Dynamic Stamps

[mcmorin]

Here is my question regarding Dynamic Stamps :

In order to create new Dynamic Stamps, I need an Editor Plus licence, but in order to use the dynamic stamp that I created, do my colleagues also need an Editor Plus licence or is an Editor licence enough?

Thank you!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello mcmorin,

You only need the Editor Plus to create those stamps, and they can then be used with just the Editor.
How to share your stamp collections you can see here:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... ers-to-use

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi, mcmorin

you only need Plus to create the stamps. You can distribute them to your users who can use them using the Basic Editor.

This page describes how to share your stamps. : https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... ers-to-use

We just added a new item to our Active Directory Administrative Templates for the Editor, one to define shared stamp storage: https://help.pdf-xchange.com/sysadmin/e ... neous.html



Category: Miscellaneous
Policy Name: Path to Shared Stamp Collections
Requirements: PDF-XChange Editor 9.0.353 or later.
Description: This option allows you to specify the intranet-path to stamp collections that can be easily and simultaneously used by many users and from different machines. These collections will be read-only for all users.
Reg Key Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Misc
Reg Key Name: t.SharedStampsFolder
Registry Key Type: REG_DWORD
Available Values: “1” – enabled, “0” – disabled


I hope that helps

[mcmorin]

Hi,

I have created 4 new dynamic stamps (documents) that I copied/pasted in the stamp folder ''%appdata%\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps''.
The 4 of them are showing up in my stamp toolbar/palette, but the stamp tool keeps using the first stamp appearing (by name). It won't let me select the 3 other stamps. Do you know how I can fix this?

Thank you,

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello mcmorin,

Is it that you try to use say stamp 2 but it seems as it's using stamp 1 instead?
This might happen if you are using the same code in all 4 stamps, and are not making checks to ensure that said code is executed only when the desired of those 4 stamps is being used.

If you can share with us e.g. two of the stamps you've created - we can try to take a look at those for you.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[mcmorin]

Hi!

Yes that's probably what I did! I don't know anything about code so I just copied it off the internet and it's the same for the 4 stamps.
What do you mean 'making checks'?

[MedBooster]

Greetings

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I recommend using ShareX to make a GIF screen recording you can upload here in the thread:
https://getsharex.com/


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*This seems quite strange actually...
I'm interested in seeing why you can't chose the other stamps that appear... Never happened to me

Maybe what you are referring to is the form field staying the same? Apparently you can't use the same form field name for different javascript functions (it seems). What is the difference between the stamps?


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These threads might help... it can be quite tricky to get dynamic stamps to work.


Dynamic stamps – My ultimate guide – Timestamps as example (JavaScript form textboxes)
viewtopic.php?t=44674&hilit=dynamic


dynamic stamp reorder and change location – without losing the original stamp titles
viewtopic.php?t=44674&hilit=dynamic


Stamp collections – let's share some, fellow PDF-XChangers :=)
viewtopic.php?t=44637&hilit=dynamic

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello,

And if you are looking for our official steps on how to create dynamic stamps, please see these articles:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... Stamp-Tool
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... nge-Editor
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... p-Creation

Based on your description, and reply to Stefans question, It sounds like you are running into an issue that is mentioned in the third article I linked:

To elaborate, when a stamp is placed, every field in the Stamp document (aka "collection") is "run". This means that if the individual fields do not have a conditional in place to prevent them from running when you are placing any other "page/stamp", you will experience a situation where all of these fields are prompting you to fill their data, even if that information is not relevant to the selected stamp.

If you are still experiencing issues with this process, I will have to ask that you share your stamp files with us. If your stamps contain sensitive information, please do not post them on our public forums, but instead send us an email with a link to this post and the file attached, so we can connect the dots.
Our email address is Support@PDF-XChange.com

Kind regards,

[mcmorin]

Thank you so much for your replies. You are very helpful.

Also, my colleague with the 'Editor' license tried to use/place a stamp that I created on a new document, but the dynamic fields did not work. It does work for me with the 'Editor Plus' license though. She saved the stamp pdf in this location :
%appdata%\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps


Do you know why it doesn't seem to be working for her?

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello mcmorin,

The dynamic stamp you have created has been added to a stamp collection. If you copy that whole stamp collection (not a file with the stamp already placed) to your colleague - it should work on their machine as well.
Please let me post a link to this article once again:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgeba ... ers-to-use

Kind regards,
Stefan