PDFTron pdfnet-node Class: Action

new Action()

Actions are typically what happens when a user clicks on a link or bookmark. Instead of simply jumping to a destination in the document, an annotation or outline item can specify an action for the viewer application to perform, such as launching an application, playing a sound, or changing an annotation's appearance state. Note: Although the Action class provides utility functions for most commonly used action types, it is possible to read, write, and edit any action type using SDF API and dictionary entries described in Section 8.5 in the PDF Reference Manual.

Members

<static> FormActionFlag

Type:

number

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`e_exclude`	number
`e_include_no_value_fields`	number
`e_export_format`	number
`e_get_method`	number
`e_submit_coordinates`	number
`e_xfdf`	number
`e_include_append_saves`	number
`e_include_annotations`	number
`e_submit_pdf`	number
`e_canonical_format`	number
`e_excl_non_user_annots`	number
`e_excl_F_key`	number
`e_embed_form`	number

<static> Type

Type:

number

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`e_GoTo`	number
`e_GoToR`	number
`e_GoToE`	number
`e_Launch`	number
`e_Thread`	number
`e_URI`	number
`e_Sound`	number
`e_Movie`	number
`e_Hide`	number
`e_Named`	number
`e_SubmitForm`	number
`e_ResetForm`	number
`e_ImportData`	number
`e_JavaScript`	number
`e_SetOCGState`	number
`e_Rendition`	number
`e_Trans`	number
`e_GoTo3DView`	number
`e_RichMediaExecute`	number
`e_Unknown`	number

Methods

<static> create( [in_obj])

A constructor. Creates an Action and initializes it using given Cos/SDF object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`in_obj`	PDFNet.Obj	<optional>	Pointer to the Cos/SDF object. Note: The constructor does not copy any data, but is instead the logical equivalent of a type cast.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createGoto(dest)

Creates a new 'GoTo'action. GoTo action takes the user to the specified Destination view located in the same document.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`dest`	PDFNet.Destination	A Destination for the new Action. Note: This method can only be used for destinations in the same document as the source document. For cross-document links use Action::CreateGotoRemote().

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createGotoRemote(file, page_num)

Creates a new 'GoToR'action. A remote go-to action is similar to an ordinary go-to action but jumps to a destination in another PDF file instead of the current file.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`file`	PDFNet.FileSpec	The file referred to by the action.
`page_num`	number	A page number within the remote document. The first page is numbered 0.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createGotoRemoteSetNewWindow(file, page_num, new_window)

Creates a new 'GoToR'action. See the above method for details.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`file`	PDFNet.FileSpec	The file referred to by the action.
`page_num`	number	A page number within the remote document. The first page is numbered 0.
`new_window`	boolean	A flag specifying whether to open the destination document in a new window. If new_window is false, the destination document replaces the current document in the same window, otherwise the viewer application should behave in accordance with the current user preference.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createGotoWithKey(key, dest)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string
`dest`	PDFNet.Destination

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createHideField(sdfdoc, field_names_list)

Creates a new 'Show/Hide Field' action. A show/hide field action shows or hide certain fields when it's invoked.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	the document in which to create the action
`field_names_list`	Array.<string>	the list of fields to hide

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createImportData(sdfdoc, path)

Creates a new 'Import Data' action. An import data action imports form data from a FDF file into a PDF document.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	the document in which to create the action
`path`	string	the full path of the FDF file

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createJavaScript(sdfdoc, script)

Creates a new 'JavaScript' action. A javascript action executes a JavaScript script when it's invoked.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	the document in which to create the action
`script`	string	the JavaScript script to be executed

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createLaunch(sdfdoc, path)

Creates a new 'Launch' action. A launch action opens up a file using the most appropriate program.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	the document in which to create the action
`path`	string	the full path of the file to be opened

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createResetForm(sdfdoc)

Creates a new 'Reset Form' action. A reset form action reset chosen form fields to their default value.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	the document in which to create the action

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createSubmitForm(url)

Creates a new 'SubmitForm'action. A submit-form action transmits the names and values of selected interactive form fields to a specified uniform resource locator (URL), presumably the address of a Web server that will process them and send back a response.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`url`	PDFNet.FileSpec	A URL file specification giving the uniform resource locator (URL) of the script at the Web server that will process the submission.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createURI(sdfdoc, uri)

Create a new URI action. The URI action is typically resolved by opening a URL in the default web browser.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	The document in which to create the action.
`uri`	string	The uniform resource identifier to resolve, encoded in 7-bit ASCII. A uniform resource identifier (URI) is a string that identifies (resolves to) a resource on the Internet; typically a file that is the destination of a hypertext link, although it can also resolve to a query or other entity. (URIs are described in Internet RFC 2396, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI).

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

<static> createURIWithUString(sdfdoc, uri)

Create a new URI action. The URI action is typically resolved by opening a URL in the default web browser.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`sdfdoc`	PDFNet.PDFDoc \| PDFNet.SDFDoc \| PDFNet.FDFDoc	The document in which to create the action.
`uri`	string	The uniform resource identifier to resolve, encoded in UTF-8. A uniform resource identifier (URI) is a string that identifies (resolves to) a resource on the Internet; typically a file that is the destination of a hypertext link, although it can also resolve to a query or other entity. (URIs are described in Internet RFC 2396, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI).

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

compare(in_action)

Compares two Action objects for equality.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`in_action`	PDFNet.Action	A reference to an existing Action object.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to true if the both Actions share the same underlying SDF/Cos object; otherwise false.

Type: Promise.<boolean>

copy()

Copy Constructor

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.Action"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Action>

execute()

Executes current action; this will only work for some action types that can be executed only using the information contained in the action object or the associated PDF doc. See also PDFViewCtrl::ExecuteAction()

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>

executeKeyStrokeAction(data)

Executes KeyStrokeAction, this shall be performed when the user modifies a character in a text field or combo box or modifies the selecton in a scrollable list box. This action checks the added text for validity and reject or modify it.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`data`	PDFNet.KeyStrokeEventData	Data that contains previous text, added text,and added position information.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.KeyStrokeActionResult"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.KeyStrokeActionResult>

getDest()

Returns:

A promise that resolves to the Action's Destination view. Note: This only works for Actions whose subtype is "GoTo". Note: All named destinations are automatically resolved to the explicit destination so you can access destination members directly.

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Destination>

getFormActionFlag(flag)

Parameters:

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`flag`	number	PDFNet.Action.FormActionFlag = { e_exclude : 0 e_include_no_value_fields : 1 e_export_format : 2 e_get_method : 3 e_submit_coordinates : 4 e_xfdf : 5 e_include_append_saves : 6 e_include_annotations : 7 e_submit_pdf : 8 e_canonical_format : 9 e_excl_non_user_annots : 10 e_excl_F_key : 11 e_embed_form : 13 } Action flag to get the value from.

flag

number

PDFNet.Action.FormActionFlag = {
	e_exclude : 0
	e_include_no_value_fields : 1
	e_export_format : 2
	e_get_method : 3
	e_submit_coordinates : 4
	e_xfdf : 5
	e_include_append_saves : 6
	e_include_annotations : 7
	e_submit_pdf : 8
	e_canonical_format : 9
	e_excl_non_user_annots : 10
	e_excl_F_key : 11
	e_embed_form : 13
}

Action flag to get the value from.

Returns:

A promise that resolves to boolean value of the given action flag. Note: Action flags are currently only used by submit and reset form actions.

Type: Promise.<boolean>

getNext()

Returns:

A promise that resolves to the next action dictionary, an array of action dictionaries, or NULL if there are no additional actions. Sequences of actions can be chained together. For example, the effect of clicking a link annotation with the mouse might be to play a sound, jump to a new page, and start up a movie. Note that the Next entry is not restricted to a single action but may contain an array of actions, each of which in turn may have a Next entry of its own. The actions may thus form a tree instead of a simple linked list. Actions within each Next array are executed in order, each followed in turn by any actions specified in its Next entry, and so on recursively.

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Obj>

getSDFObj()

Returns:

A promise that resolves to pointer to the underlying SDF/Cos object.

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.Obj>

getType()

Returns:

A promise that resolves to the type of this Action.

Type: Promise.<number>

Example

Return value enum:
<pre>
PDFNet.Action.Type = {
	e_GoTo : 0
	e_GoToR : 1
	e_GoToE : 2
	e_Launch : 3
	e_Thread : 4
	e_URI : 5
	e_Sound : 6
	e_Movie : 7
	e_Hide : 8
	e_Named : 9
	e_SubmitForm : 10
	e_ResetForm : 11
	e_ImportData : 12
	e_JavaScript : 13
	e_SetOCGState : 14
	e_Rendition : 15
	e_Trans : 16
	e_GoTo3DView : 17
	e_RichMediaExecute : 18
	e_Unknown : 19
}
</pre>

getXFDF()

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "string"

Type: Promise.<string>

isValid()

Indicates whether the Action is valid (non-null).

Returns:

A promise that resolves to true if this is a valid (non-null) Action; otherwise false. Note: If this method returns false the underlying SDF/Cos object is null and the Action object should be treated as null as well.

Type: Promise.<boolean>

needsWriteLock()

Test if the action needs writeLock

Returns:

A promise that resolves to ture if needs, otherwise false

Type: Promise.<boolean>

parameterCreateWithAnnot(annot)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`annot`	PDFNet.Annot

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.ActionParameter"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.ActionParameter>

parameterCreateWithField(field)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`field`	PDFNet.Field

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.ActionParameter"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.ActionParameter>

parameterCreateWithPage(page)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`page`	PDFNet.Page

Returns:

A promise that resolves to an object of type: "PDFNet.ActionParameter"

Type: Promise.<PDFNet.ActionParameter>

setFormActionFlag(flag, value)

Set the value of a given field flag.

Parameters:

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`flag`	number	PDFNet.Action.FormActionFlag = { e_exclude : 0 e_include_no_value_fields : 1 e_export_format : 2 e_get_method : 3 e_submit_coordinates : 4 e_xfdf : 5 e_include_append_saves : 6 e_include_annotations : 7 e_submit_pdf : 8 e_canonical_format : 9 e_excl_non_user_annots : 10 e_excl_F_key : 11 e_embed_form : 13 } Action flag to get the value from.
`value`	boolean	Boolean to set the value of the flag to. Action flags are currently only used by submit and reset form actions.

flag

number

PDFNet.Action.FormActionFlag = {
	e_exclude : 0
	e_include_no_value_fields : 1
	e_export_format : 2
	e_get_method : 3
	e_submit_coordinates : 4
	e_xfdf : 5
	e_include_append_saves : 6
	e_include_annotations : 7
	e_submit_pdf : 8
	e_canonical_format : 9
	e_excl_non_user_annots : 10
	e_excl_F_key : 11
	e_embed_form : 13
}

Action flag to get the value from.

value boolean Boolean to set the value of the flag to. Action flags are currently only used by submit and reset form actions.

Returns:

Type: Promise.<void>