Combine PDFs with a script

I want to create a script, either AppleScript or JavaScript, that automatically combines all PDFs that are open in Acrobat Pro, then saves and closes the new binder. I'd also like to specify location of the saved binder.
If that is possible, it may be possible to do it without opening any PDFs, just specifying which files to combine. That would save time not having to open any PDFs

Consider using an external script, especially since I don't know how you'd do this with batch processing (aka Action) within Acrobat. For example, a VBScript/JScript could loop through the files in a directory, determine which files need to be combined, and use IAC (InterApplication Communications) with Acrobat to do the combining. Then save each new file to the appropriate directory. For more information on IAC, download the Acrobat SDK. There is an Acrobat SDK forum here where you can ask more questions.

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Apologies for that I edited the wrong video in my Youtube account.
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%>
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Muchas Gracias por tu colaboración y excelente script, el que se abra el ESTK no tiene mayor importancia.
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Para llegar aquí, aparte de San Google, hay que ir a Adobe.es (en mi caso), pestaña de Ayuda, ..... (hasta aqui bien),
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al pulsar aparacen un montón de foros se supone de programas pero en inglés,
y la última línea es de International Forums, ya casi hemos llegado)
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