Subjects of Dynamic Stamps SOLVED

[TheHipshaker]

Hello there,
I am struggling with the subject of a dynamic stamp I am creating.
The stamp receives user input for its visual representation.
In our case it is a BoQ number in some alphanumeric format like "10.10.0250".
Now this works like a charm with this code:

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if((event.source.forReal)&&(event.source.stampName == "#X1csF23c_6cU88RQPEZjO0"))
{
this.getField("UserText").value = app.response(
	{
		cQuestion: "Positionsnummer",
		cTitle: "Eingabe Stempelinhalt",
		cDefault: "",
		cLabel: "Positionsnummer:"
	}
) || "";

}

Admittedly I used AI for that already...

But now I would like to have this identifier "10.10.0250" as the subject of the stamp here

image(1).png

so we can export that later on as a csv to import it in the QTO tool.

Sadly AI is not helping anymore and I grit my teeth because I feel like I am so very close.
It seems to come down to timing but no delay in the code did anything to the outcome.

I hope you guys can help me figure this out.

Thanks a lot already!

Best regards

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello TheHipshaker,

I've just searched, however it seems like the Stamp's subject is determined by the name of that stamp in the collection, and while you can rename it in the Stamps Palette:

image.png

That is a manual process and I could not see a way to do it with JS from the stamp instance itself that is just being placed on the page.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[TheHipshaker]

Hi Stefan,
thanks for your reply. It indeed is the name of the stamp that I want to set parallel to the visible content of the stamp. I just want the user to only have to type the subject/content once.
I was exploring possibilities with JavaScript Add-on Tools but didn't get far. Does anyone have ideas on how to combine scripts to pass on a userinput from a Add-On Tool to a stamp?
The subject - or any other attribute of the annotation - is a valuable piece of information with which we can go forward in our processes.

Thanks to all considering this!

Best regards!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello TheHipshaker,

You can set up variables - and some of those can persist during the current session or even over different editor launches.

Please find attached a sample document that uses those as counters, but the same can probably be applied if you e.g. need to transfer info between tools.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Mathew]

The way I would set the subject is to set up a timeout that looks for the newly created stamp, and assigns the property. In the tool I just posted, it uses the following code. First I set up a function that is saved the the javascripts folder, so is already loaded. This step is not entirely necessary as I explain at the end:

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xutil.setStampProperty = function( properties ) {
    // get current document and 'this' doesn't work
    const doc = app.doc;
    // may also work to get selectedAnnots (?) Not sure what's better
    const [newStamp] = doc.getAnnots({
        'nPage': doc.pageNum,
        'nSortBy': ANSB_ModDate, // jshint ignore:line
        'bReverse': false});

    if ('Stamp' !== newStamp.type) return console.println("The new stamp wasn't found.");
    
    newStamp.setProps( properties );
};

Then you call that function through a timeout at the end of your stamp script:

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app.setTimeOut("xutil.setStampProperty(" + JSON.stringify({subject: myNewSubject}) + ")",250);

Supply the callback function directly
PXCE from build 393 onwards supports supplying functions to setTimeOut so you could do away with the xutil.setStampProperty and supply it directly.

... come to think of it, for earlier builds you could do the same thing by converting the function into a string. Something like (not tested):

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{
// the function to set the property
const setStampProperty = function( properties ) {
    // get current document and 'this' doesn't work
    const doc = app.doc;
    // may also work to get selectedAnnots (?) Not sure what's better
    const [newStamp] = doc.getAnnots({
        'nPage': doc.pageNum,
        'nSortBy': ANSB_ModDate, // jshint ignore:line
        'bReverse': false});

    if ('Stamp' !== newStamp.type) return console.println("The new stamp wasn't found.");
    
    newStamp.setProps( properties );
};

// property: value pair to set
let prop = {subject: "my new subject"};

// set up the timeout
app.setTimeOut(`(${setStampProperty.toString()})(${JSON.stringify(prop)})`, 250);
}

[Mathew]

... or if you want to use the tool I posted, the dialog as well as setting the subject could be accomplished with:

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xutil.stampDialog("#X1csF23c_6cU88RQPEZjO0",
{description: "Positionsnummer:"},
{field: "UserText", description: "", setProp: 'subject'});

[TheHipshaker]

Mathew, you are a wizard!
At first I didn't get it right... I tried with just the snippet you posted in here.
With the whole xutil library from your referenced post and the additional app.setTimeOut line in the stamp it works like a charm with minimal setup.
My colleagues and I will sing your praise!
Thanks a million!

[Mathew]

Mathew, you are a wizard!
At first I didn't get it right... I tried with just the snippet you posted in here.
With the whole xutil library from your referenced post and the additional app.setTimeOut line in the stamp it works like a charm with minimal setup.
My colleagues and I will sing your praise!
Thanks a million!

If using the whole xutil the timeout is built in so you should only have to use is setProp: 'subject' to set the subject to the field value

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 xutil.stampDialog("#X1csF23c_6cU88RQPEZjO0",
{description: "Positionsnummer:"},
{field: "UserText", description: "", setProp: 'subject'});

If that does not work I’d like to know because for some reason it isn’t working right

Really glad it helps!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]