Is there any documentation available for AppleScripting Acrobat 7 Pro?
I’m trying to write a script that will open a PDF and use the PDF Optimizer menu to reduce the file size but can’t find anything that makes sense in Acrobat 7 dictionnary. Will I have to use UI scripting to do that?
Thanks!
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Operating System: Mac OS X (10.3.9)
I checked the dictionary and it doesn’t look like that is scriptable. I scripted the “PDF Compare” function using UI scripting. I will post my code for that function to give you a starting point. If you want to try it, save this as an application so it can be used as a droplet. Drag two PDFs on the script to run it.
It was a bit aggravating getting the code right to select things from submenus in the main window (all that "of group 1 of group 3 etc…), but I eventually got it to work. Good luck.
on open these_items
tell application "Finder"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
if exists process "Acrobat" then
else
tell application "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Profe#5DC"
activate
delay 3
end tell
tell application "Finder"
activate
end tell
end if
set NumberOfFiles to the count of these_items
if NumberOfFiles is not 2 then
display dialog "You must process two PDF files at a time!" buttons "Cancel"
end if
set the item_info1 to info for item 1 of these_items
set the item_info2 to info for item 2 of these_items
if (alias of the item_info1 is true) or (alias of the item_info2 is true) then
display dialog "No aliases, PDF files only." buttons "Cancel"
end if
if (kind of item_info1 is "Adobe PDF document" or kind of item_info1 is "PDF document" or kind of item_info1 is "Adobe Photoshop PDF file") and (kind of item_info2 is "Adobe PDF document" or kind of item_info2 is "PDF document" or kind of item_info2 is "Adobe Photoshop PDF file") then
else
display dialog "These are not PDF files." buttons "Cancel"
end if
end tell
my ComparePDF(item 1 of these_items, item 2 of these_items)
beep 2
end open
on ComparePDF(item1, item2)
tell application "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Profe#5DC"
activate
open item1
open item2
delay 3
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Acrobat"
pick menu item "Compare Documents..." of menu "Document" of menu bar item "Document" of menu bar 1
delay 2
click pop up button 1 of group 1 of group 4 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
key code 126 --up arrow
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 36 --return
click pop up button 1 of group 1 of group 3 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 125 --down arrow to select second open document
key code 36
click radio button "Page by page visual differences" of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
click pop up button 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 126
key code 36
click radio button "Side by Side Report" of group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
click button "OK" of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
delay 3
pick menu item "Compare Documents..." of menu "Document" of menu bar item "Document" of menu bar 1
delay 2
click radio button "Textual differences" of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
delay 1
click checkbox "Include font information (style, size, typeface)" of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
click button "OK" of group 1 of window "Compare Documents"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end ComparePDF
Model: Mac G5
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.3.9)
You could just use Acrobat’s Batch Sequences to run the optimization too.
I haven’t used that before. I just looked and I didn’t see the PDF optimizer or Compre Documents available in there. Is there a way to add functions or are you limited to what comes up? Also, can you easily trigger one from a script?
Its pretty basic you can add functions to it by using the execute java sequence. Just create a new sequence with no commands, set how you want it to run and save to, PDF Optimizer settings are accessed in the output options button. I’ve done very little scripting with this app yet.