Autoplay to next menu items without making it an autoplay movie

I have created my dvd menus.. I have 6 different movies within the dvd.. when you click on any of the menus it plays that movie and then returns to the main menu.. Is their a way to have it just automatically go to the next menu item? I know how to create an autoplay movie, but that just plays the entire dvd... what if someone wants to start with the third movie.. I can't find anywhere to allow this to happen,, any help would be great..
thanks,

Bengt is correct about there being a way to put videos into the slideshow well of iDVD and then they will play consecutively. Here is a visual from Old Toad showing how to do this:
http://homepage.mac.com/toad.hall/.Pictures/Forum/iDVD8movieSS.png
You could also put all the videos into one iMovie and then mark each one as a chapter in the movie. Then you would have the options of playing the movie or selecting which chapter to view. As with commercial DVDs, selecting a chapter will play the movie from that chapter to the end of the movie.
The only way to have both is to do what Bengt said and have one long movie for the 'play all' option and separate individual movies that can be selected separately and played, returning to the menu after each one.

Similar Messages

Using AppleScript to click menu items without access for assistive devices?

Hi all,
Is it possible to have AppleScript 'click' menu items without having 'Enable access for assistive devices' enabled?
My script works fine with it on but with it off I just get this:
'System Events got an error: Access for assistive devices is disabled.'
Pretty clear and easy to fix. I don't really want assistive devices enabled, though ...
Any ideas or is this just not possible?
Sorry if this is a n00b question - I'm kinda new to the world of Mac and OS X ...
Thanks!

Ok cool - thanks for the reply.
I've figured out how to set the bounds of the window I'm talking about:
tell application "Transmit" to set bounds of window "Transcript" to {61, 1166, 2559, 1421}
I'll have a hack and see if I can figure out how to open the Transcript window without needing assistive devices enabled.
Thanks again!

IPod Touch Self Selects Menu Items Without Touching Screen - 2nd Gen

With my iPod Touch sitting flat and motionless on a desk, without even touching it, menu items on the screen are self selecting, as if a ghost were touching the screen and selecting the item. It happens on the lower left portion of the screen on whatever screen is currently displayed. It will continue to select whatever item is in that area of the screen, advancing, or going back, until nothing is in that area of the screen to be selected. This "self Selection" happens at various times, from 1 second to a minute, from when the screen is displayed. Usually at about 5-10 second intervals, but it varies.
Here is what I have done thus far in attempts to "fix" the problem. None of them have worked and the problem still remains.
- Restored the iPod from within iTunes (twice)
- Complete Reset/Erase of the Touch on the unit itself (twice)
- Ensured the battery was fully charged
- Synced it with two entirely separate iTunes Libraries on 2 different computers
- Cleaned the screen VERY well to ensure that no film or residue was on it (it is squeaky clean)
- Slightly tried to flexed (very gently) the Touch to see if it would change this from happening
- The shake feature is not the issue (turned off and not touching the iPod Touch)
- Searched the web pretty thoroughly for answers
Any thoughts...?
Message was edited by: Solution Room

You have the "Halloween Syndrome!!"
Good news though, it should clear up when Halloween is over with.
Seriously, it sounds like your screen digitizer needs replacing. Contact a third-party repair service. It will be cheaper to fix that going through Apple.
Check out the new remodeled MacOSG website! 24-hour Apple-related news & support.
 MacOSG: An Apple User Group  iTunes: MacOSG Podcast  Follow us on Twitter: MacOSG

Adding menu items and making system calls in AfterEffects (AE,CS3)

We are looking to do the following things via javascript in AfterEffects CS3. It does seem straight-forward, but am unable to find a good reference or example.
* Add at startup a menu item under "File" (or similar main menu) and have it call a script function when clicked.
* Have a script make an external system call (to launch an external application/executable with a few parameters)
Any insights on how to achieve this?
Many thanks!

I wanted to see if there was any update on this, I'm writing a series of tools and would love to create a custom menu for quick and easy access.
If it turns out there isn't an "easy" way to do this (env variables, special directory locations, javascripts) would anyone know if access to the menubar is possible from the Plugin API?
I'm fairly new to After Effects, just getting up-to-speed on the environment now... seeing if I can duplicate the functionality of some old Nuke scripts in AE.
thanks,
Rick_

Find menu item without identifier (ID)

hello
I have an extension in jsxbin adds that 2 items to the context menu. I want to overwrite one of these items from another extension written by me in jsx, the problem is that I have no the iddentifier of that command menu.
is there any way to delete that entry from the menu and replace it with mine without the id? MenuElement.find () only works with the id ... I found nothing more
I tried to see the contents of the contextual menu to try to list all identifiers but have not succeeded.
thank you

change
set_menu_item_property('SETUP_MENU'||vfnm,enabled,property_false);to
set_menu_item_property('SETUP_MENU.'||vfnm,enabled,property_false);but better reference by id:
set_menu_item_property(mi_id,enabled,property_false);

Muse 2014 -sub menu items appearing on roll-over etc.

Hi, complete newbie, so sorry if this has already been covered elsewhere. Only started using Muse about 1 month ago and now using Muse 2014 - using horizontal menu widget and discovered how it now shows sub-menus when hovering over the main menu item- I find this great!
I want a 'Contact Me' page with a basic form and this is not a problem, however, I want the sub-menus to appear when hovering over the other main menu items, but not the contact me page - might be completely off here, but created a 'Thank you' page as a child page of the contact me page and only want this displayed (not as a sub-menu choice when hovering over the contact me main menu item) when they have clicked the submit button on the form (I know how to set this re-direction in the forms options). Have tried playing with menu on the master page - switching off the edit together and changing settings on only the contact me menu item - without success- seems to apply to all main menu items.
I would like to know how to achieve sub-menus on other menu items - but not on contact me item; or whether I am going about trying to have a 'Thank you' response when someone submits the contact me form in the completely wrong way - can this be better achieved by other means?
I would really appreciate your advice and help. My published site is 'onyerbikegeordie.uk' with the main menus - except not with a contact me page as yet, but would give you an idea of what I am trying to achieve except for a contact me page.
Sorry for the long post, but thanks for reading and in anticipation of your help!
Joe
Message was edited by: Joe Fitzpatrick

Hi, managed to find the answer to this myself. In Plan, right-click on page and select Menu Options > Exclude Page from Menus. Job Done!
Joe

Ipod appears in itunes but without ipod menu items (eg. Music, Movies, Podc

When I connect my 5th generation ipod (2006) to my pc (windows xp), my ipod appears in itunes (v.7.6) in the left pane in itunes, but there are no ipod menu items listed under the ipod icon (eg. Music, Playlists, Movies, Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.). When I left-click on the ipod icon, the "Set Up Your iPod" screen appears WITHOUT any of the check-box options. There ARE playlists on the ipod .. when disconnected from the pc, the ipod functions perfectly .. including listing all my Songs, Compilations, Podcasts, Playlists, etc. I have RESET my ipod successfully (starting from scratch - wiped out all data), but that did not eliminated the missing ipod menu items in itunes. Does anyone know how to fix this ??!!!

Hi, back to the original thread !
... i checked out http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499 but it does not seem to resolve my problem ...
SOMETHING NEW i just noticed is that under Disk Manager for my "working ipod" (ie. all the menu items show up under the chevron in itunes) there is NO UNALLOCATED SPACE .. HOWEVER, with the "problem ipod", there is 78MB of unallocated space ... so i guess my next question is how do i reclaim the unallocated space without bricking my ipod ? Anyone ???

Is it possible to create a checkmark next to a context menu item in a Tree in LabVIEW?

Hello,
I'm creating a custom application where a particular context menu will be shown to the user depending on what item in the Tree they have right-clicked on. One of the items in the menu that I would like to display is essentially a "Disable" option. I'm looking for a way to show the user the current state of this Disable option by providing a checkmark next to it if they have already clicked it for a particular item in the tree. Here's a screenshot of a similar checkmark from the LabVIEW dev environment drop-down menus:
Does anyone know if it is possible to create a context menu with a checkmark like the one above in a Tree in LabVIEW? I've tried searching the web and here in the NI forums but without much luck. Thanks!
Lars L

Wow, I know this one!
I used it a couple of years ago (LV 8.6)
There is an option to "Set Menu Item Info" that allows you to set the check for a context menu item.
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361H-01/glang/set_menu_item_info/
I used it in my Tree
Now is the right time to use %^<%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%3uZ>T
If you don't hate time zones, you're not a real programmer.
"You are what you don't automate"
Inplaceness is synonymous with insidiousness

Menu Items does not display after Making ARD file

Hi Experts
I have created a Addon Which has Five Menu Items. Three Items in Setup->Inventory and Two in Inventory->Inventory Transcation. It will woriking fine when I run my addon from Visual Studio directly But after created ARD file It does not show Menu items. There was no error during making ARD. I tried three times. But result is same it does not show any Menu Items. Plz suggest me Code is given below. I Use VB B1 AddOn Wizard for creating Menu Items This has a seprate addMenu.xml module.
<Application>
<Menus>
    <action type="add">
      <Menu Checked="0" Enabled="1" FatherUID="43540" Image="" Position="9" String="Bin-In" Type="1" UniqueID="AM_1" />
      <Menu Checked="0" Enabled="1" FatherUID="43540" Image="" Position="10" String="Bin-Out" Type="1" UniqueID="BINOUT" />
      <Menu Checked="0" Enabled="1" FatherUID="43540" Image="" Position="11" String="Intra-WH Movement" Type="1" UniqueID="INTRA_WH" />
      <Menu Checked="0" Enabled="1" FatherUID="11520" Image="" Position="12" String="Zones" Type="1" UniqueID="Zone" />
      <Menu Checked="0" Enabled="1" FatherUID="11520" Image="" Position="13" String="Bin AddOn Setup" Type="1" UniqueID="Setup" />
      </action>
</Menus>
</Application>
Thanks
Gorge

Hi,
Did you included the AddMenus.xml in the extra files when you generated the installer?
The AddMenus.xml file needs to be in the same folder as the addon exe. If there is no AddMenus.xml file there is no error raised, B1DE thinks there are no menus to add.
You have to include all extra files in the installer when you generate it.
Hope it helps
Trinidad.

Next and Previous Document menu items greyed out

I have Reader 8.1 and the next document and previous document menu items under View > Go To are greyed out, even though I have several document open and they show up in the windows menu. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Are you definitely opening the correct version of After Effects, or are you perhaps opening the After Effects Render Engine instead?
The Render Engine is, as its name suggests, purely for rendering existing projects, and most other functions are greyed out.
Bill Hirsh wrote:
I downloaded the guru 5.0 or ;after Driver,
I don't understand what this means. Please repost and explain more precisely what the problem is.

ECB Menu item for all CTs (Content Types) except folders (Without hardcoding CT names)

Hi there,
How to have an ECB menu item for all items only (and not on Folders).
I canNOT hardcode the names of Content Types.
Thanks.

Have you tried using base content type id?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/cd63795b-9659-4b35-a023-c007398252a1/hidedisable-ecb-menu-for-particular-selection-in-document-library
This post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Slalom.

Advanced Actions used for Menu - Takes 3 menu items for 1 to work? Advanced Actions Help

Alright, here's my next struggle! I have a bit of a strange course I'm putting together that has required a unique approach (at least for me). Basically I'm having learners learn about 10 different reports they can run with a tool they have, and I have a menu (see below) on a slide to allow them to choose to view the reports they want to see. The course is required, but they can view what reports they want as long as they see three. So, what I've done is the following:
Enabled Reporting with a score of 10 points for each Menu Item:
     When a user clicks on a Menu item, it automatically, without AA registers 10 points to the quizzing. The whole course requires a score of 30/80 to pass.
Tried making a system of jumping to content and returning to Menu with a function to show an item has already been viewed:
     As seen below, there is a separate column on the right. Essentially each menu item has a standard action that first has a command to jump to the slide the particular menu item content is at, and then      two, a show function for the green box to cover the grey box indicating the content has been viewed already. The slides for which the user has jumped to has a jump-to-slide on the last slide of the      content to return to this menu.
Checking for Three menu items viewed:
     I have a final slide that has an On-Enter Conditional action that says if the cpinfoQuizpointsscored is = 0 then show caption A, in a separate decision, a similar action but for score of 10, and again for 20,      just so I can send them to a slide that tells them how many reports they need to view before completing.
So here's the problem: When I'm previewing this menu, clicking on a menu item the first time does nothing except bring in the green square. The second attempt on a different item does the same thing. Finally on the third Item I choose, it will jump to the slide as it should and I can return as I should be able to. So why is it taking two failed jumps to get to a jump that works? Order does not seem to play into it. And the only pause I have on the slide is at the end for the "next" button you see. Any thoughts?

What would the pause do? I'm hoping they don't go just in order. And the menu items are indeed smart shapes set to be buttons.
This is the timeline of that Menu Slide.
This is the Advanced Action example for one of the menu items. Each menu item has a similar action.
This is the conditional action that checks how many reports have been viewed.

Start Menu items/shotcuts and Start Menu search ability on multiple workstations

2/13/2014 our IT department began to receive complaints of missing programs. After investigation of a few users we were able to determine that the programs existed but all shortcuts and items from the start menu had been completely removed. In addition the
searching feature of the start menu was not functional. This happened to about 90% of our environment and the catalyst seemed to be Windows updates or at least occurred after the auto reboot initiated by Windows Updates. The only items visible in start
menu were items added after the fact, internet explorer, magnifier, command prompt, and notepad. All other items, folders, and the ability to search installed programs or folders were completely removed. However all programs are present in the program files
folders. THe start menu folder in program data was empty except for the aforementioned items. Additionally properties of start menu had all necessary checks in boxes such as search program files and folders etc. Also show hidden items and folders is enabled
for many users so the items were not hidden but gone. And the biggest kicker of all was after a full domain investigation into the issues we found that the majority of our windows server platforms, primarily 2008, were also affected and system restore is unavailable.
This conflicts with our idea that Windows Updates caused this since our servers get their updates on a manual initiated basis by their admins which we have not performed as of yet for this month. This caused me to begin looking at SCCM SCEP as all systems
have System Center Endpoint Protection and received definition updates. Also accessing different user profiles or even a new profile did not make a difference, issue still present.
Due to the enormous inconvenience we sent out a company wide email asking users to perform system restores to get us in a stable state. A system restore to the day before Windows updates (second Wednesday of every month configured by SCCM SCUP) restored
the start menu items.
On a multitude of machines IT performed troubleshooting and system restores recording the changes removed and added. We then, on a healthy machine, started to apply the windows updates and SCEP (antivirus) definitions 1 by 1 with out success of replicating
the issue. Next we performed a system wide antivirus full scan and did not find any viruses. This is obviously not a system criticle issue bringing us down but is a huge concern for us in IT as it happened company wide and caused a large flux of tickets and
some down time for non-technical users. We most definitely want to know the cause and after several days of investigation and troubleshooting Im turning to the Microsoft community for help.
I know I categorized this as a Windows 7 issue and its affecting windows server 2008, 2003, and 7, but I did not see a forum for all windows platforms. Since the majority of affected users are Windows 7 I opened it here.
So to summarize in a bulleted format:
Issue: Wide spread issue affecting around 60-70 users and servers, all profiles, were all start menu items save one or two system defaults were removed. Additionally the searching feature for the start menu looks to be broken as programs
exist in program files and are unsearchable from start menu. IT was also affected and I remain affected until I find the cause.
Investigation and Troubleshooting:
Start menu properties: nothing has changed and search options are enabled.
Missing items are not hidden, hiding and unhiding does nothing and folder options show hidden files is checked.
Program data start menu location is indeed empty as well as user app data start menu location
No group policy's are in place altering start menu items and no group policy changes were made as of recent
No SCCM packages pushed company wide in last month or pushed individually
Windows Updates occurred on windows 7 machines only before the issue occurred and computers restarted and the issue surfaced
System Center Endpoint Protection Antivirus updates and definitions deployed just before the occurrence with windows updates. SCEP def updates happen on all windows boxes to include servers
Paint.exe was completely missing from system32 folder for some users machines to include my own
System restore to that morning before restarts or previous day fixes the issue for windows 7 users
No windows updates were initiated on any servers
Servers were also affected with windows 7 machines
About half the users affected had corrupt Microsoft Office 2013 Pro Plus Click to Run installations and for some the system restore did not fix this and we had to re-install office for around 10 users
SCEP antivirus did not catch any viruses that could cause this, I performed MBAM scans on a handful of machines and didn't find anything either.
Re-creating start menu shortcuts works
Happened to two of our companies locations NH and MA, all part of the same domain but different LANS of course. Companies are interconnected by MPLS connection.
I combed through SCCM to see if anything deployed and found nothing. Currently I have SCUP updates and SCEP updates disabled. I will post a list of Windows Updates that occurred when the issue occurred as well as the SCEP updates. I have read all the threads
about this types of issues and tried all steps without success. Googling the issue also did not rear results.
MichaelSpaulding

Hi,
I would like to suggest you try these steps to figure out what could be causing this problem.
1. Run Troubleshooter
Open the Search and Indexing troubleshooter
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Search-and-Indexing-troubleshooter
2. Create a new library and include fewer folders for test purpose. Now search for a file from that folder. See if it works.
Create a new library
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Create-a-new-library
3. Try to rebuild search indexing. Refer the steps from the following article.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-advanced-indexing-options
Also you may use the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) to check the issue. The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.
How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
In addition, you may refer to the following Microsoft TechNet article for the Windows Search related Group Policies.
Group Policy for Windows Search
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732491(WS.10).aspx
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Blair Deng
Blair Deng
TechNet Community Support

Unable to create Menu Item List Buttons in Forms - Not Working!

Hi guys,
I need desperate help since I have been stuck on these for 2 days and I am unable to move forward!!
I am trying to create a pdf form using Acrobat pro 9 and Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES. Since I am new to this, I have been browsing through numerous sites, forums and tutorials to learn about this. So far, I was able to create the forum with text fields, etc.. I am trying to have a column in my pdf form where the users can simply copy & paste image icons here..I was having difficulty with this already and have done numerous searches in google. In the end, I thought I am better off trying to use the "stamp" tool for this instead of image field. So this is what I did:
1) I already placed the image icons (that the users will be copying & pasting) on my pdfs so users can simply click on it to select the image.
2) I added a new bottom to this form which has the short cut to the menu item "copy" function. I labeled this button as 'Copy' and to this button, I added the following javascript for "Mouseup":
app.execMenuItem("CopyFileToClipboard");
3) Next I created another button that I called 'paste' and this button executes the "Paste Clipboard Image as Stamp Tool" menu. This button has the following javascript:
app.execMenuItem("Annots:Tool:StampFromClipboardMenuItem");
I thought that after doing the above, the user should be able to click on one of the images in the pdf, then click on 'copy' button and in the end click on 'paste' button that will then run an action so user can stamp this copied image to where ever they want in that file. But this is not happening!! I dont why?? Nothing happens when these buttons are clicked. I have made sure that the "Extended features in Adobe Reader..." is enabled and also tried running the above javascripts on my console window to test it and i know that the actual javascript code is not at fault since these functions works when I try the code through the debugger window. But I just cannot figure out why these menu item functions are not working when the buttons I had created are clicked!!! I dont know if what I have done is correct or if there is a easier way to achieve what I am trying to do!! Its a shame there is no simpler way for the end-users to copy and paste images to the columns in the pdf forms.
please help me understand why the above button are not working....any help will be great!!

Hi Paul,
This is further to our email correspondence. I am just pasting your email response here since it may be useful to other newbies like me:
"Ok here you go ......I had to add the new row via a script object as the new objects are not completely available until the script ends so I cannot resize the new row from teh current script.
Then when we resize - we have to resize the row, the cells and the image ....we start with all existing subforms then we do it for the new row that was just added.
Lastly I see that you have a delete row button. This will have to be part of the row otherwise we ill not know which row the user will want to delete .....unless you ask them (which is not good UI design)."
I was really impressed the way you modified the script so the table height does not change when new rows are added. That did help me in understanding the methods and it will certainly be v useful to me in the future. I have been practicing and getting a hang of LS and I have actually decided to redesigned my form since it appears that trying to have a fixed table height is quite a bit of work each time a row is added, removed or changed, etc... Your advise so far have been v helpful and it has helped me in redesigned the form into a different layout. So far so good...However, I just have a few more clarifications regarding some hurdles I am facing:
PS: I have emailed you a sample of my new form now so you can have a look at it.
1) Dynamic Image fields:
In this form, I have a subform that has a dropdown list and next to this, I have an image field. I want to change the image based on the selection in the dropdown list. I found a few samples and tutorials on this already and I tried 2 different approach for this. One works and the other doesnt.
Method that works: What I have done here is, I added all the images in the form and have put their presence to invisible. Then using the javascript, I am making the image visible based on the selection in the dropdown list. I found this method somewhere through googling and it works.
Method that doesnt work: Its similar to the above, but instead of putting all the images in the form, I just inserted 1 image field and then tried to change the url of this dynamic image based on the selection in the drop down list. But this method is not working. I tried inserting this jscript and nothing happens:
switch (this.rawValue)
case "1":
myImages.value.Image.href=http://www.mysiteaddress.com/blah_blah.jpg;
break;
case "2":
myImages.value.Image.href=http://www.mysiteaddress.com/blah_blah2.jpg;
break;
The 2nd method does not work. Although I know the method 1 above works and I am currently using it, I am just curious to find out why the 2nd method is not working? Did I get the script wrong or is this feature no longer allowed? I just thought that if the second method works fine, it saves the hassle of putting all the images on the form and then making them hidden. Instead, I just need to put one image field and then dynamically change its image based on the selection. I hope this make sense..please advise..
2) Changing the background colour of the Dropdown list box:
I am trying to change the bg colour of the listbox in the dropdown list object (only the listbox bg color and not the whole background color). So, I added the following script to the mouseEnter event and this works:
var vName = this.somExpression;
var fieldObj = xfa.resolveNode(vName + ".ui.#choiceList.border.fill.color");
fieldObj.value = "255,255,225";
My Problem: The above script works so I dont need to change anything there. But, I also want to add another script to the mouseExit event to change the fill color to its default once the mouse leaves the dropdown lists. Initially, this field has no fill colour and the border fill style is none. The fill color is only added during the mouseEnter event. How do I change the bg color fill back to none during mouseExit after the above script is executed on mouseEnter?
(NOTE: If you see my form, I have used the above scripts for the dropdown list only in "boxSubform[0]".)
3) Changing the length of the Dropdown List box:
I only have about 1.6 inches workspace to add this dropdown list box. However, the length of some lists (list items) in this dropdown list box is actually longer and the remaining part is cut out. So, I added the following script to increase the dropdownlist length and it does not work the way I would have hoped...
The script I have written so far:
I added these to the mouseEnter event and it works fine -
form1.pageSubform.dynamicSubform.Table1.Row1.boxSubform[0].MyDropdown::mouseEnter - (JavaScript, client)
this.w = "2in"; //this is to to increase the width of the dropdown list
I added these to the mouseExit event and it works fine too-
form1.pageSubform.dynamicSubform.Table1.Row1.boxSubform[0].MyDropdown::mouseExit - (JavaScript, client)
this.w = "1.625in";
When I tested the form with the above script, this is what happens:
1) First when you move the mouse over this field, the width increases. Similarly the width decreased when you move away.
2) So, even if this is clicked, the list box is opened with this 2inch width so thats good.
3) There are no problems when the mouse is moved over these list items as well. However, this does not look good when the dropdown list item is clicked with its item lists open and then the mouse leaves this area. In this case, as soon as the mouse leaves this area, the mouseExit script runs and hence it makes the drop down list width to shrink eventhough the list items are still open. How do I resolve this? I was thinking about this and I thought the possible way to overcome this is by writing a javascript for the mouseExit event executing something like this:
if this dropdown list is open,
then this.w = "2in";
else
this.w = "1.625in";
I am not sure how to write a jscript for the above?
(NOTE: If you see my form, I have used the above scripts for the dropdown list in "boxSubform[0]".)
4) Hiding the alternative row shadowing for hidden columns:
If you check out my form, you can notice that I have put the "close" button (button to delete table rows) on the left column and I have also put its presence to "Visible (screen only)". The parent table has got the 'alternative row shadow' checked. What I notice here is, when this page is printed, eventhough the first column's presence is set to "Visible (Screen Only)", it still prints the row shadow for this column and it looks bad. How can I fix this? Any help will be great!
I have already emailed you my new form again so you can have a look.
Thanks again Paul and I cant thank you enough for your help. I am sooo happy to see such a great support and resources available here since it can be a nightmare for some newbies like me... :-)

How to invoke a plug-in menu item via Javascript?

Hi, I installed a plug-in on my Acrobat Pro v11, it shows a plug-in menu, and there's one menu item in this plug-in menu dropdown. I can manually select that menu item and it does what it's designed to do.
My question is, how do I use javascript to invoke it, to achieve the same result as when I manually select that menu item?
I tried using this "app.execMenuItem("name-of-menu-item");" under my click event of a button on the PDF form, but it didn't work.
What have I done wrong? How to make it work?
TIA

Thanks to all those who responded.
Actually I got it working soon after I posted the question.
However, I don't know, my trial&error way seems to be a little different from all those documents I read.
So, I am not exactly sure if it's the correct way to do this sort of thing or not.
It certainly is not very end-user friendly IMHO.
I will describe what I did below, if you know of a better way, please let me know, thank you.
First, I put a folder-level script in the Acrobat install folder, the so-called "app" level;
because when I used the getPath("user", "javascript") call, it returned an error without giving me the user-level path.
Anyway, my script (the .js file) looks like this:
xyz = app.trustedFunction(
             function() {
              app.beginPriv();
              app.execMenuItem("ADBE:myxyz");
              app.endPriv();
              return;
Then, on my form's button-click event, I make a call
xyz();
and that got it to invoke the menu item "myxyz" successfully.
But... I can't say I like my solution:
1) I don't like the .js file, because I'll have to put it in all my users' Acrobat install folders.
     Extremely inconvenient.
     Is there a way to make it work without using the folder level script???
2) The script itself, I am not sure if it makes sense or not.
     I can't say I understand all these trustFunction and Security stuff;
      it just so happened that it worked for me, but I don't know why.
      so, maybe there could be a simpler script that can also work?
3) If I put the "beginPriv()" , "execMenuItem()" and "endPriv()" lines directly in the Button-click event,
      I got an error message in the Acrobat console, something like: "your security settings does not allow....";
      in fact, I tried many many different ways to write this Button-click script, none of them worked without the folder-level .js file.
      But I hope somebody could come up with a way to make it work without the folder-level script file....
      Is there a way to change the "security settings" without using the .js file?
4) The execMenuItem is also a headache, sorry about complaining... but... sometimes it just silently exited without doing anything,
      and without returning any error messages... how am I supposed to know what went wrong when it's so quiet?!
       Furthermore, why does it insist on taking the full name of the menu item? I mean, why do I must put the "ADBE:" part in there?
      there's no other menu item named "myxyz", right?
      I remember Adobe's founders once said that "making our customers' lives easier" was what drove them to work everyday.
      execMenuItem() certainly didn't listen to what they said.

Autoplay to next menu items without making it an autoplay movie

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for