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Is it possible to use Acrobat 9.0 Pro's batch processing utility (Advanced > Document Processing > Batch Processing...) to export a bunch of PDF forms to individual .txt files (Forms > Manage Form Data > Export Data...)?
I can't find access to the Forms menu in the built in Batch utility wihen I click "New Sequence...", so I imagine it might take some custom JavaScript, which I'm not super experienced with, but I muddle through reading JavaScript code and understand it.
So, if someone can give any direction, I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

I'll try and read through the API Reference, but can't I just use a relative file path... something like this.exportAsText(true, null, "\..");
I don't know the correct syntax for filepaths in JS... does it get wrapped in double quotes?
The JavaScript for Acrobat API Reference says:
Paths
Several methods take device-independent paths as arguments. See the PDF Reference, version 1.7, for details about the device-independent path format.
Where the hell is the PDF Reference, version 1.7???
Is there a this.filename property?

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