filesystem access from javascript

[Zlatko_Marcok@adobeforums.com]

Hello
I would like to access a plain text file from javascript. Is it possible?

This is one piece of my project. I have a large number of PDF files. I need to scan through them for certain strings, and then create a hyperlink on those strings. The link destination is found in my plain text file. I need to do this in a batch process using either javascript, javascript and IAC, or plugins and IAC. I do not have access to the original MS Word documents used to create the PDFs (otherwise I would use pdfmarks). Feel free to share any insight you may have on solving this problem.

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

No, it is not possible to read files with JavaScript.

I would embed the data as a string in the JavaScript and read it form there.

[George Johnson]

You can't read files directly with JavaScript, but you can import a file into a PDF and read the resulting data object's contents. See the doc.getDataObjectContents method in the Acrobat JavaScript reference for more information.

George

[Zlatko_Marcok@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for your suggestions. My project is done. I did it with the C plugin API because it gave me the most functionality, even though the size of the API is daunting. Without the sample programs, I think I'd never have succeeded.

I scanned through 30000 pdf files for document titles and created hyperlinks on those titles. My text file of link destinations is about 28000 lines long (sorted and binary searched). The whole operation took about 15 minutes.

[jacob_samuel@adobeforums.com]

Dear Zlatko,

Could you tell me how you did that?

If possible please send me the code.

e-mail: [email]jacobbobysamuel@yahoo.com[/email]
Thanks
Jacob