I'm unable to get PDF::Reuse to help me add javascript to a PDF. I'm following very closely one of the examples in the Tutorial.

Since I don't have access to Acrobat (no trial version on OSX) its hard to tell whats going on. I just get an empty looking pdf. (If I omit the prCompress line below and call strings on the doc, I do see the javascript in there). Here is the code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use PDF::Reuse;

my $js = do { local $/; <DATA>; };

prDocDir('doc');
prFile('book.pdf');
prCompress(1);
prJs($js);
prInit('nameAddress();');
prField('First_Name','Lars');
prEnd();

__DATA__
function nameAddress(page, xpos, ypos)
{  var thePage = 0;
  if (page)
  {   thePage = page; }
  var myRec = [ 40, 650, 0, 0];              // default position
  if (xpos)
  {   myRec[0] = xpos; }
  if (ypos)
  {   myRec[1] = ypos; }

  var labelText = [  "First_Name", "Surname", ];   

  for ( var i = 0; i < labelText.length; i++)
  {   myRec[2] = myRec[0] + 80;               // length of the label
      myRec[3] = myRec[1] - 15;               // height

      // a label field is created

      var fieldName = labelText[i] + "Label";
      var lf1    = this.addField(fieldName, "text", thePage, myRec);
      lf1.fillColor = color.black;
      lf1.textColor = color.black;
      lf1.readonly  = true;
      lf1.textSize  = 12;
      lf1.value     = labelText[i];
      lf1.display   = display.visible;

      // a text field for the customer 
      // to fill-in his/her name is created   

      myRec[0] = myRec[2] + 2;      // move 2 pixels to the right 
      myRec[2] = myRec[0] + 140;  // length of the fill-in field

      var tf1 = this.addField(labelText[i], "text", thePage, myRec);
      tf1.fillColor   = ["RGB", 1, 1, 0.94];
      tf1.strokeColor = ["RGB", 0.7, 0.7, 0.6];
      tf1.textColor   = color.black;
      tf1.borderStyle = border.s;
      tf1.textSize    = 12;
      tf1.display     = display.visible;
  
      myRec[0] = myRec[0] - 82    // move 82 pixels to the left
      myRec[1] = myRec[1] - 17;   // move 17 pixels down
  } 
     
}

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Any advice?

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