Re: Adobe Acrobat Dc Dynamic Stamp
Adrian Rocher
I am trying to create a custom dynamic stamp for my finance department and I can't find the instructions anywhere online. I went to an Adobe event where they introduced Acrobat X and I asked them about this but was told it was too advanced for the seminar.
Is there anyone out there who knows how to do this? My understanding is that there is a lot of JavaScript involved but I can't find anything on it.
Did you change the internal stamp name? For dynamic stamps, you need to use an internal stamp name that starts with a '#' - otherwise the stamp script will not be evaluated every time you place the stamp. To change the stamp name, go into Page Templates and change the template name from "abcdef=some string" to "#abcdef=some string".
To help us understand how this situation came about, can I ask you about your process? Where did you find the steps you took to make this dynamic stamp? Why did you choose to copy the stamp into the "app" area, rather than leave it in the "user" area?
There is a Document Action for "WillPrint". You'll find the dialog for setting the actions under the JavaScript tools. I would suggest placing a form field on the PDF, then use the "WillPrint" event to put the print date in this field. If you want this date to only be seen on the Printed page, set the form field visibility to "Hidden but printable".
Well I looked at many of the online tutorials explaining how to set this up, after seeing they were all pretty similar, I followed one, and it was that one that had me copy the final product to the App area instead of the userprofile area. Just not sure exactly which one it was. Will look and post the link later when i have time. And as I stated, I believe many of the processes have it this way becuase I saw a ton of people with the exact issue as I had with following the exact process , no errors, but then the time stamp didnt happen. I believe it might be having the stamp in 2 places like I did. But alas, I am just glad I found my resolution.
The WillPrint issue. Does this need to be applied to each and every PDF we need to print time stamp? THis request is coming from a customer who has a folder full of PDF SOP's. She is requesting that when the analysts print them, they are time stamped. So, can I set those analysts' Adobe Reader up to timestamp any PDF they print?
However, if this is a user based thing instead of document, then you can create an automation tool for performing the print and adding the date. The user would have to install the tool, which would create a menu or toolbutton item in Acrobat. They user would have to click on this tool to perform the print. This could also be an Action, which can be applied to an entire folder, and it easier to install. These automation tools could use your stamp to apply the date.
Create a custom dynamic stamp using Acrobat DC You will notice the first save is to the userprofile area, then further down, at the end, it tells you to COPY (not move) it to the App area. And its from the Official Adobe site. LOL
In the tutorial the copy to the app folder is for installing the stamp on another computer. But it is definitely unclear and misleading. Since it was copied from the user folder at the start, they should have stayed with it.
For the kind of tool you want it's not too difficult. Take a look at the "Action Wizard" in the Acrobat Pro Tools. I believe that printing is one of the command options. For the first bit, adding the date you'll need to write a script.
For the life of me I cannot get any dynamic stamps to work. I've spent hours sifting through all of these posts and none of the 'solutions' people here have suggested are working for me. I created a stamp in Acrobat Pro DC using a PDF file - opened in and used prepare form to create all the fields and checkboxes I needed - saved this file with the same name in the user folder only. I then insert into another PDF and it is not dynamic - none of the fields are editable.
One of the things that is mentioned in almost any discussion of stamps is that they are NOT editable after you apply them, only at the moment you do so. That's why we use dialogs and other such methods of getting user input and then inserting it into the stamp. Otherwise the whole thing would be much simpler...
Hi I'm going round in circles trying to create a dynamic stamp. I've followed the instructions from this 2017 article - -custom-dynamicstamp.html - and have come unstuck at the point where you edit the newly created stamp to add the info you want.
I can't find it. The suggested path to the folder is /Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/DC/Stamps. If I go to Users, then my user name, there is no 'Library' folder. If I step back to my HD, 'Library' is there and I can follow the above address as far as DC. Within the DC folder there is not a Stamps folder.
I found an older article - -a-PDF-Stamp-into-Acrobat-Macintosh-and-Windows.cfm - suggesting you go through the application's own system so I went to Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC - then on the icon called Adobe Acrobat.app right click - Show package contents/Contents/Resources - it all looks as per the article except that there is no Stamps folder (other items in this folder seem to be very similar to that author's contents).
MacBook Pro 2015, Sierra 10.12.6, Creative Cloud Enterprise account through my place of work (but currently using my own machine so have admin rights - not yet tried on work PC as currently working from home because of coronavirus).
There are two stamp folders, a "user" folder and an "app" folder. One of the problems with the stamp folders is that the "user" folder doesn't initially exists. It is created by Acrobat when you create a new static stamp. You've done this already, so you should have both. Another problem with thesee folders is that Acrobat places them in locations that are normally hidden from the user. I think is this the problem you are running into. The stamp folders are there, they are just not being shown. To verify this you need to perform the test discussed earlier in the article, run this code in the console window.
The Console doesn't seem to have anywhere to type. I've tried putting that in the Terminal (changing "user" to my username) but it's coming up with "syntax error near unexpected token". So I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Having said that, even if I could find the exact location on my system, I don't know how to remove the system option that is hiding the folder.
On both Mac and Windows you can go straight to the folder without bothering to un-hide it. If you have a folder name just use Windows Key + R and type the folder name. That's it. You can use the Acrobat JavaScript console to find the name. For example, you can use Windows Key + R and type
Do NOT copy and paste from my example, which have a deliberate error. You MUST get the names from the Console. If you don't know how to do that, please say, rather than guessing; you could spend a lot of time putting stuff in the wrong place.
My issue isn't that I can't find the underlying "Adobe" folder, I can. The problem I am having is when I get to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\DC there is no stamps folder - I have "Collab," "Forms," "JSCache," "Security," "Sequences," "UICustomization" and "UserPrefs." There is no "Stamps" folder. I looked through each of these folders as well as every folder under "Adobe" as well - no "Stamps" folder there either.
I am using Acrobat Pro DC 2015 Release Classic (version 2015.006.30306) on Windows 7 Enterprise (service pack 1) with a company provided laptop. My issue is that I am not able to find the new stamp file that I created. I have followed these steps:
From this point is where I have trouble. I know I have to find the file that Adobe created for my new stamp to edit it and make it a dynamic stamp, but I am not able to find/view that file. I have tried the following approaches:
Does anyone have any ideas as to where the file is or why I cannot view the file? My best guess now is that it may be because I am not an adminstrator for the network and have limited access to some files.
Stamps can be either in the application level stamp folder (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 2015\Acrobat\plug_ins\Annotations\Stamps and it's subdirectories), or in the user level folder (something like C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\2015\Stamps for your version of Acrobat). The filename is not necessarily what you see as the AP property. You need to check all PDF files you find in the stamp directories until you find your stamp.
for my office I wanted to create some stamps that has some variables in it. I saw a method where when you put the stamp a question for the input text comes up and you have to enter the variables. This seems fine for me. So I looked up a video:
I once had similar problem. Some years ago I wanted to add some text in a document and tried it with the tool "edit document" and "add text" (translating here from my language, it my be different). There was also the problem. I saw the cursor moving but the letters were invisible (and not colored white). I had to use the comment tool where there is also a function to add text.
Thank you for your answer. How and where do I set the value of these fields? Do you mean the category "Validation" in the attributes of the text field (again, I am translating here from my German surface, I do not know how the buttons are named in English versions)? If so, what do I need to enter in there?
The second link is the one that is also mentioned in my above mentioned video. The video executes this tutorial in a way that non-professional users like me understand. The tutorial itself does not indicate my problem.
So, dynamic stamps are basically forms. You put data into a field on a stamp the same way you put data into a form field using a calculation script. This is clearly pointed out in the tutorial, the articles and the sample.
like in the tutorial which author I now realise being member of this discussion and which both of you probably meant when saying that I doesn't set the value of the fields. Since I didn't need the display of the date I deleted that line and it worked fine for me.
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