Hi. I'm new to the software developing prefession and kind of got pushed into the field based on my IT experience in other areas. I am using Adobe Acrobat 4 and I am trying to programmatically export the contents of a PDF file to a postscript file using Visual Basic. This option is available manually by going to File|Export|PostScript or EPS. Doing it manually generates another user dialog that I want to bypass. Is this possible?
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Programmatically export PDF file to postscript file
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Yes, this is possible, but you're in the wrong forum. Post this in an Acrobat forum.
But to point you in the right direction, Acrobat exposes certain abilities as an Automation object. They refer to it as IAC, interapplication communication, but it's COM pure and simple.
Use VB's Object Browser to see the various interfaces.
COM and JavaScript support got a lot better with Acrobat 5 and then again with 6.
Thomas D. Greer
But to point you in the right direction, Acrobat exposes certain abilities as an Automation object. They refer to it as IAC, interapplication communication, but it's COM pure and simple.
Use VB's Object Browser to see the various interfaces.
COM and JavaScript support got a lot better with Acrobat 5 and then again with 6.
Thomas D. Greer
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