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Using javascript to automate acrobat batch process

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2007-07-16 05:04:31
christoff3000
Registered: Feb 21 2006
Posts: 2

Hi Everyone -

Does anyone know of a good place to start when it comes to automating acrobat's batch processing facility?
The workflow I have in mind goes like this -
1.pdf is dropped into hot folder
2. javascript is executed, which then runs an acrobat batch process
3.saved file is then dropped into output folder
I can do some of this workflow in automator, but I'm stuck when it comes to kicking off batch processing automatically - I need this process to run unattended.

I am aware that acro 8 has got more automation facilities, but at the moment we are stuck with version 7.

Any help much appreciated! Thanx, Chris

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2007-08-02 16:17:59
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R0b
Registered: Aug 2 2007
Posts: 5
Have you had a look at the evermap autobatch plugin. This allows you to run any batch sequence from a command line.
I have written a number of routines that dynamically write the sequence file then call a shell script to process it...

http://www.evermap.com/autobatch.asp
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