Automator and pdf

How (with which logic) does Automator combine pdf 's in one? How can I force a precise sequence of pages of origina pdf 's?
Thanks

Photoshop allows you to rearrange the images you want to put in a multipage PDF within the source file selection dialogue box but it is very fussy about what file types you give it - basically they have to be created or saved as PSDs.
As for Automator, it takes the source files within a folder in alphabetical order, so your best bet is to rename them before creating your multipage PDF.
However this only works if you offer it a source folder to start with (so use the Get Folder Contents action first). If you bung a load of files at it (even if they are the contents of one folder) it will arrange them in an apparently random fashion.
If you don't want to move various PDFs into one folder you can get Automator to create a temporary folder on the desktop, copy the various PDFs there, sort and rename them by date created and then pass this folder into the Composite PDF maker. You can also let Automator trash the temp folder once the job is done, or leave it on the desktop in case you want to rename files to get them in the right order and put that folder into the process.
After creating the composite PDF you can also get Automator to move it to the desktop and rename it (using the Sequential option allows text entry such as New PDF-01) to avoid having to Save As in Preview as somebody suggested in another thread.
Just today I created workflow for this purpose and saved as a Finder plugin. Now I can right-click any folder of PDFs and create a single composite PDF. As this was only my second ever Automator session I am a little proud and quite excited (though frustrated that I can't create PDFs from other source files).
Hope this helps.

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or
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I am taking a folder of pdf files all named numerically in the order they should be in and rendering them to images using the automator "render pdf to images."
This outputs the images with completly random names. Even using the "Rename Finder Items" as suggested right after the Render pdf to images still does not produce images in the right order.
This is really frustrating as I can't even see how this function could be useful for anyone if it can't produce images with some kind of logical file names.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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Automator for PDF merge with variable

Hi - very new to automator, but now very motivated to find a solution to this annoying problem.
I have to scan expense receipts each week and upload them 1 by 1 into a client time & expense system. I don't think Automator can help me with this one.
A second system requires all the expense receipts to be merged into a PDF and a 3rd copy emailed to an approver.
This is what I would like automator to do:
From my Expenses folder, where all my individual PDF's are located
I select all my distinct PDF's for a particular week
Using an automator service, right click style
Using 'Ask for Text', I would enter the "Week of"
My selected PDF's are merged into 1 PDF, with the name = "Week of <VAR>"
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Quits Mail
I can get the automator to run without the variables trick...but it really would save a lot of time if I could just key it in once (instead of #filename, #email subject, #body of the message).
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Can't help you with automator, but you can create an app with the applescript below that will do what you want.
Procedure:
1. Open the Applescript Editor by typing Apples in the spotlight search field and hitting 'return' on your keyboard.
2. Copy the entire script below and paste it into the Editor window.
3. Hit 'Command-K' on the keyboard and ensure there are no compiler errors. If there are, please look at the script and see if one part of it was highlighted. Report back what part of the script was highlighted and any error messages.
If the compile didn't produce an error, then:
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5. The first time you run the app (you run it by double-clicking on it, like any other App), you'll be asked to put in the details manually. On subsequent runs, it will fill in the defaults for you. I haven't set up the default locations for looking and searching for the files as I'm not sure where they would be on your system. I can do that if you tell me the path from your 'home' or user directory.
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change the line 'set visible to true' to 'set visible to false'
change the line 'save' to 'send'
property defaultFolder : ""
property msgSubject : ""
property theRecipient : ""
property theWeeklyname : ""
property outputFile : ""
getInfo()
mergePDFS()
sendMail()
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Hello Experts,
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InDesign Crashes on export of automated generation - PDF

Hi,
I'm currently developing script (JS) for automated generating PDFs from templates filled with data from transformed XML.
I've prepared tagged and styled templates so it should be enough to import xml file and place it in the right way..
Everything is okay until I try to export PDF. At this point InDesign crashes and nothing is exported. I tested this issue on OSX 10.6.2.; OSX 10.5.8. Win XP. All machines have InDesign from legal CS4 Master Collection with all available updates. All machines have strong enough processor and RAM.
In case of automated import and manual export from InDesign it works. Automated export fails.
I enclose log from console:
12.11.09 12:40:53 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[121] ([0x0-0x74074].com.adobe.InDesign[2391]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault
12.11.09 12:40:53 ReportCrash[2418] Saved crash report for Adobe InDesign CS4[2391] version 6.0.4.578 (6040) to /Users/Virus31/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe InDesign CS4_2009-11-12-124053_ASIANSTAR-3.crash
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var myDocument = app.open(File("DocumentTemplate.indd"), true);
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myXMLImportPreferences.allowTransform = true;
myXMLImportPreferences.createLinkToXML = false;
myXMLImportPreferences.ignoreUnmatchedIncoming = true;
myXMLImportPreferences.ignoreWhitespace = false;
myXMLImportPreferences.importCALSTables = false;
myXMLImportPreferences.importStyle = XMLImportStyles.mergeImport;
myXMLImportPreferences.importTextIntoTables = false;
myXMLImportPreferences.importToSelected = true;
myXMLImportPreferences.removeUnmatchedExisting = false;
myXMLImportPreferences.repeatTextElements = false;
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app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.no);
There are 2 more attached files (archive with source files + crash report) so you can try it on your own. I can't get what I'm doing wrong and I'm getting mad.
If you ever had this trouble let me know. Thank you.
Lukas
Added crashreport.rtf

Hi
It may not be relevant, but you have not set a path for the PDF. Put ~/ before the doc name for the PDF to be created in the top level of your home folder. Otherwise the PDF will be put inside the actual InDesign app (Right click app, show Package Contents - contents - MacOS)
This is the case with CS3 anyway. Not checked on CS4.
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Roy

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The actions in the /System/Library/Automator folder are part of the base OS installation - you should not mess with anything in there. Actions in the /Library/Automator folder are available for all users, while those in your user's ~/Library/Automator folder are only available to you. Those last two locations don't start out with anything in there, so any actions would have been downloaded.
I would definitely check out older actions, for example those originally developed for Automator 2.0.x or earlier (Tiger, Leopard) - you would need to check the developer's website to see if there is a newer version. Instead of throwing everything in the trash, try moving the actions in your user's Automator folder somewhere else, such as into a temporary folder on your desktop. Then restart Automator and see if the services work. Once the services are operational, you can uptate/check the third party actions as you move them one at a time back into your Library.

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Seems with every major upgrade, Apple breaks the Automator Watermark PDF Workflow.
Can someone test this workflow in Yosemite so I know if the problem I'm having is with OS X 10.10.

Hello
Under 10.6.8, Watermark PDF Documents.action/Contents/Resources/tool.py works happily without any errors when invoked as follows with a.pdf and watermark.png in ~/desktop/test/ :
#!/bin/bash
py='/System/Library/Automator/Watermark PDF Documents.action/Contents/Resources/tool.py'
cd ~/desktop/test || exit
args=(
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    --output    a_wm.pdf
    --verbose
    --over
    --xOffset   0.0
    --yOffset   -150.0
    --angle     300.0
    --scale     0.3
    --opacity   0.1
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"$py" "${args[@]}"
If the said error – ValueError: depythonifying 'pointer', got 'str' – is raised at the line:
provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithFilename(imagePath)
I'd think it is because imagePath is not a C string pointer which the function expects but a CFStringRef or something which is implicitly converted from python string. Since I don't get this error with pyobjc 2.2b3 & python 2.6 under 10.6.8, it is caused by something introduced in later versions.
Anyway, the statement in question may be replaced with the following statements if it helps:
url = CFURLCreateFromFileSystemRepresentation(kCFAllocatorDefault, imagePath, len(imagePath), False)
provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithURL(url)
I modified the tool.py with these changes along with other minor fixes and run it successfully under 10.6.8. I'm not sure at all whether it works under later OSes as well. And even if it does, editing tool.py will require the Automator action to be re-codesigned.
Here's the revised tool.py.
#!/usr/bin/python
# Watermark each page in a PDF document
import sys #, os
import getopt
import math
from Quartz.CoreGraphics import *
from Quartz.ImageIO import *
def drawWatermark(ctx, image, xOffset, yOffset, angle, scale, opacity):
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        imageWidth = CGImageGetWidth(image)
        imageHeight = CGImageGetHeight(image)
        imageBox = CGRectMake(0, 0, imageWidth, imageHeight)
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        CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, scale, scale)
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        CGContextRotateCTM(ctx, angle * math.pi / 180)
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    image = None
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                page = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(pdf, i)
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                    if CGRectIsEmpty(mediaBox):
                        mediaBox = None
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                        drawWatermark(ctx, image, xOffset, yOffset, angle, scale, opacity)
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                    if not under:
                        drawWatermark(ctx, image, xOffset, yOffset, angle, scale, opacity)
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        CGPDFContextClose(ctx)
        del ctx
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    readFilename = None
    writeFilename = None
    under = False
    xOffset = 0.0   # FIXED: changed to float value
    yOffset = 0.0   # FIXED: changed to float value
    angle = 0.0     # FIXED: changed to float value
    scale = 1.0     # FIXED: added
    opacity = 1.0
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    except getopt.GetoptError:
        usage()
        sys.exit(2)
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        print option, arg
        if option in ("-i", "--input") :
            if verbose:
                print "Reading pages from %s." % (arg)
            readFilename = arg
        elif option in ("-o", "--output") :
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                print "Setting %s as the output." % (arg)
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            print "Verbose mode enabled."
            verbose = True
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            print "watermark under PDF"
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        elif option in ("-t", "--over"):    # FIXED: changed to "-t" from "t"
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            yOffset = float(arg)
        elif option in ("-a", "--angle"):
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            scale = float(arg)
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    print "Usage: watermark --input <file> --output <file> <watermark files>..."
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All the best,
H

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We use SAP Portal as interfase to access SAP MDM repository tables.We use MDM Record Set and MDM Item Detail iViews to display and operate with main table content.
There is a field in the qualified table, which is the lookup to the Images table. And the other field is the lookup to the PDFs table. Both fields are qualifiers.
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Viktoria Demina

Ooohh... you mean, like the one mentioned in http://indesignsecrets.com/adding-zoom-and-print-to-indesign-swf-files.php?
But they want to get paid for their hard work, the bastards!

Hyperlinks to XLS, DOC, and PDF files that are included in a .chm file work intermittently.

SUMMARY
Hyperlinks to XLS, DOC, and PDF files that are included in a
.chm file (and the Baggage Files) only work intermittently. The
only solution appears to be deleting the Temporary Internet Files.
PROBLEM
1. I place the XLS, DOC, or PDF file in the Windows
sub-directory that corresponds to the RoboHelp project sub-folder
where the topic in which I’ll place the hyperlink exists.
2. I open the help project in RoboHelp HTML.
3. I right-click on the project’s Baggage Files
sub-folder that corresponds to the Windows sub-directory in which I
placed the XLS, DOC, or PDF file (in step 1).
4. I import the XLS, DOC, or PDF file.
5. I open the topic in which I’m going to place the
hyperlink in the WYSIWYG editor.
6. I “drag and drop” the Baggage File into the
topic (in the WYSIWYG editor) to create a link to it.
7. I save the changes and then generate HTML (.chm) help.
8. I open the .chm file and click the hyperlink. The XLS,
DOC, or PDF file may or may not open.
9. When the hyperlink works correctly, for DOC and XLS files,
a “File Download – Security Warning” dialog box
appears asking, “Do you want to open or save this
file?”. The buttons that are available are
“Open”, “Save”, and “Cancel”.
These buttons work then as one would expect. (When the hyperlink
works correctly for a PDF file, it simply opens the PDF file in a
new window; there’s no prompt to save, open, or cancel.)
10. When a hyperlink does NOT work, for DOC, XLS, and PDF
files, no dialog box or other visual message is displayed. Instead,
the sound that is associated with the “Exclamation”
program event is played (the “Windows XP
Exclamation.wav” file is the WinXP default).
Other Notes:
- The hyperlinks ALWAYS work when I view a topic using the
“View Selected Item” function (Ctrl+W) in the RoboHelp
HTML project.
- Once a hyperlink stops working, it will not start working
again until I delete all the Temporary Internet Files.
- A hyperlink will stop working even if Internet Explorer
(iexplore.exe) is closed the entire time.
WORKAROUND
Through trial and error, I have discovered that if a
hyperlink stops working, I can get it to work again using the
following steps:
1. Leave the .chm file open.
2. Open Internet Explorer.
3. Click Tools>Internet Options….
4. From the “Internet Options” dialog box, select
the “General” tab.
5. Under the “Temporary Internet Files” section,
click the “Delete Files…” button.
6. From the “Delete Files” dialog box, select
“Delete all offline content” and then click
“OK”. The files are deleted and the “Delete
Files” dialog box closes.
7. Click “OK” to close the “Internet
Options” dialog box.
8. Without closing Internet Explorer and without re-starting
the .chm file, all the hyperlinks that didn’t work before
will now work.
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
- Windows XP Pro, SP2
- Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180
- RoboHelp X5, 5.0.2 Build 801
- HTML (.chm) help project files exist on my local machine
- HTML (.chm) help file is run from my local machine
- Project is under RoboSource version control
TEMPORARY INTERNET SETTINGS
- “Check for newer versions of stored pages” is
set to “Automatically”
- “Current location” for the Temporary Internet
files folder is set to “C:\Documents and Settings\My
Username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\”
- “Amount of disk space to use” is set to
“594” MB
“View Files…”
- An XLS or DOC file will be listed here if I click its
hyperlink and then click either “Open” or
“Save” from the “File Download – Security
Warning” dialog box.
- A file will appear here even if I click “Save”
and then click “Cancel” from the subsequent “Save
As” dialog box.
- If I click “Cancel” from the “File
Download – Security Warning” dialog box, the file does
not appear in the Temporary Internet Files folder.
- When a file does appear in the Temporary Internet Files
folder, its Internet Address is displayed similar to the following:
“ms-its:C:\PrimaryProjectFolder\ProjectName.chm::/SubFolderName/FileName.xls”
“View Objects…”
Here’s a list of all the program files that appear:
- “Microsoft Office Template and Media Control”
(Last Accessed 12/13/06) (Version 12,0,6024,0)
- “Shockwave ActiveX Control” (Last Accessed
12/14/06) (Version 10,1,4,20)
- “Shockwave Flash Object” (Last Accessed
12/18/06) (Version 9,0,28,0)
- “Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool”
(Last Accessed 12/14/06) (Version 1,5,722,0)
- “WUWebControl Class” (Last Accessed 12/13/06)
(Version 5,8,0,2469)
Today is 12/18/06 so the only program file that is listed as
having been “Last Accessed” today is the
“Shockwave Flash Object”.
REQUEST FOR HELP
I really want to include certain PDF, DOC, and XLS files in
their native format in a .chm file. However, I need a better
solution to my problem than the one I discovered. What I really
want is to avoid the entire problem altogether.
Have anyone seen this before or have any suggestions?

You wont be able to do that. The embedded objects would appear as images only.

I'm trying to get organized and I just added a bunch of books and pdfs to my itunes library. They were all added immediately to my ipad and iphone even though, itunes automatically putting books on my idevices

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How do I do this in the future so this doesnt happen? Its a lot of work to now manually erase them from each device and it sent my phone over capacity.
thanks

I dont see the difference in the posts. I dont think theres anything inaccurate or misleading about what I wrote. The items were immediately added to my ipad and my iphone, even though I have them both set to sync only select items. As soon as I added new titles to my itunes library, they were immediately added to the devices. Not on the next sync. Immediately. Both devices were plugged into the computer at the time. Sorry if I failed to mention they were plugged in but I dont see the signifigance youre making out of it. The problem persists anyway.
Now that I did a test without the devices plugged in, the new items were still added as soon as I plugged my devices into the computer ( I do not have them set to sync over wifi).
Since I have both devices set to manually select items to sync, of course I want to manually select new items to sync. For instance, I am not going to read any of these magazines or books on my phone, ever, and I dont want to waste valuable space with them.
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I just tried deselecting sync books. It erased all content from ibooks on my device. I then dragged
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Tall report in both HTML and PDF

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I have a report in 10.1.2.0.2 with three logical parts; a header (logo, column titles), a body (actual data) and footer (column sums, some texts). At the moment I'm just using the main section (not header/trailer) but I'm willing to change.
Depending on the parameters the report will give 1-20 pages (if I was to print them) of output.
I would like to offer both HTML and PDF output but I'm having some issues.
If I set the height of the main section to 25 centimeters/10 inches and run the reports with parameters that produce 2 pages of output, I will get two pages i the PDF perfectly. The HTML will then get a seam (empty row) after 25cm/10In and then continue. The problem is that the second part of data is in a separate html table, making the columns not aligned to the first part.
So, PDF OK, HTML ugly.
If I set the height of the main section to 250 centimeters/100 inches and run the report again the HTML is fine. One long table and therefore consistent columns.
Now the PDF consists of only one page. It looks fine but after the last row I can scroll down much more as the PDF "page" is really tall now.
So, PDF ugly, HTML OK.
Any suggestions for acheiving a nice result in both PDF and HTML?
Kind regards
Tomas Albinsson
Stockholm, Sweden

Many thanks Denis, worked perfectly!
Now the customer has decided that they want the header on each page...
So now I don't need to use your solution but it's good to know how to solve it.
Fortunately (?) I've got a new problem now.
If the output spans two pages I now get one head, the first part of data, head again, rest of data and foot. Fine.
The problem is that the columns of head and data on page two are not aligned with the ones on page one.
So head and data always align, but only withing the page. Page two might be much wider than page one.
This is is HTML output and the frames are set to horizontally fixed.
Seems to be the footer. Didn't help putting it in a horizontally fixed frame of it's own.
Suggestions?
Kind regards
Tomas

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