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From: matthew_stuehler
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:50
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:50
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All,
I'm trying to write a vbscript (or jscript) that is supposed to open Acrobat, open a file, and then merge a second file to the end of the first.
I've gotten the script to work; however, it fails if Acrobat (or Adobe Reader) is ALREADY open. So, is it possible to test whether the application is already open, and, if it is, get a handle to it?
Also, how do you test whether a file exists?
Here's an excerpt of my current script:
--- Begin code ----
Set objApp = CreateObject("Acroexch.app")
Set objAVDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
Path = "c:\doc1.pdf"
If (objAVDoc.Open(Path, Path)) Then
Set objPDDoc = objAVDoc.GetPDDoc()
Set objJSO = objPDDoc.GetJSObject
Path = "c:\doc2.pdf"
objJSO.insertPages objJSO.numPages-1, Path, 0, 1
end if
objApp.CloseAllDocs
Set objJSO = Nothing
Set objPDDoc = Nothing
Set objAVDoc = Nothing
Set objApp = Nothing
--- end code ----
Many thanks in advance!
Cheers to all,
Matt Stuehler
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