Adobe COM with Python

[Andy W]

I'm wanting to automate Adove Acrobat Reader using Com thru Python and 
win32com, but i can't find any documentation for the Adobe stuff? Has 
anyone done anything with Acrobat COM ?

I've searched Google groups and the web but am unable to find anything.

Thanks

Andy
-- 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Adobe COM with Python

[Andy W]

What i want to do is use, python COM to fireup Adobe and print the pdf 
file to a printer.

import win32com.client
import pythoncom

pythoncom.CoInitializeEx(pythoncom.COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED)
acro = win32com.client.DispatchEx('PDF.PdfCtrl.1')


The above does not work, Do i need to install the SDK as well ?

I'm new to this COM stuff as you can guess.

Benjamin Niemann wrote:
> Andy W wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm wanting to automate Adove Acrobat Reader using Com thru Python and
>>win32com, but i can't find any documentation for the Adobe stuff? Has
>>anyone done anything with Acrobat COM ?
>>
>>I've searched Google groups and the web but am unable to find anything.
> 
> 
> I have not hacked Acrobat yet, but done a bit with InDesign - Adobe's
> documentation is less than perfect, but still pretty good. You might look
> at
> <http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat/sdk/index_doc.html#js>
> - in InDesign I could easily map the methods and attributes from the JS
> documentation to COM calls (the JS members start with lowercase - e.g.
> 'properties' -, while COM need uppercase - 'Properties').
> 
> 
-- 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Adobe COM with Python

[Andy W]

I wanting to print the PDF to a printer which is set to print to file, 
so efectively i end up with a ps file.

so 1 pdf becomes 1 ps file

Tim Golden wrote:
> [Andy W]
> 
> | What i want to do is use, python COM to fireup Adobe and 
> | print the pdf 
> | file to a printer.
> 
> If that's all you want to do, have a look at this:
> 
> http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html
> 
> Or you could try for a Ghostscript solution.
> 
> (Additionally, I seem to remember that the Acrobat COM object is
> really only designed to work in Internet Explorer. That was a version
> or so ago -- of both -- so I may be off beam).
> 
> TJG
> 
> 
> This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The
> service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive
> anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit:
> http://www.star.net.uk
> 
-- 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list