I found a page that explains how Automator actually joins PDFs and it explains how to use the same method.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060327192826493 It used a python command. #! /usr/bin/python # # join # Joing pages from a a collection of PDF files into a single PDF file. # # join [--output <file>] [--append] [--shuffle] [--preview] [--verbose]" # # Parameter: # # --shuffle # Take a page from each PDF input file in turn before taking another from each file. # If this option is not specified then all of the pages from a PDF file are appended # to the output PDF file before the next input PDF file is processed. # # --verbose # Write information about the doings of this tool to stderr. # The author used the following as a prototype for the command. python '/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py' -o '/path/to/output.pdf' '/path/to/input1.pdf' '/path/to/input2.pdf' I tried this out by putting 2 PDFs (pg1.pdf & pg2.pdf in a directory) then in terminal changed directory to that directory. And did the following command in the terminal. Martin-Koobs-MacBook-Pro:PDF joins MartinLdrive$ python '/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py' -o 'combined.pdf' 'pg1.pdf' 'pg2.pdf' This successfully created a PDF combined.pdf in the working directory but generated an error as you can see from the terminal output below. Mon Dec 27 08:34:54 Martin-Koobs-MacBook-Pro.local Python[310] <Error>: The function `CGPDFDocumentGetMediaBox' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance. Please use `CGPDFPageGetBoxRect' instead. Martin-Koobs-MacBook-Pro:PDF joins MartinLdrive$ This was done in Mac OS X 10.5.8 I don't know if they changed the python command in 10.6 so if they did this may not work. Any way I think you could use that as a shell command in LiveCode. I haven't tried it though. You would have to construct the command using variables to insert your file paths then do it as a shell command. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Join-many-PDF-into-one-tp3164964p3165030.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
