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[GEOSoft]

If I write slower, I prefer $pdftk ;-)

Thanks, Reinhard

I do it myself too. Funny how you can spot that in someone elses code but spend hours debugging your own because of it.

[ConstantineGeorgantzas]

"You may have to look in the registry to see if there is a verb for the compress function."

There is no such a verb and also Acrobat actice x (DLL) and Adobe-JS don't support it on a easy way, because compression is normaly done direct from the PDF print driver.

With the freeware command line tool PDFTk. exe you can compress PDFs easy.

That's a well known and easy to handle command-line tool, so don't be afraid to downlod and use it.

I tested the compression and it gave me better results as Adobe Acrobat.

http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

To work with that tool, based on that what was tooled before, you may do following

DIM $pdft = C:\.......\PDFtk.exe ;full path to pdftk

then use something like this

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " &$pdftk&" "&$fileNameIN &" output " &$fileNameOut &" compress","",@SW_HIDE,$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

Where $fileNameIn is the variable for the Input PDF; $fileNameOut that one for the output PDF. Both names can also be the same.

Good luck, Reinhard

When I first read your post I found it to be too much for me, but now as I have read it over and over again the approach your outline has become clearer and more appealing. I am trying to attack my assignment with various other approaches and have made progress along those avenues. However, I will keep your ideas in mind and even if I finish my program without shining the light on them which you have provided I promise to go back and entertain them in time.

[ssubirias3]

With the freeware command line tool PDFTk. exe you can compress PDFs easy.

That's a well known and easy to handle command-line tool, so don't be afraid to downlod and use it.

I tested the compression and it gave me better results as Adobe Acrobat.

http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

I love reading and searching the forums for answers to my questions and BAM... discovering a cool freeware program or site I didn't know existed. Thanks for the link and suggestion! Yes I know, I'm easily amused.