how do i Remove WaterMarks / Stamps with SDK?

[Jaakov_Jalink@adobeforums.com]

Hi,
I have added watermarks to a couple of thousand files in our DB - using API, these are status watermarks that should change when the relevant object changes status. I originally intended to do it by keeping the source files (without watermarks) and using them as base for the new watermark, but apparently the source is not always available and i have to remove the watermarks.

We have Acrobat 8.1 pro, and can remove the watermark easily through UI, but I can't find the way to do it through API.

I have both "addWaterMarkFromText" with status date and "addWatermarkFromFile" with status stamp on each file.

I tried and got false on:

pdApp.MenuItemExecute("COMP:RemoveWatermark")

I tried the OCG approach:
'get the OCG's
Dim OCGs As Object
OCGs = jsObj.getOCGs(0)
For i As Integer = 0 To OCGs.length - 1
If OCGs(i).name = "WaterMark" Then
OCGs(i).state = False
End If
Next

It finds one watermark OCG on the first page but doesn't turn it off.
keep in mind that i do want a watermark OCG - but a new one with the new status

Anyone knows how i can do it?????

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

There is no Javascript API for removing a watermark.

[Jaakov_Jalink@adobeforums.com]

Hi Leonard,
Is there any other way - short of UI send keys to do it???

should i give up on this and only concentrate on finding the unstamped files???

Thanks,
JJ.

[Leonard_Rosenthol@adobeforums.com]

You could write a custom plugin in C/C++ to remove them if it's important enough...

[Jaakov_Jalink@adobeforums.com]

Can you point me to some sample C/C++ plugin??

[Bernd Alheit]

There are many samples in the SDK.

[Jaakov_Jalink@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, I'll check there.