I’ve been working on a folder action script that should open/print a pdf that’s dropped into it without interaction. I’ve research Adobe & Acrobat and the forums here and I know what the code should look like and what the Acrobat dictionary has in it but the darn thing just won’t work!?! :mad:
When the script runs it generates an error:
Here’s the code:
on adding folder items to printPreflight after receiving listToPrint
tell application "Finder"
repeat with currentItem in listToPrint
set fileName to name of currentItem
set pathName to printPreflightName & fileName
if fileName ends with ".pdf" then
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
activate
open pathName -- put this in to see if document had to be open for print pages to work
-- line below has been tried with & without the various qualifiers
print pages document fileName first 1 last 1 PS Level 1 with binary output and shrink to fit
-- have also tried the following variaton
-- print pages document pathName -- with & without the qualifiers
quit saving ask
end tell
end if
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to
The ‘print pages’ command is from the Acrobat Viewer Suite section of the dictionary. I’ve tried other commands from there and can’t get them to work either. Commands from the Required & Core Suites seem to work ok but they don’t have the functionality of the commands in the Acrobat Viewer Suite, in particular the ability to print w/o displaying a modal Print dialog box.
Any help, thoughts, etc would be greatly appreciated!!
Model: MacBook Pro
AppleScript: 1.10.7
Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)
the script cannot work, because printPreflightName isn’t defined.
Folder actions don’t generate error messages and abort silently
try this
on adding folder items to printPreflight after receiving listToPrint
repeat with currentItem in listToPrint
set fileName to name of (info for currentItem)
if fileName ends with ".pdf" then
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
activate
open currentItem -- put this in to see if document had to be open for print pages to work
-- line below has been tried with & without the various qualifiers
print pages document 1 first 1 last 1 PS Level 1 with binary output and shrink to fit
-- have also tried the following variaton
-- print pages document pathName -- with & without the qualifiers
quit saving ask
end tell
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
if it doesn’t work either change this line, I don’t know, whether Acrobat opens an alias or a string path
open (currentItem as text) -- put this in to see if document had to be open for print pages to work
I got the error message by running just the tell application “Adobe Acrobat Professional” part
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
activate
open "Public:testfolderaction:DetailsClassDisplay.pdf" -- put in actual name/path of file
-- line below has been tried with & without the various qualifiers
print pages document "Public:testfolderaction:DetailsClassDisplay.pdf" first 1 last 1 PS Level 1 with binary output and shrink to fit
end tell
Tried the code you suggested:
open (currentItem as text)
didn’t make any difference. The document opens fine with or without ‘as text’ added.
If I use the ‘Print’ command from Acrobat’s Required Suite it works but presents the Print dialog., then someone has to click OK which I want to avoid.
Doesn’t make sense (at least to me…) that the Required & Core Suites work but not the Adobe Viewer Suites. Could something be missing or corrupt?
