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Acrobat 8 and Droplets to preflight files

joanna2468
Registered: Jan 8 2008
Posts: 2

I've now got the solution to Droplet feature fails to work properly on Acrobat 8.1.2 Pro. Its a Macintosh only problem resolved by going toTechNote kb403208 in the Adobe knowledgebase. The Callas Preflight plug-in has to be updated as outlined there.

Despite creating Droplets using both existing and custom profiles, I create the droplet on the desktop but nothing happens when I drop the files ontop of the droplet.

The droplet works when incorporate into a batch sequence, however ... what am I doing wrong? Help.

heh heh

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Macintosh
dbaker
Expert
Registered: Feb 10 2006
Posts: 413
Hi --

You're not doing anything wrong. I've had the same experience where a droplet won't work on the desktop but works fine from within a batch file.

If I have the time, I rebuild the droplet, sometimes a couple of times, and it may work. Otherwise, I use it through a batch file.

donna.

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