Acrobat 8 pro GUI scripting.

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#1

Hi All,

Looking to generate a script that will use the “Create PDF > From Multiple Files” functionality in Acrobat. Ie. I have jobs of 50-200 pages that I’m looking to combine into one pdf. I could get Acrobat to add pages in a repeat process one at a time, but the Create PDF method is a faster way of doing this.

Where is the syntax error with this code:


activate application "Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional"
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Acrobat"
		click menu item "From Multiple Files..." of menu item "Create PDF" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
	end tell
end tell

Returns: “System Events got an error: NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError: 4”

Yes, GUI access is enabled through the scripting control panel.

#2

Hi,

a menu item has always a parent menu


activate application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Acrobat"
		click menu item "From Multiple Files..." of menu 1 of menu item "Create PDF" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
	end tell
end tell