Auto It get active Acrobat filename

[tauruzian]

Global $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
Global $oWorkbook = $oExcel.ActiveWorkbook
MsgBox(0,"Test",$oWorkbook.Name)

Global $oWord = _Word_Create()
Global $oDoc = _Word_DocGet($oWord, 1)
$oDoc.Name
MsgBox(0,"Test",$oDOc.Name)

Above code used to get active file for Excel and Word. How do I do the same for Acrobat files. Please advice. Thanks.

[TheSaint]

Use the RUN command (perhaps also check out PID with that, and Process commands), along with WinGetHandle and Window Titles and Text (Advanced) (check the Advanced Window Descriptions section) ... all in the Help file.

[tauruzian]

Use the RUN command (perhaps also check out PID with that, and Process commands), along with WinGetHandle and Window Titles and Text (Advanced) (check the Advanced Window Descriptions section) ... all in the Help file.

I don't have the filename. User might open any Acrobat file. For an example, user may open A.pdf or B.pdf or C.pdf. I need to get the filename of what file they opened. 

Edited November 26, 2014 by tauruzian

[iamtheky]

Use the RUN command (perhaps also check out PID with that, and Process commands), along with WinGetHandle and Window Titles and Text (Advanced) (check the Advanced Window Descriptions section) ... all in the Help file.

 

I don't have the filename.

 

It is abundantly clear from the title and the first post that you want to get the filename.  If you reply to every post restating that you dont have the filename, and want to get the filename, this is going to get real quiet real quick.  You should re-read (or read for the first time, its hard to tell) Saint's post and actually try those things before posting again.

[Jfish]

I would add one thing to what TheSaint said.  The method he referenced is a different approach to the examples you posted to get you the same answer.  His is much simpler than the alternative using the Adobe API (which is for Acrobat not Reader).   If you have Acrobat and you want to give it a go you can see the documentation here.  That documentation does include a way to get the active document / filename but I think that you will find it much harder then what TheSaint recommended.

[TheSaint]

I don't have the filename. User might open any Acrobat file. For an example, user may open A.pdf or B.pdf or C.pdf. I need to get the filename of what file they opened. 

I took from your initial post, that you were the one opening the Excel or Word document.

There are ways to get some of your info, by checking on whether Adobe Acrobat is running (i.e. ProcessExists), then get a list of existing windows and finding the active one maybe or a title that ends in .pdf.

In the Examples section here, there are scripts that can help you do what you want, and probably even here in GH&S. Search for things like process path, and other related things like the Window Info Tool.

Failing that, I would go the mentioned API route.

P.S. There is a good chance, that someone has already done what you are attempting, and a script exists here somewhere.

[Jfish]

This was tested and should work with Acrobat (not Reader):

$App = ObjCreate("AcroExch.App")
$App.Show
$avdoc = $App.GetActiveDoc
$PDDoc = $avdoc.GetPDDoc()
$name=$PDDoc.GetFileName()
ConsoleWrite(@crlf&"***"&$name&"***"&@crlf)

Also, I have Acrobat Pro v 8 which is older.  You may need to update this if the IAC changed for later versions.

Update:  I believe from researching this that the only way to do it through Reader is through the use of a plugin.  I am not 100% on that but Reader is much more limited.  The SDK has several examples with header files that are a bit over my head (pun intended).

Edited November 27, 2014 by Jfish