RE: Scripting Acrobat Distiller
RE: Scripting Acrobat Distiller
- Subject: RE: Scripting Acrobat Distiller
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:59:10 -0500
The example givien at the Adobe developers web site is all one line within
a tell:
open "report.ps" destination "myreport.pdf" joboptions "Macintosh
HD:Applications:Adobe Acrobat
4.0:Distiller:Settings:ScreenOptimized.joboptions" openpassword "MyPassword"
changepassword "MyPassword" with wait without printing
This, unfortunately, requires that you open and process a file.
My work around to this is inadequate: I know that the selected job option
when closing Distiller is the default job option when it opens again.
Another work around is to remove all other options from the Settings folder
so only the one you need is available. These are fine if you only need one
option, and your script is used on only one machine.
This shortfall in scripting language also prevents us from creating a
watched folder within a script. I can create it, but can't tell Distiller to
watch it.
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