Compare PDF functionality API

Hi All,
Do you know how we call Adobe compare PDF utility in Java program.
I have n no of files to compare. Is there option to call Adobe compare PDF in my java program. So that I can write a looping for all files.
Appreciate your answer...

Thanks Test Screen Name..No. I do not want in server. in my desk top. I have installed Adobe acrobat pro X in my desktop. What I want to do is i have 50 PDF to be compared with a single original PDF. I want to compare those 50 PDF without comparing one by one. I want to compare in a single time. So if any API is there, I can write a code by looping through 50 PDF's. Hope you got it..please let me know if you need more information..

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Hi Friends
I am using the following code to compare two versions of pdf in my web application.
I have the following challenges with it.
1) I need to suppress the Compare Dialog box that opens on calling DIGSIG:CompareDocuments.
2)How the output pdf can be shown on the client machine as this is a server code that runs on the server side.Also client machine would not have Acrobat installed on it.
3)Also how far the output pdf can be customized.Ex,Is there a possiblity to remove the first page of the output pdf.
Kindly help me out.
Thanks in advance. Refer the code below.
Function
CompareTwoPdfFiles(ByVal OldFileName As String, ByVal NewFileName As String) As Boolean
Dim AcrobatApp As Acrobat.CAcroAppAcrobatApp = CreateObject(
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Dim OpenPdfCount As Integer
Dim PDSaveFull As Short
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Dim DocumentWasOpen As Boolean
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Dim ok As Boolean
ok =
True
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Dim NewAv As Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc
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NewAv = NewPd.OpenAVDoc(NewFileName)  Else
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End If
  End If
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Dim OldAv As Acrobat.CAcroAVDoc
If ok Then
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If ok Then
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End If
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If Not ok Then
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End If
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NoSave = True
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Dim DiffPd As Acrobat.CAcroPDDocDiffPd = DiffAv.GetPDDoc
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End If
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Hi Irosenth,
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Since installing LTR 5.4, which I've now upgraded to 5.6, I've encountered repeated slowness and malfunctions in operations, especially when using the Compare View function and the Tab key to open and close the right and left side panels. Such problems n

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I also created a new user account and imported a folder of 160 images. After half an hour Compare View began mis-placing data. (I have a screen shot to show this.) CANDIDATE appears on the left side of SELECT, whereas it should be on the right. The accompanying camera exposure data appears almost entirely to the left of the mid-screen dividing line. Although the Candidate and Select headings were transposed, the image exposure data was not, but the data for the image on the right was almost entirely to the left of the line dividing the screen in two.
Gurus in The Lightroom Forum have examined Task Manager data showing Processes running and Performance indicators and they see nothing wrong. I could also send screen shots of this data.
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[email protected]

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Ollie
[email protected]

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