Scripting bugs and anomalies in Acrobat Pro XI

I've downloaded the trial version of Acrobat Pro XI and starting testing it out with various scripts and actions. The results are far from good, I'm afraid.
Here are some of my findings, so far:
1. The Action Wizard is very cumbersome and un-intuitive. It took me several minutes to figure out how to change the default setting to a specific folder, and I still can't find where to select the input file types to be processed. Also, what's the relation between the "Default option" and the Add File and Add Folder buttons? Very strange UI decisions there. I don't care about panels and dividers, but I do want the actual commands to make sense*.
2. Another very bad decision is moving the Save command to a different section. What's the point of making it just another "tool" in the list? If you want to use it, you'll want to use it at the end of the process, not somewhere in the middle... And as it stands now, if you don't add it explictly, the changes are not saved at all.
3. After running an Action, some of the files remain open in the window. I was looking for a Close File command, but couldn't find any such thing. Is this a bug?
4. I'm running a script that processes some files. After finishing, the files are automatically saved and overwritten, even though I haven't added that command yet to my script. Very serious bug!
5. After running some scripts and actions, working with hidden files, I've tried to access app.activeDocs. The result was an infinite loop of this error message:
After a while I had to close down Acrobat from the Task Manager.
I must say I'm very disappointed with this release, so far, and would not recommend anyone to upgrade to it.
* Speaking of commands that don't make sense, what's the point of the Document JavaScripts command in the Action Wizard? All it does is open that window... This doesn't make sense at all in an automated action. It should have given you the option to automatically embed a piece of code in a file, not let you do it manually.

Hi there,
Your feedback is interesting as this is the very first time we receive some negative feedback about Actions in Acrobat XI.
First of all what do you mean by "what's the relation between the "Default option" and the Add File and Add Folder buttons" ?
If don't have the time to go through the help nor documentation here a brief answer:
- Default option allows the author of an action to specify the behavior and settings for the command. In the case of Add File and Add Folder it will drive user running the action about the type of location the file(s) should be retrieved from: a scanner, cloud repository, a specific folder, etc. This is a bit of improvement over Acrobat X, but not a significant change in the behavior.
I hope this is what you were questionning about.
"Another very bad decision is moving the Save command to a different section"
While this may not be convenient for you, I don't think it's enough to state that it's been a very bad decision since most users like it. It's also more flexible and more powerful. It makes it possible for instance, to save a document with a different naming convention at different points of the action which is an important improvement for some users. I am sure that after you've played with it a little bit more you will agree with that.
"After running an Action, some of the files remain open in the window"
Files that have been loaded by the Action playback should be closed, unless that have something special. Otherwise it could be a bug.
" I'm running a script that processes some files. After finishing, the files are automatically saved and overwritten"
It can only be because the JavaScript contains instructions to save the files, or the Action does. Otherwise it would be a bug and I'd be curious to know more about it as Acrobat is VERY robust about this.
Please provide the files in question I'll be happy to spend time debugging the case.
"After running some scripts and actions, working with hidden files, I've tried to access app.activeDocs. The result was an infinite loop of this error message:"
This is out of my scope and will ask around me how it's supposed to work. Hopefully we'll get an answer from the script folks quickly.
Please share files and way to reproduce the issues you meet, considering that you are the first person to provide such negative feedback there might be some misunderstanding somewhere.
Best,
Luc Leroy

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