamp Posted: 24 Jul 13 at 12:51AM
	Hi all, I am trying to view/print PDFs that contain javascript that displays the current date in a text box. With the 2.71 demo, when I preview the PDF, the date displayed is the original creation date - it does not update to the current date. In VB, I used QuickPDF to hard code the date in the javascript, but it still does displays the old date with the demo. Adobe will display the new date. I'm using GetPageJavaScript to get the original javascript with the date function, replacing the date function with today's date, then using PageJavascriptAction to replace the original javascript. Any help will be greatly appreciated, -Jean Fields Edit: Here is a PDF that has a date stamp similar to ours http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/ppjslc_commonex_2.pdf Edited by jfields - 24 Jul 13 at 4:33PM

jfields Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 24 Jul 13 Location: Houston Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote jfields Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Jul 13 at 9:39PM
	Hi all, I found a solution, I left the javascript alone and updated the form field values and that worked. Which is a better solution overall since it leaves the dynamic date stamp intact in the PDF file. Thanks, Jean

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 13 at 11:44AM
	Jean, Debenu Quick PDF Library currently doesn't have a Javascript engine to update the formfields so your workaround is the best option for now. Andrew.