Comments menu: possible to modify comments as a whole group?

[Ricaz]

Hi there!
I would like to change all the red highlights into blue hightlights....
Is it possible to do it through the comments menu, grouping by colour and then changing them with a "change group comment properties"? is there anything like that?

Thanks

Ricaz

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Ricaz,

I am afraid that there isn't such an option currently directly through the menus.
The only "mass" change you could do through the comments pane is to group comments by a given criteria and then remove them all.

What you could do is execute the following JS code (open the console with Ctrl-J):

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var annots = this.getAnnots();
for (var i = 0; i < annots.length; i++) 
{
  if (annots[i].type == "Highlight" && color.equal(annots[i].strokeColor,["RGB",0,0,1])  )
  { 
    annots[i].strokeColor = color.red;
  }
}

This will change the colour of all blue highlights to red.

[Ricaz]

Dear Stefan,
the solution through the java console is wonderful... thank you very much!

I did not know there was anything like that (the java console, I mean)... sounds like I'll need to explore the wonderful world of Java, then... I'll definitely never finish the phd... I don't know whether to love or hate you Tracker Guys!!!

Could you tell me if there is any "glossary" of commands which gives the "names" of the different tools (highline, line, rectangle) and colours (you used "red" and "blue" in your example, but if I had to change the "light orange" into "sea green"?). is there any list of these commands?

thank you again!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Ricaz,

I don't know whether to love or hate you Tracker Guys!!!

I'm sure you will love the "list" of such commands as well - all 769 pages of it
JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference.

The Color Arrays are explained on page 193 - so you could start with that section.

Best,
Stefan

[Ricaz]

all these pages? now I know.. I definitely hate you!

thanks very much... by the way, is there any Reformed Tracker Church? I would like to join...

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Ricaz,

is there any Reformed Tracker Church?

Yes there is
And you can become a member here:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/buy-now

Cheers,
Stefan

[Ricaz]

Oh, that's a very nice thing, that there is a Tracker Church!

I take advantage of this nice exchange of posts to ask you a cheeky (and probably silly as usual) question... if I get a PRO packet, and a certain point I want to TRANSFER it to another computer (used by my wife), that is possible, isn't it? of course deleting it from my laptop, where I plan to install it in the first place...

Thanks!

Riccardo

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi Ricaz,

if the license is a 'Single User' license then yes you may do that - as long as you both are not using the software. Because we license per user we would expect each user to hold a license. The other side to that coin is that we allow a single user to install the software on a workstation and a second machine like a laptop - so long as there is only the one 'common' user.

Does that clear this up?