Apple Event Support; Distiller Automation On Windows Using Ole Automation - Adobe ACROBAT 7.0.5 SDK Manual

Creating PDF Documents
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Creating PDF Documents from an Authoring Application

Apple Event Support

The Macintosh version of Distiller supports Apple events. Apple events can be used from
external applications written in programming languages such as C or from AppleScript.
Because AppleScript is more straightforward, using it is the recommended way to use
Apple events with Distiller.
Distiller supports the following Apple events:
The
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file for each.
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Distiller Automation on Windows Using OLE Automation

For Windows, you can automate Distiller under Microsoft Windows through the
Automation interface also known as OLE Automation (commonly referred to as ActiveX or
COM). The Automation interface makes it easy to create and control a Distiller from any
programming language that supports Automation. Distiller supports programming
environments written for the following languages:
Visual Basic
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Visual C++ with and without MFC
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Distiller exposes one interface:
properties to invoke Distiller and to customize Distiller properties. For example, you can:
Specify that a particular settings file be used rather than the default settings file
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Apply security to the generated PDF file
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Specify whether to spool the job or execute it immediately
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You can also use the Distiller API to check the status and errors associated with a Distiller
job.
As it processes each job, Distiller fires several events to notify you of its progress. These
events can be accessed using the
In addition, certain features of Distiller can be controlled directly through the PostScript
language file (see
applications that control Distiller should also provide an interface to their users to allow
control of font embedding and image compression as well as downsampling in the PDF file.
For more information, see the Acrobat Distiller API Reference.
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Distill command distills one or more PostScript language files, creating a PDF
command launches Distiller.
run
command quits Distiller.
quit
PdfDistiller
"Choosing an Adobe PDF Settings File" on page
. This interface provides methods and
interface.
PdfDistiller
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