Conversion of a PDF file to a JPEG!

[The Digital Man]

O.K. This ought to be possible. I am willing to consider buying a plug-in.

 

When the user selects a PDF file. I want to be able to acquire a thumbnail of the first page and paste it into the container field. The file reference I'm already storing in another field and when they click on the container field the script I have attached to it will cause the PDF to open.

 

The only thing I am having trouble with is figuring out how to create a thumbnail of the PDF file automatically.

[The Digital Man]

Well for what it's worth I am going to move forward and not offer this capability at the moment. I will manually produce JPEGS when needed and make them available.

 

I am still interested however. And when the solution presents itself I will probably jump on it.

[Maarten Witberg]

[ QUOTE ]

I will manually produce JPEGS when needed and make them available.

 

[/ QUOTE ] maybe acrobat pro provides batch processing for this kind of thing.

 

 

kjoe

[Maarten Witberg]

I checked and as it happens Acrobat pro indeed has the ability for batch processing. You can create page thumbnails, but i have not put this thing to the test.

If you have apple, there is a bundle-licenced application called GraphicConverter with batch scripting also.

 

now what remains to see is how you can link these to FM.

 

kjoe

[Felix Kortrijk]

Hi Digital Man,

 

Acrobat has some powerful Javascript features. You could use these to automate it fully. You might also want to access the methods and functions from VB(A). But some code has to be written, it will require some more than just using Filemaker "send message" and be gone with it.

Just enter - Acrobat automation - in Google and you'll see you're not the first one to ask.....