Re: Scripting Acrobat Distiller
Re: Scripting Acrobat Distiller
- Subject: Re: Scripting Acrobat Distiller
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 08:45:21 +1100
On 17/11/01 4:19 AM +1000, Jason Toews, email@hidden, wrote:
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BACKGROUND: There's a script that comes with the Quark 5 Beta, which
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automates the creation of PostScript files, then distilling them to PDF.
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I've taken that script and done some customization with it, including
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specifying the Distiller joboptions file to be used. First, there's a
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section of the script that finds the Distiller app, then locates the
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"Settings" folder inside the Distiller folder, presents the list of
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joboptions file to the user (choose from list), then constructs a path to
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the correct file based on the user selection.
As you're using version 5, you can simplify this considerably; Distiller 5
has a property called "settings directory" that returns the path to the
Settings folder for you.
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QUESTION: Although this seems to work, the Distiller status window does not
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display the correct joboptions file. It simply displays the most recent
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manually-selected joboptions file. Can anyone confirm this?
Yes. It's always worked that way.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden