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I am trying to automate some non-trivial task* with Adobe's Acrobat XI.

I think the way to go is using Acrobat's IAC, which seems to be well-documented, eg. here. However, I could not figure out how to access the application object, eg. from within an HTA. I mean: How do I get the app object mentioned in the API documentation?

It feels like I am missing something very obvious. However, I have been searching and trying unsuccessfully for quite a while now.

Alternatively, any other suggestion how to perform complicated stuff (see footnote) in Acrobat is appreciated.

*The task is concatenating 1 to n JPG files into a PDF/A document (like, tens of thousands of times). The mapping is given through a TSV file or something alike. The requirement of generating PDF/A which pass Adobe's validation forces me to use Acrobat, at least for this last step.

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  • Are you using .net? Are you missing a reference to IAC? try: SET gApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App") – Phil Sattele May 29 '14 at 13:47
  • I'll use whatever works. And the reference name "AcroExch.App" works! I couldn't find this identifier in the API reference; but now that you pointed it out to me, I see it in a paragraph ''title''... Well, now this whole question seems quite useless. – lenz May 30 '14 at 06:40

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Are you using .net? Are you missing a reference to IAC?

try: SET gApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")

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