Automate Acrobat Compare Files Tool - acrobat

I'm trying to determine if it's possible to launch the Acrobat DC Compare Files tool with PDFs specified, either through the API or JavaScript. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nope. The best you'll be able to do is customize the toolbar so that the compare feature is always available and then command line launch Acrobat twice to get the two files open then click the compare tool.

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I am trying to implement a functionality such that:
When a user clicks on save button, whole data fetched from database by javafx (scene builder)form to get stored into the pdf form.
I have done with the snapshot, but I want the data obtained via text form to be stored in in pdf file.
Can someone please help me ?
give "DynamicReports" a try, it's easy to use, and i am using it to generate PDF file in my javafx projects. simple and powerfull.
http://www.dynamicreports.org/
Not only PDF file, it can also help to generates Csv, Docs, Excel, Html, Odt, Pptx, Rtx, Text...
You have a snapshot of your scene.
You can use the JavaFX Printing API, with PrinterJob.
The trick is that when your print anything, your computer's own print spooler will ask you for a destination.
My computer offers "Microsoft Print to PDF" and "Save to PDF".
So the "PDF" feature is trivially easy. All you have to do is, figure out how to use the API.

PDF file custom zoom level

i have a task about .PDF files that pdf file should open in browser with custom zoom level of 125% or 150%, i tried many times, but it is not working properly in firefox, as it implements zoom on PDF file but it switch on page#2, i study the adobe's given parameters for PDF file and tried to use them as following in href,
"SICS-47.pdf?page=1&zoom=125,0,0"
"SICS-47.pdf#page=1&zoom=125,0,0"
but no success, anyone here can help me please ?
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The adobe partner reference states on page 5 that this is for IE and Netscape. I'm not sure how old this document is, but you might want to check the Firefox support for this functionality as it could be incomplete.
Reference: Adobe Partner
Another thing you could do is modify the PDF content to make sure the document opens properly. Depending on which tool you're using you could use a free library like the Perl API2 library or a paid tool like the Java iText library. Maybe there are command line tools out there that do the same, but I'm not aware of them.

Is it possible to configure OpenERP or my browser to open PDFs automatically?

Every OpenERP web report ask me if I want to keep the PDF. Of course I must keep it to view it. I end up with lots of PDF files that I have to clean up. I would like to configure OpenERP or my browser to automatically create and manage the temp PDF files.
My research shows me great confusion in the industry about security flaws in PDF files causing browser plugins that profess to being "PDF Viewers" to come and go. I have yet to find any method, procedure, plugin, add-on or magic incantation that views PDFs without me managing the file.
If you are using firefox and linux , why not open firefox & go to
Edit -> preferences -> applications ->
search for 'pdf' and in Action field select 'use(default)'.
This way the pdf will be stored in '/tmp' folder & opened from there.
You won't have to bother about managing it.
It is not possible in a clean way, you need a module that modifies the behaviour of openerp reports to be inline. There are two options:
https://github.com/buke/openerp-web-pdf-preview-print - I think this
is the best option as it works all the time, the caveat is it
launches a separated window like a popup (then you require to accept
popups).
https://www.openerp.com/apps/web_pdf_viewer - This is amazing as it
shows the pdf in the work area of openerp (no need to open a new tab
or a new window) but at the moment doesn't work at all times,some
reports are just downloaded instead of displayed (I dunno why).
BR
Andres Calle
www.trescloud.com

Batch edit pdf - change Page Layout and Magnification with Automator Action or AppleScript

Just wondering if there is a way to batch edit pdf documents and set the "Page Layout" and "Magnification" attribute of a document so that they all the documents are displayed the same way if you open them.
I'm a Mac so a Automator or AppleScript solution would be cool! BTW I have Acrobat Pro.
Thanks!!
this could be done with some really hard work via gui script (NOT recommended) or by way of javascript which has it's complications as well but is much more reliable than gui scripting you will need the the javascript reference to learn how to do the javscript part of the script and you will have to research how to run the js in your applescript if you have questions I'll be happy to try to help but I'm not just gonna hand you the code to this job.

Check Box for 2 different .pdf files

I am trying to have two different .pdf forms, and when I check a box in one it will show in the other, then when all the boxes are checked it will check another box in the second .pdf.
How would I do this?
I believe you will have to write some javascript code inside your pdf files. This will do the job for the first case, but I am not sure if Acrobat Reader will allow you to do modifications on an external file from javascript... If it does allow you, I would consider it a security hole.