Adding page numbering through a script.

Question

Hello forum members,
I am having a hard time to add page numbers on actual pdf pages.
Here is what I have:
- Adobe Acrobat Prof. 7.0 and Win XP.
- ca. 200 PDF files with pages that should be continuously numbered without putting them into one big pdf-file. Instead, the pdf files should stay individual files even after numbering.
Here is what I can do:
I wrote a javascript (in the batch section) that numbers all the thumbnails in the files. It works fine. But I cannot find the right command to add the page numbers on the individual pdf-"pages". Can you pls. point me in the direction I have to look for? Do I have to add a watermark at the position I want the numbering to appear or do I miss something obvious? Thanks in advance.
Greetings,
dirk

Answer 1

Hello forum members,
thank you very much for your replies, thanks to your help it works now!
I just had to change one more property:
myField.readonly = true;
which makes the field not user selectable. (Just for other people, who may look for a solution to the same problem.)
Many regards and have a nice day!
dirk
I post the complete solution here:
/* Script to number your pages */
this.setPageLabels(0, ["D", "Page-", global.my_count]);
var name;
var page;
var myField;
var type = "text";
var location = [272, 40, 310, 20];
for ( var i = 0; i < this.numPages; i++ ) {
name = "Page " + i;
page = i;
myField = this.addField( name, type, page, location );
myField.delay = true; // delay updating in JavaScript
myField.alignment = "center";
myField.borderStyle = border.s;
myField.textSize = 8; // auto sized
myField.fillColor = color.transparent;
myField.strokeColor = color.transparent;
myField.textColor = color.black;
myField.textFont = font.Times;
myField.value = global.my_count + i; // page number adjustment
myField.readonly = true;
myField.delay = false; // restore updating
global.my_count = global.my_count + numPages;