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Acrobat 9.1.3 Hangs During Batch Processing

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2009-08-28 07:27:19
BtrieveBill
Registered: Aug 28 2009
Posts: 4

I have a large directory of archives, some created by Acrobat as print jobs, some created by scanners, and more. I am trying to now run a batch jobn to optimize and OCR the entire batch of files.

I have followed the basic instructions for creating a batch job "OptimizeAll" and created two steps in the batch -- Optimize Scanned PDF and Recognize Text Using OCR. I then point the batch at the top of my Archives folder, and then kick it off.

It runs fine for a while, processing the first 1600 or so documents out of 4500+. However, it gets to a certain point overnight and just hangs there stuck on a document. I have not yet determined if it is failing on the same document every time, as it takes quite a bit of time to get through the first 1600 documents.

Suggestions?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1.3, Windows
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2009-08-28 08:32:36
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Acrobat is not known for the best memory management. You might try processing in smaller batches and restarting Acrobat or the computer between batches.

George Kaiser

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2009-08-28 08:39:54
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BtrieveBill
Registered: Aug 28 2009
Posts: 4
Kind of defeats the purpose of batch processing, then, doesn't it?

My Archive files are in one directory structure (Archives), but then there are separate folders for each customer, over 1300+ folders. I have not seen an easy way to specify the batch processing happen in a set of folders -- it looks like it wants to start with one directory and all subdirectories only. Do you know how to configure the batch processor to run on a subset of folders?

Alternatively, can I fire the batch processing capability from a command line script (i.e. batch file, VBScript file, etc.), passing each folder name in turn?
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2009-08-28 09:22:31
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
You can specify the what to run the batch process on by using the 'Run commands on:' and select one of the options in the drop down list so you can specify a single folder or use selected files.

Acrobat has a very limited command line interface.

George Kaiser

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