Rotate every 6th page in a PDF 1

[Swi]

Hi,

I do have the full version of Acrobat but has anyone ever rotated the nth page in a PDF document programatically?

Thanks.

Swi

 

[Andrzejek]

My 'default' approach to such issue is - contact whoever creates the PDF document and ask them to do it correctly/the way I need it.

No code/programing required

Is that 'weaseling out' of work or being efficient

---- Andy

"Hmm...they have the internet on computers now"--Homer Simpson

 

[xwb]

Done it in word but not in Acrobat. You need to use Word VBA for that. All other front end languages like C#, python, TCL all translate into VBA and call VBA commands.

 

[strongm]

>All other front end languages like C#, python, TCL all translate into VBA and call VBA commands.

Er ... are you sure?

 

[combo]

I don't have a full Acrobat, so I can't test, but:
- it is possible to reference Acrobat library (acrobat.tlb) and work with document (

https://khkonsulting.com/2009/03/adobe-acrobat-and-vba-an-introduction/

,

https://vbaplanet.com/appacrobat.php

),
- it allows an access to document and page objects, next it should be possible to rotate selected pages (GetRotate?,

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acr...erapp/IAC_API_OLE_Objects.html#acroexch-avdoc

,

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acr...rapp/IAC_API_OLE_Objects.html#acroexch-pdpage

,

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/

)


combo

 

[xwb]

@strongm Yes - but I don't want to hijack this thread with an explanation.

 

[strongm]

Then start a new one! This somewhat surprises me. I've been programming VBA for 30 years, and this is the first I've have heard of this.

Indeed, using C# and VB.NET to automate Office apps works for me even on installations of Office that do not include VBA ... so I am really interested to find out more about this.

 

[Rick998]

Consider qpdf or PDFtk.

IMO the syntax for qpdf is easier:

qpdf in.pdf out.pdf --rotate=+90:6,12,18,24

This would rotate pages 6, 12, 18 and 24 90-degrees clockwise.
See qpdf's documentation on the web and as pdf.

I know it's not Visual Basic... but IMO sometimes it's better to use dedicated PDF transformers rather than kludge something together.