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Re: GIF to PDF with Applescript ONLY


  • Subject: Re: GIF to PDF with Applescript ONLY
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:42:09 -0500

On Apr 10, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:

> I want to batch convert GIF files to PDF using Revolution
> LiveCode, but although LiveCode command IMPORT can import
> pdf files, EXPORT doesn't accept PDF output.
>
> Anybody got any ideas for a dead simple AppleScript ?

I have some experience converting Mail messages (.emlx) to .pdf.
I was curious about this, so I quickly looked-up some basic facts.

gif files can be opened by Preview, so, I wonder if Preview is scriptable?
No, it's not. (And neither is Adobe Reader.)

Can Preview export (File/Export… menu) a .gif as .pdf ?
Yes. But you will need to use GUI scripting.

It seems that a workable solution would be to write a GUI script for Preview or Adobe Reader.
I dislike GUI scripting and have only written one (that converts .emlx to .pdf in Mail).



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