Re: Scripting Newbie
Re: Scripting Newbie
- Subject: Re: Scripting Newbie
- From: Bryan <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:05:45 -0400
- Organization: Apex Radiology
Absolutely, it sets one up automatically on install.
Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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Bryan,
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Can 'PDF Printer' also be set up as a desktop printer so that it can be
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selected by script?
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Paul Berkowitz
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> From: Bryan <email@hidden>
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> Organization: Apex Radiology
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> Reply-To: email@hidden
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:34:34 -0400
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> To: "John R. Head" <email@hidden>
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> Cc: email@hidden, email@hidden
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> Subject: Re: Scripting Newbie
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> Have you tried Adobe's 'PDF Printer'?
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> You can print directly to PDF from any app.
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> Just set 'PDF Printer' in the Chooser and set
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> the prefs like any other printer.
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> Setting the PDF's file name, as it's created, is
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> pretty easy using PreFab Player.
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> If you want demo script for this, email me
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> off list.
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> Bryan Kaufman
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> "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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>>>
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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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