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dynamic stamp: how create dependent on count different colored background by javasript

Hi there,

thanks to your guides
http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/cus...
http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/pri...
i managed to create my first own dynamic stamp.
So this is what i have.

What i`d like to have i the following thing:
I want my stamp to count from 1 to 24 filling its two fields maybe with a number - but much more important - with colored background.

e.g.:
first stamping should return a stamp with the number 1 in it and with two colored fields. One with the color red, the other yellow
second stamping should return a stamp with the number 2 in it and one field colored red, the other green...

so this is what i`d like to get. As i am a really noob in javascript and programming stuff i ask you for your help!
Is there someone able to show me a way or maybe able to give me some advice where to look for it?

Thanks in advance
Christoph


Christoph Fessler


2 Answers

You can use a Global variable to do that. Enter something like this in your stamp script:

if (global.stampCounter == null) {
global.stampCounter = 1;
} else global.stampCounter++;

Then you change the properties of the fields in the stamp based on its value:

if (global.stampCounter==1) {
// set the fields' colors accordingly

} if (global.stampCounter==2) {
// set the fields' colors accordingly

} // etc.

You didn't say what should happen when it reaches 24, though...

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Gilad D (try67)   

You probably want the counter to reinitialize on each document? I'd suggest using a document variable for the counter. Like this.

var oDoc = event.source.source;
if(typeof(oDoc.stampCounter) == "undefined")
oDoc.stampCounter = 0;

oDoc.stampCounter++;

With this code the increment is stored on the document being stamped. It resets each time you open a new PDF, or when you close and reopen the current PDF.

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