Re: Scripting Newbie
Re: Scripting Newbie
- Subject: Re: Scripting Newbie
- From: Bryan <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:34:34 -0400
- Organization: Apex Radiology
Have you tried Adobe's 'PDF Printer'?
You can print directly to PDF from any app.
Just set 'PDF Printer' in the Chooser and set
the prefs like any other printer.
Setting the PDF's file name, as it's created, is
pretty easy using PreFab Player.
If you want demo script for this, email me
off list.
Bryan Kaufman
"John R. Head" wrote:
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on 8/28/01 9:00 AM, email@hidden at email@hidden
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wrote:
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> First Post. Newbie. Definitely not clueless, but very inexperienced.
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> I'm looking for information to script the following process on a G3,
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> OS9, 128MB using PageMaker 6.52 and Acrobat 4.05a...
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> I have hundreds of PM Docs that I'd like to select, open and distill
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> to PDF files in batch. I need to be able to have some interaction
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> during the process to enter metadata into the title/author/keyword
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> fields in distiller. I'm trying to avoid the tedious mouse clicks and
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> keyboard strokes (OK, Save, Returns, PDF Options/Edit Info Buttons).
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> Is this possible? Am I in the right place? I'm not a programmer, but I
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> do understand the concept. I've recorded several snipits of code, but
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> putting it all together is causing me a real headache. Suggestions?
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I am not sure Pagemaker is very scriptable from the Applescript side, unless
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they have changed in the last few years. But there is a book on Pagemaker
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from Adobe regarding PageMaker's own scripting language, and I have a copy
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if you want.
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But also you could use Applescript to print to a set of PS files to have a
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copy of Distiller to watch the folder where you print the files to.
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John R. Head, CTO
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Visionary Media Inc
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www.visionary-media.com
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512-258-7311
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