Hi, While applescript is still around, you could use this script. Works pretty well.
https://www.macscripter.net/t/applescript-objective-c-handler-to-merge-pdf-files/72534 Regards, Chis Heidecker use scripting additions use framework "Foundation" use framework "Quartz" -- required for PDF stuff set inFiles to (choose file of type {"pdf"} with prompt "Choose your PDF files:" with multiple selections allowed) set destPosixPath to POSIX path of (choose file name default name "Combined.pdf" with prompt "Save new PDF to:") its combineFiles:inFiles savingTo:destPosixPath on combineFiles:inFiles savingTo:destPosixPath -- make URL of the first PDF set inNSURL to current application's class "NSURL"'s fileURLWithPath:(POSIX path of item 1 of inFiles) -- make PDF document from the URL set theDoc to current application's PDFDocument's alloc()'s initWithURL:inNSURL -- loop through the rest set oldDocCount to theDoc's pageCount() set inFiles to rest of inFiles repeat with aFile in inFiles -- make URL of the next PDF set inNSURL to (current application's class "NSURL"'s fileURLWithPath:(POSIX path of aFile)) -- make PDF document from the URL set newDoc to (current application's PDFDocument's alloc()'s initWithURL:inNSURL) -- loop through, moving pages set newDocCount to newDoc's pageCount() repeat with i from 1 to newDocCount -- get page of old PDF set thePDFPage to (newDoc's pageAtIndex:(i - 1)) -- zero-based indexes -- insert the page (theDoc's insertPage:thePDFPage atIndex:oldDocCount) set oldDocCount to oldDocCount + 1 end repeat end repeat set outNSURL to current application's class "NSURL"'s fileURLWithPath:destPosixPath -- save the new PDF (theDoc's writeToURL:outNSURL) end combineFiles:savingTo: > Op 25 aug. 2023, om 23:15 heeft Eller, Roger via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> het volgende geschreven: > > Thank you for this and all the details, Matthias. I will give it a try. > > > ~Roger > > ________________________________ > From: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of > matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2023 2:16 PM > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Cc: matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de <matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> > Subject: Re: Merging PDF pages > > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click > links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the > content is safe. > > > > Just noticed that my steps are missing something. > So here's version 2 of it. > > 1. download > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdflabs.com%2Ftools%2Fpdftk-the-pdf-toolkit%2Fpdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg&data=05%7C01%7Croger.e.eller%40sealedair.com%7Ce1d5200433404eec54d008dba59780d1%7C2691a2514c384643af0b0c0982f197bd%7C0%7C0%7C638285842350859203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tEXnKnbF7xT3GjOMoYKIiM%2Fv3JwkS7pzKRM3op80KMI%3D&reserved=0<https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg> > > 2. to extract the pkg run the following in Terminal > pkgutil --expand <source path of pkg> <destinaltion path> > > If the source path to the pkg contains spaces then put quotes around the path. > > 3. Now open the destination path to which you've extracted the .pkg. There > should be another pkg pdftk.pkg > > 4. right click the file pdftk.pkg and select "show package content" > > 5. Now you should see a file payload. Right click that file and select "open > with" and select the archive utility to decompress the file payload. > > 6. After extraction you'll find a new folder "Payload 2" > > 7. open that folder. In that folder you will find the Lib and Bin folder. > Copy those folder to another location. > > Now in LC you can use shell shell function to call the pdftk > > Example > set the folder to "path to the bin folder" > > put shell("./pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf cat output mynewfile.pdf") > > > would create combine the three file..pdf file into a new one called > mynewfile.pdf > > To use pdftk server in your standalone you just have to include both folders > in your standalone. > > > On Windows you first have to run the setup of pdftk server. During the > installation you can select the folder where pdftk server shall be installed. > You then can copy the bin folder from that installation folder > and use it with your standalone on any other computer without the need to run > the setup on that computer. > > > > >> Am 25.08.2023 um 17:00 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> On which OS are you planning to do this? >> >> On Windows and macOS you could make use of PDFTK server from PDFLabs.com >> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpdflabs.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Croger.e.eller%40sealedair.com%7Ce1d5200433404eec54d008dba59780d1%7C2691a2514c384643af0b0c0982f197bd%7C0%7C0%7C638285842350859203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2KHRMuPPbThuEdstyMStYxuVIocIbRsA9yaSB%2Fw%2F7dI%3D&reserved=0<http://pdflabs.com/>> >> >> On macOS PDFTK Server normally has to be installed to use it. But you >> could follow these steps here to get it working w/o installation. >> >> 1. Do not use the d/l link for pdftk Server from the pdfLabs website. That >> version will not work on macOS11 and up. Instead download this version of >> PDFTK Server. Sid Steward created a new version but did not update the d/l >> link >> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdflabs.com%2Ftools%2Fpdftk-the-pdf-toolkit%2Fpdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg&data=05%7C01%7Croger.e.eller%40sealedair.com%7Ce1d5200433404eec54d008dba59780d1%7C2691a2514c384643af0b0c0982f197bd%7C0%7C0%7C638285842351015442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S5yjsFoOrBWQY%2FKUhQbD6WZxAzuRiBOK6Yrval2H1Q4%3D&reserved=0<https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg> >> >> 2. to extract the pkg run the following in Terminal >> pkgutil --expand <source path of pkg> <destinaltion path> >> >> If the source path to the pkg contains spaces then put quotes around the >> path. >> >> After extraction you'll find the 2 folders lib and bin and some others .The >> 2 mentioned ones are needed. >> >> Now in LC you can use shell shell function to call the pdftk >> >> Example >> set the folder to "path to the bin folder" >> >> put shell("./pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf cat output mynewfile.pdf") >> >> >> would create combine the three file..pdf file into a new one called >> mynewfile.pdf >> >> >> I wrote this in a hurry, so i might have some error in my explanation. Just >> ask, if you have problems. >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> >>> Am 25.08.2023 um 15:10 schrieb Eller, Roger via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>> >>> It's been a while since I've posted a question here. Is it possible to use >>> livecode script to merge multiple 1-page PDFs into a multipage PDF without >>> using Acrobat or other 3rd party software? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> ~Roger >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.runrev.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fuse-livecode&data=05%7C01%7Croger.e.eller%40sealedair.com%7Ce1d5200433404eec54d008dba59780d1%7C2691a2514c384643af0b0c0982f197bd%7C0%7C0%7C638285842351015442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VUSlgWxqGFAlz72s3FBs5nbHZZnAoL54MZ4%2FU7ZYlXQ%3D&reserved=0<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.runrev.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fuse-livecode&data=05%7C01%7Croger.e.eller%40sealedair.com%7Ce1d5200433404eec54d008dba59780d1%7C2691a2514c384643af0b0c0982f197bd%7C0%7C0%7C638285842351015442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VUSlgWxqGFAlz72s3FBs5nbHZZnAoL54MZ4%2FU7ZYlXQ%3D&reserved=0<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.runrev.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fuse-livecode&data=05%7C01%7Croger.e.eller%40sealedair.com%7Ce1d5200433404eec54d008dba59780d1%7C2691a2514c384643af0b0c0982f197bd%7C0%7C0%7C638285842351015442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VUSlgWxqGFAlz72s3FBs5nbHZZnAoL54MZ4%2FU7ZYlXQ%3D&reserved=0<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
