GUI Scripting and Acrobat 6 Pro
GUI Scripting and Acrobat 6 Pro
- Subject: GUI Scripting and Acrobat 6 Pro
- From: Sean Mills <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:28:51 -0500
Hello,
I am trying to automate the process of combining multiple pdfs into a
single pdf. The task is quite straightforward in Acrobat: You first
select File -> Create PDF -> From Multiple Files..., then select the
relevant files in the dialog box that appears, and hit OK.
There are two checkboxes in the dialog box. I want to ensure that one
of them is checked ("Include all open PDF documents"), and the other
unchecked ("Include most recent list of files to combine").
Here's my problem: using GUI scripting I can select the appropriate
menu item, but I can't toggle the checkboxes if needed. I also can't
click *any* button in the dialog box. The strange thing is that I can
see checkboxes and buttons getting clicked, but the clicks don't seem
to register. What am I doing wrong?
tell application "Acrobat 6.0.2 Professional" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Acrobat"
tell menu "File" of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
click menu item "From Multiple Files..." of menu "Create PDF" of
menu item "Create PDF"
delay 2
end tell -- this works OK
tell window 1 -- "Create PDF from Multiple Documents"
if (value of checkbox 1) is 1 then --"Include most recent list of
files to combine"
click checkbox 1
end if
if (value of checkbox 2) is 0 then --"Include all open PDF
documents" click checkbox 2
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
Regards,
Sean Mills
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