Re: Adobe Reader Problem
Re: Adobe Reader Problem
- Subject: Re: Adobe Reader Problem
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:42:05 -0500
- Thread-topic: Adobe Reader Problem
On 2/19/09 1:49 PM, "KOENIG Yvan" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been unable to get even the most basic Applescripts to work
>> with Adobe Reader 8 or 9.
>>
>> Things like
>>
>> tell application "Adobe Reader"
>> active doc
>> end tell
>>
>> this is supposed to get the active document, but it doesn't. I get
>> an error instead. "Adobe Reader got an error: Can't get active doc."
>>
>> the is example is straight from their documentation.
>>
>> tell application "Adobe Reader"
>> print pages document "AppleEvt.pdf" first 1 last 3 PS Level 2
>> with binary output and shrink to fit
>> end tell
>>
>> And doesn't work either.
>>
>> Does anybody have any working examples of Applescripts that work
>> with Adobe Reader 8 or 9?
>
> As far as I know, Adobe Reader, like Preview has no AppleScript Support.
>
> Which documentation are you reading ? The one for the full Acrobat ?
I doubt it matters. Acrobat's AppleScript support, even what little is in
the dictionary, is unreliable, and I'd bet real money that it will never get
better, and probably disappear soon.
Javascript and VBA are the only languages Acrobat supports with anything
resembling enthusiasm
--
Burt Reynolds? Nope. Tom Selleck? Uh uh. Try Chile D. Molester. Shave the
mustache.
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