Applescript to run "action" in action wizard

Hi Forum,
using this applescript I m running my "INDEGN" action from action wizard...
the first step is activated through the applescript.. (ie. INDEGN action is correctly picked)
but how to "click next button" to proceed to next steps..
tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "Acrobat"
        tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro" to activate
        click the menu item "INDEGN" of menu 1 of menu item "Action Wizard" of the menu "File" of menu bar 1 ## here it is not cliking next button.....
        click button "Next" of window "Action: INDEGN"
click button "Close" of window "Action: INDEGN"
    end tell
end tell
many thanks for the support..

Hello Rajinik,
I found your question in the forum and I am exactly in the same situation...
I hace some actions defined in Acrobat X Pro and I would like to execute them just by saving a file in a folder, but it seems something difficult to achieve.
Did you find any help on this or another forum to resolve it?
Searching for some info, i found a website with some info about a way to automatically OCR the pdf pages through theaction wizard, but it didn´t worked in my Mac. Search in Google "OCR This"
Thanks and Regards
Johanet

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Hi Forum,
using this applescript I m running my "INDEGN" action from action wizard...
the first step is activated through the applescript.. (ie. INDEGN action is correctly picked)
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tell application "System Events"
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click button "Close" of window "Action: INDEGN"
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end tell
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(German version below)
Hey,
I got two questions for action wizard in Acrobat XI Pro.
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Hallo Leute,
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Ich hoffe es gibt jemanden der mir helfen kann. Ich bin über jede hilfreiche Antwort glücklich.
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