Compare PDF Docs From The Command Line

[joe...@adobeforums.com]

Hi All,

I love the compare PDF that you get in Adboe professional - Its awesome.

Does anyone know if you can script this to diff an entire folder of pdfs?

I m happy to program this but do not know where to start / where the API is and whether it is possible

Thanks

[Aandi_...@adobeforums.com]

Acrobat's API is based on scripting through OLE and JavaScript, and
extending with plug-ins; no command lines except for Distiller.
There's no API to comparison at all, however.

Aandi Inston

[joe...@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Aandi - Very helpfull

You mentioned: based on scripting through OLE and JavaScript

How exactly do you do this though :( - Where is the DOM API? What are the methods available?

Hoe else can you compare PDFs in a bulk fashion with the output being as good as Adobes?

I have adobe distiller s well if thats helpful

[Aandi_...@adobeforums.com]

>How exactly do you do this though :( - Where is the DOM API? What are the methods available?

I think trying to summarise over 10,000 pages of documentation an
e-mail reply would be ambitious, so I will refer you to the Acrobat
SDK, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/

Aandi Inston