How can I add the file name as the footer of a PDF?

[Abhishek kapoor]

Inside Acrobat Pro, I see Document -> Header & Footer -> Add... I see how to add some text and I see how to add the date and I see how to add page numbers. Can I add the file name? I know how to do this in Word, so I'm hoping Adobe has included some similar functionality...

[boogerjones]

There might be a way to do it with OLE automation.

[Dick Montage]

Do it in Word before converting to PDF (assuming you're creating your documents that way)...

[boogerjones]

Do it in Word before converting to PDF (assuming you're creating your documents that way)...

That's obviously not the case for the OP, unfortunately.

It's definitely doable through OLE automation, which means you'd have to write some VB script that accessed the JSObject and used the addWatermarkFromText method to place the filename where you wanted it. Not easy, but if I have some time today I'll try to throw together a program for you.

[Abhishek kapoor]

@ njlounch ... but for the file which is already in Pdf format

@ boogerjones ... searched a lot on google and came to know only by puttting a jscript in the adobe folder then u will get option in adobe......

[boogerjones]

Alright, I've attached a .NET application that will add the filename to the bottom center of each page of a PDF document. Note that this is not an efficient way of doing it since what OLE automation does is actually run a copy of Acrobat in the background. That means if the procedure fails, you might have a copy of Acrobat still running even though it's not visible. This can cause file access problems. Unfortunately I don't know of any other way of doing it without using an external PDF library. I've included the source code in case you don't trust me. I put this together in a few minutes; there is very little error checking so use it at your own risk.

Backup up your PDF files before testing this application. I tested it on Windows 7 RC with Acrobat Pro 9.0.

footer.zip

Edited May 20, 2009 by boogerjones

[Abhishek kapoor]

ok.. thax a lot ..and now will surely try

[scocco]

I have a large number of PDFs I need to add the footer to, have you by chance developed a batch process?

[riahc3]

Hello,

I'm not sure if I can edit posts here, but I've updated it to have some more options, and the download links have changed:

 

Executabe (needs DLL in same directory as executable): http://saintjohnny.dyndns.biz/pdfFooterMarker%20(unzip%20and%20keep%20 DLL%20in%20same%20folder%20as%20executable).zip

 

 

Sourcecode: if you want it: http://saintjohnny.dyndns.biz/PDF%20Footer%20Source.zip

 

I've also added so that you can also stamp prefix/suffix before and after the filename, as well as stamp custom text.

 

(Big thanks to booger jones for providing the first source for me to modify)

In case anyone is wondering, reviewed the source and it seems clean.

BTW, I have no idea why you didnt port this to C#...

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