Re: printing PDF files
Re: printing PDF files
David,
I'm kind of surprised you need GUI scripting to print a PDF, what
version of Acrobat are you using?
I've found that it can be more reliable to use GUI keyboard commands
rather than mouse click, so something like
keystroke "p" using command down
Also, I've noticed that Adobe doesn't always follow the same
conventions as other developers in their dialogs, which make them less
reliable for GUI scripting.
Using PreFab's UI Browser is a big help.
prefabsoftware.com/uibrowser/
HTH,
ES
On Nov 10, 2009, at 6:39am, David DuBois wrote:
I am trying to write a folder action that will print any pdf that is
dropped into it. It basically works except that I cannot get it past
the print dialog, even with a systems event to press the print key.
If I use the system event by itself with an open print dialog, it
will press the print key, but when I include it in a larger script,
it stops working.
What I have is basically:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
try
repeat with this_item in added_items
set PDFname to the name of file this_item
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
activate
open PDFname
print PDFname without shrink to fit
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Acrobat"
click button "Print" of window "Print"
end tell
end tell
close document PDFname saving no
end tell
end repeat
end try
end tell
end adding folder items to
Any suggestions?
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