Requesting help setting active tool in Acrobat X

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#1

G’day, & darn it, I originally posted in the wrong forum. (and also didn’t post as a script)

I’ve got this far with a GUI script with Acrobat X, which seems very difficult to script. However, I can’t click on the drop-down menu button that pops up the header & footer panel.

Anybody know how I might get the panel please? We want to update to the CS6 suite, and need automation.

Regards

Santa


set theItem to ((path to desktop) & "This is a test.pdf") as text
set theitem2 to POSIX path of theItem
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro"
	activate
	tell application "Finder"
		repeat until exists process "Acrobat"
			delay 0.1
		end repeat
	end tell
	delay 1
	close all docs saving no
	tell application "System Events" to tell process "Acrobat"
		click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 3 of menu bar 1
		set x to 0
		repeat while not (exists (window "Open"))
			delay 0.1
			set x to x + 1
			if x ≥ 20 then exit repeat
		end repeat
		keystroke theitem2
		click button "Go" of sheet 1 of window "Open"
		click button "Open" of window "Open"
	end tell
	
	repeat until exists active doc
		delay 0.1
	end repeat
	tell application "System Events" to tell process "Acrobat"
		click menu item "Tools" of menu 1 of menu bar item "View" of menu bar 1
		click menu item 1 of menu of menu item "Tools" of menu 1 of menu bar item "View" of menu bar 1
		try
			# this one works, opens the Pages panel
			tell UI element 2 of group 1 of outline 1 of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
				set {xPosition, yPosition} to position
				set {xSize, ySize} to size
			end tell
			-- modify offsets if hot spot is not centered:
			click at {xPosition + (xSize div 2), yPosition + (ySize div 2)}
			delay 2
		end try
		try
			# this one doesn't work, trying to click the "Header & Footer" tool button
			tell menu button "Header & Footer" of group 1 of group "Pages" of outline "Tools" of group 2 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window 1
				set {xPosition, yPosition} to position
				set {xSize, ySize} to size
			end tell
			-- modify offsets if hot spot is not centered:
			click at {xPosition + (xSize div 2), yPosition + (ySize div 2)}
			
		end try
	end tell
	say active tool as text -- returns 'select'
	try
		say toolbar visibility as text
		set active tool to "Add Header & Footer." --fails
	on error errmsg
		display dialog errmsg
	end try
	
	display dialog theItem as alias as text
	--close all docs saving no
end tell
#2

Hi,

just to open a file, why not the simple version


set theItem to (path to desktop as text) & "This is a test.pdf"
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro"
	activate
	close all docs saving no
	open file theItem
end tell

The delay to wait for the process is not necessary as well as GUI scripting to open a file

#3

G’day Stefan

Thanks, but the new trial version of Acrobat in my case refuses to open files via scripting, and also when they’re dropped on it’s icon. Weird.

Of more importance to me is actually opening the Header & Footer dialog window.

Regards

Santa