Order that files are processed when running a batch script

I have a situation where I need to process a series of PDF document that reside within a single directory (Win7 OS). Since I am creating a sequence number the order in which they are processed them is important. In this particular case it is alphabetical. I have not been able to figure out what attribute Acrobat uses to determine what order to process, but it certainly is not name, date modified, date created or size. Does anyone know how Acrobat determines the order of files to be processed or how to control that? Currently my work around is to have the process ask which files I want to process instead of specifying an input directory. Then by selecting the last file first and holding the shift key selecting the first file to process, the documents are processed in the correct order. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

What you can do, although it's a bit of a workaround, is to split your workflow into 2 parts:
In the first you you save all of the file paths into an array using a batch.
The second part is a folder-level script which sorts the array, and then processes all of the items in it.
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user9174724 wrote:
Hi
do you think the Problem is not with the script ?
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