Using Acrobat Object in InDesign Javascript Script

Hi there,
for a current job, I would like to replace pages in a PDF document right after I have exported the pages from InDesign. The export works well, but now I need to instantiate an acrobat object in my InDesign Script. At the moment, I only have Photoshop and Bridge objects available in my ExtendScript IDE. Is there any way to instantiate a Acrobat object in InDesign Script?
I use InDesign CS3 and Acrobat 8 on a Macintosh computer.
Any help would be great!
Thanks a lot in advance!
Greetings
Mimi

I do not believe this can be entirely done from within JavaScript. You could use doScript to call a script in a different language that is capable of interacting with Acrobat.
Dave

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