Acrobat X - Automate document properties and thumbnails

I have 2400 files (180,000 pages) of declassified military records I am converting to PDF using Print To PDF. The original data is read from a proprietory browser created by the Marine Corps 15 years ago and Print to PDF is the only way to access the data.
1. Currently, I open the new PDF created, CTRL D to Document Properties, then have to enter Navigation Tab > Pages Panel and Page and Magnifaction > Fit Height on each record set.
2. Then i go to Description and add a Description from a database I have live on my website in Coldfusion and Access.
3. I then save the file and close Acrobat X and then repeat the Print To PDF.
Questions to start.
A. Are there settings or Plugins that would allow each of the PDF's created using Print To PDF to automatically have the Navigation and Magnification settings already set?
B. Is there any way to inject the Description into the new PDF or must this always be added manually?
C. Is there any way to automate the Fast Web View function as part of the above process?

You didn't mention which version of Acrobat you're using, which is critical to the answers to these questions.
If you have Acrobat Pro, then you can do A and C in a batch process (aka Action).
B can be achieved using a custom-made script. If you have version 9 or earlier a directly link to the DB can be created and the data copied from it to the script's metadata. If you have Acrobat X this can also be done, but would require export the information from the DB to a file, reading that file with a script in Acrobat and then using it to populate the metadate fields. Again, if you have Acrobat Pro this could be done in a batch process. Otherwise, you'll have to do each file at a time.

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Acrobat has a compare document facility, but all this will do is confirm the changes.
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Here is a step by step sample on creating a simple Item added event receiver:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff408183(v=office.14).aspx
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When trying to view the document properties in Acrobat Pro 9.5.1 I get the below screenshot. The box is tiny and so small nothing can be viewed. I have to press ESC to close the window. I can only use ALT+SPACE to move it also.
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