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Re: AS - placing multiple page PDFs

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From: Stephen_Moye
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 19:36
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I tried a simple solution, and it does not work. In the code below, I always end up at the error condition without having placed any PDF pages, and never hear the 3 beeps (a simple debugging tool). I'm using the "try" construct in order to avoid having to know beforehand how many pages are in the PDF.

tell application "Finder"
	activate
	set myPDF to (choose file with prompt �
		"Locate the PDF to be imported into InDesign..." of type ("PDF "))
end tell

tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
	activate
	make document
	set myDoc to active document
	try
		repeat with myPage from 1 to 1000
			tell document myDoc
				make new page at end of myDoc
				tell PDF place preferences
					set page number to myPage
				end tell
				place myPDF on myPage of myDoc
				beep 3
			end tell
		end repeat
	on error
		display dialog "What is happening here?"
	end try
	display dialog "Transferred " & ((myPage) as string) & " pages."
end tell
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