Re: Printing pdf via applescript
Re: Printing pdf via applescript
- Subject: Re: Printing pdf via applescript
- From: martin <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:53:21 -0800
a msg on 2/27/03 from Nicholas Orr contained -
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I'm not sure if this fits with what you were looking for (I'm just
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starting on AS myself), but isn't print a standard apple event, like
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open and quit.
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So you could send an print document apple event to the reader.
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On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 04:30 PM, martin wrote:
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> Is there a scriptable classic app that will open and print a pdf file?
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> I was hoping to solve my printing problem with OS X and the HP deskjet
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> connected to my wife's iMac (OS 9.2) by printing to pdf in OS X and
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> then
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> saving the pdf to a folder on the iMac with a folder action that
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> printed
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> the file. And then I found that Reader is not scriptable.
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I don't know. If anyone could provide me some further information on how
this might be accomplished, if possible, with a reference to some syntax
example I'd be grateful. I'm comfortable with AS basics but I've never
used Folder Actions or sent 'apple events' to nonscriptable apps.
Martin
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