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March 18, 2024
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Can VBA automate Adobe Acrobat online?

  • March 18, 2024
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Using VBA, I created several years ago an MS Word tool that interacts with PDF forms.  Specifically, it launches Adobe Acrobat, fills in a bunch of fields on the PDF, then auto-names and resaves the PDF in a specified folder.  I use the GetObject(, "AcroExch.App") method to automate Acrobat from VBA.  The saving is accomplished with a pdDoc.Save(...) command.  This worked fine on my client's machine when they had a full standalone version of Acrobat installed on the same machine.  

But recently the client transitioned to Adobe Acrobat online. The filling in of fields still works, but the auto-save no longer works.  

Does anybody know of a way to accomplish this with Acrobat online?

Thanks!

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Thom Parker
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March 19, 2024

Are any errors reported? What is the file path?  When the save fails, the path is usually the problem.   

By Adobe Acrobat "online", do you mean Acrobat DC?  Because the VBA, through the IAC can only interact with the desktop Acrobat.   

 

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