Acrobat PDFMaker with Plotstyle

I need URGENT HELP to write VBA code that would accomplish the following tasks:
- Plot/Convert DWG to PDF
- AutoCAD 2002/2005
- Adobe Acrobat Pro 6
- Enable Layer Control on PDF
- Keep Hyperlinks on Blocks
- Use specified Page Setup/PlotStyle
- Do not prompt file name
- Place PDF file with specified name and in specified location

PLEASE HELP!

 

Hi

Why not create a DWF file ?

The coding should be far easier.

If you can't do 80% of this with your current knowledge, you actually need
professonal help and should ask for it.


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Regards,


Laurie Comerford
www.cadapps.com.au

 

Also, acrobat doesn't do hyperlinks at all. Therefore, I use Bluebeam
Pushbutton pdf.

 

Does DWF export Wipeouts as well? I think it doesn't (I'm using ACAD
2002)...

 

I think my question got off the track here. Of course, DWF is better and easier. If I had a choice of using DWF, would I be asking this question? I skip the detail of my situation, but I have to use PDF format.

I created the VBA routine to plot dwg to PDF with Adobe Writer using Adobe Acrobat 5.0, but my Adobe got upgraded to Pro 6.0 now. When I use my VBA routine, it seems that plot is working, but the PDF file does not get placed in the specified location. In fact, I don't know where it goes because I cannot find it.

Acrobat Pro 6.0 also has PDFmaker that will keep the autocad layer in PDF, and the layer can be turned on/off in PDF as well. If I convert my dwg to PDF with PDFmaker manually, it doesn't give me an option of using Plotstyle or Page setup.

So I repeat my original question again here.
I need URGENT HELP to write VBA code that would accomplish the following tasks:
- Plot/Convert DWG to PDF
- AutoCAD 2002/2005
- Adobe Acrobat Pro 6
- Enable Layer Control on PDF
- Keep Hyperlinks on Blocks
- Use specified Page Setup/PlotStyle
- Do not prompt file name
- Place PDF file with specified name and in specified location

PLEASE HELP!

 

What code do you have so far? Maybe we can spot something.

I have acrobat 6 and Pushbutton. What I told you before was not off track.
You're not likely to complete all your objectives since Acrobat does not
convert hyperlinks properly. The way pdf's handle hyperlinks is to overlay a
mask over plain text. The mask has the hyperlinking capability. Earlier I
stated they don't convert at all. Its been awhile since I looked into it,
but they do convert, but masks do not line up with the text. The farther
away from 0,0 you get, the farther away from the text the mask gets.
Pushbutton was one of the few programs I found that does this properly. It
now also handles layers and bookmarks.

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easier. If I had a choice of using DWF, would I be asking this question? I
skip the detail of my situation, but I have to use PDF format.

Acrobat 5.0, but my Adobe got upgraded to Pro 6.0 now. When I use my VBA
routine, it seems that plot is working, but the PDF file does not get placed
in the specified location. In fact, I don't know where it goes because I
cannot find it.

and the layer can be turned on/off in PDF as well. If I convert my dwg to
PDF with PDFmaker manually, it doesn't give me an option of using Plotstyle
or Page setup.

 

yes, I found to transfer hyperlink from acad to pdf is limited. link has to be on text on paper space, and it has to be plotted from paper space. Then, as you mentioned, hyperlink gets away from where it was attached. I know what I am asking is probably not going to be accomplished with acrobat pro 6. Therefore, I posted my question here in case someone knew the trick. It seems like that I need the third party software to complete my task. Would you tell me more about the Pushbutton program sucha as price and place that I can get it. Also, if there are any other program that will help my required tasks, please let me know.

Thanks for your help.

 

You should be able to find all that info at www.bluebeam.com.

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to be on text on paper space, and it has to be plotted from paper space.
Then, as you mentioned, hyperlink gets away from where it was attached. I
know what I am asking is probably not going to be accomplished with acrobat
pro 6. Therefore, I posted my question here in case someone knew the trick.
It seems like that I need the third party software to complete my task.
Would you tell me more about the Pushbutton program sucha as price and place
that I can get it. Also, if there are any other program that will help my
required tasks, please let me know.