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very short script that will not work

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Hello everyone: 

 

In an attempt to take some baby steps into using Javascript in Acrobat, I wrote the following folder-level script:

 

 

main();

 

 

function main()

{

    debugger;

 

   

   var PDFDoc = app.openDoc("/c/Documents and Settings/johnd/Desktop/Drivel.pdf");

 

//  and so on...

 

I placed the Javascript file in the Javascripts folder under the Acrobat folder.  I then called up the Javascript debugger and began running it through its paces.  On the openDoc call I get the following error message in the console:

 

RaiseError: Acrobat cannot open this file because a task is still active in Acrobat. Please return to Acrobat and end the task before opening this file.

App.openDoc:9:Console undefined:Exec

===> Acrobat cannot open this file because a task is still active in Acrobat. Please return to Acrobat and end the task before opening this file.

 

I am about at my wits end trying to figure out what task is running and why the script cannot open the document.  I am not running any other scripts and AFAIK Acrobat has completed all other processing.  So what do I need to do to fix this broken script?

 

TIA!

 

John


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