combine pdf files

Question

Hello. Using the Acrobat API, how can I write a script that does what

File->Create->Combine Files into Single PDF

does in Acrobat. I need to do this for thousands of PDF files, so it can't be done by hand. I need some way to automate it. The files have a rigid naming convention, so I can easily generate the name strings automatically. Is there a way to do this using the JavaScript API, or maybe the PDFL API? I know how to open, read in, and write out PDF files, but what calls are needed to actually combine them into one single document? Thanks.

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As an interactive tool I wouldn't expect you to be able to do more than a few hundred files at a time In Acrobat. PDFL should be fine if you close each input file in turn.

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