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Here is a slick method to do it through Javascript on Linux. Create a new text file called (for instance) reload.js and put it into the directory:
~/.adobe/Acrobat/8.0/JavaScripts/
In the text file write these lines:
reloadCurrentDoc = app.trustedFunction( function(currentDoc) { app.beginPriv(); currentDocView=currentDoc.viewState; currentDocPath=currentDoc.path; currentDoc.closeDoc(); currentDoc=app.openDoc(currentDocPath); currentDoc.viewState=currentDocView; app.endPriv(); });
app.addMenuItem({ cName: “reloadCurDoc”, cUser: “Reload”, cParent: “File”, cExec: “reloadCurrentDoc(event.target);”, cEnable: “event.rc = (event.target != null);”, nPos: 0 });
app.addToolButton({ cName: “reloadCurDoc”, cExec: “reloadCurrentDoc(event.target);”, cToolText: “Reload the current document”, cEnable: “event.rc = (event.target != null);”, cLabel: “Reload”, nPos: -1 });
Close and open Acrobat. A toolbox item called 'Reload' appears and a corresponding menu item in the 'File' menu is added.
NOTE: On Ubuntu, remember to install the acrobat-plugins package from the medibuntu repository.
Credit to Alexander Grahn for the idea http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2009-January/007934.html
