Export Index from PDF Portfolio

Question

I need to compare two large PDF Portfolio documents. From what I can tell, there is currently no third party software around that will do this so I'm trying to figure out a way around it. Each Portfolio that I'm working with has over a thousand email messages exported from Outlook and the corresponding attachments. I know that an "Index" was created when I exported the messages because I can see the pane that lists all the typical details in an index with sortable column headers (i.e., From, Subject, Date, Size, etc...). I'm trying to figure out a way to export only this indexed information into a .csv or other delimited file so I can create unique IDs and compare the documents using Excel. From what I've read, the "Edit" button is one way to try this but for some reason, when Outlook converts messages to a PDF Portfolio, it also removes the ability to use the "Edit" tool. Does anyone know of a way to export just the index information or if there's a hidden index file somewhere? Please let me know.
Thanks,

Answer 1

You are correct that the Portfolios created by the mail client plugins are not editable. They use a special layout which does not exist as an editable master layout in Acrobat.
It's possible to export the rows of data from the 'details' view using JavaScript, but those fields don't contain the body of the message so you will only get the headers (to, from, date, etc.). If this is all you need, follow these instructions:
Switch to the Cover Sheet view from the View > Portfolio menu
Open the javaScript console (Ctrl-J) and clear it with the trashcan icon
Paste in the code which follows, select it all, then press Ctrl+Enter to execute it.
// code follows
var d = this.dataObjects;
var csv = '';
    if (d) {
    cfl = this.collection.fields.length;
    tx_cols = new Array();
    tx_names = new Array();
    for (i = 0; i < cfl; i++) {
      tx_cols.push(this.collection.fields[i].text);
      tx_names.push(this.collection.fields[i].name);
        csv = tx_cols.join() + "\r\n";
        for (var i = 0; i < d.length; i++) {
      tx_data = new Array();
      for (var r = 0; r < cfl; r++) {
        tx_data.push(d[i].getFieldValue(tx_names[r]));
      csv += tx_data.join() + "\r\n";
    this.createDataObject({cName:"EmailData.csv", cValue:csv,cMIMEType:'text/csv'});
    this.exportDataObject("EmailData.csv");
    this.removeDataObject("EmailData.csv");