how to execute create PDF menu item

[chidambaram@adobeforums.com]

hi all,

I need to bind two pdf files.

I did that by using File->Create PDF->From Multiple Files option.

I want to automate this work using javascript.

How can i do this?

How can i execute the menu item Create PDF?

Thanks in advance and urgent please....

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

>How can i execute the menu item Create PDF?

I do not see how that would really help, since that menu item will
just display a dialog box.

Aandi Inston

[chidambaram@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for reply..

Two PDFs are binded using that menu item only.

I want to automate that.

how can i do that in another way?

[chidambaram@adobeforums.com]

hi,

I executed that menu item using

app.execMenuItem("NewDocFromFile")

I got that dialog box.

How can i provide values to that dialog box?

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

You can't. If a menu item displays a dialog box, then that's what it
does: automation stops.

Aandi Inston

[chidambaram@adobeforums.com]

Is it possible in applescript?

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

Have you looked at the Interapplication Communication documentation in
the SDK?

Aandi Inston

[Sabian_Zildjian@adobeforums.com]

For the Acrobat SDK, no, it is not possible because there is no API to allow developers to do so via AppleScript. Now on to the world of "unsupported".

It "might" and I do stress the word *MIGHT* be possible via AppleScript System Events, but this is in all worlds is a VERY BAD way to do things. It requires that no other applications running in the foreground and if your application loses focus for another applications dialog box (i.e. Adobe Updater, Mac OS X Software Update, etc...) you are, what some might say "hosed" because then your AppleScript no longer can execute properly. Surely NOT something to be used in a production environment.

Sabian