Javascript to prompt for pdf files to insert?

Question

I am attempting to have a button on a form that will launch file explorer for the user to select pdf files to insert into form.

The insertPages script will insert pages from a specific cPath, but I need the user to be able to select the pages to insert, as they will be different from case to case. Is there a way to accomplish this using javascript?

I am using Bluebeam, which is very similar to Acrobat. I have created several templates and javascript code using the Acrobat API Reference, and thus far the Bluebeam engine appears to operate nearly identically. In a perfect world, the button would launch the "Insert Pages" menu in Bluebeam.

Thanks in advance for the help!!

Answer 1

If this were Acrobat, I'd use app.browseForDoc(). The returned object has three properties...

cFS - A string containing the resulting file system name for the chosen file.

cPath - A string containing the resulting path for the chosen file.

cURL - A string containing the resulting URL for the chosen file.

Get the full path to the file from there then use insertPages.

In Acrobat, it can only be run in a Privileged context. I'm not sure if it will work the same way in BlueBeam though they have done a fairly good job of duplicating the form field related JavaScripts.