Class: Acrobat::App

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/acrobat/app.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ App 



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 31

def initialize()
  @ole_obj = WIN32OLE.new('AcroExch.App')
  load_constants(@ole_obj)
  @ole_obj
  @docs = []
  self
end

Instance Attribute Details

#ole_obj ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute ole_obj.



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 29

def ole_obj
  @ole_obj
end

#pdoc ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute pdoc.



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 29

def pdoc
  @pdoc
end

Class Method Details

.run ⇒ Object

Runs the adobe app and quits at the end Acrobat::App.run do |app|

doc = app.open('doc.pdf')
doc.fill_form( city: 'City', state: 'ST')
doc.save_as('filled.pdf')

end



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 49

def self.run
  begin
    the_app = new
    yield the_app
  ensure
    the_app.quit unless the_app.nil?
    the_app = nil
    GC.start
    nil
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#docs ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 117

def docs
  @docs
end

#find_pdfs_in_dir(dir) ⇒ Array

Finds the pdfs in a dir



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 74

def find_pdfs_in_dir(dir)
  Pathname.glob( dir + '*.pdf')
end

#form ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 141

def form
  Form.new(self,WIN32OLE.new("AFormAut.App"))
end

#hide ⇒ Object

hide the Adobe Acrobat application



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 67

def hide
  ole_obj.Hide
end

#merge_pdfs(*pdfs) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 78

def merge_pdfs(*pdfs)
  pdf_array = Array(pdfs)
  raise 'Not enough pdfs to merge' if pdfs.size < 2
  first, *rest = pdf_array
  doc = open(first)
  rest.each do |path|
    doc.merge(path)
  end
  doc
end

#merge_pdfs_in_dir(dir, name: nil, output_dir: nil) ⇒ Object

merges the pdfs in directory return [Boolean] if the merge was successful or not



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 96

def merge_pdfs_in_dir(dir, name: nil , output_dir: nil)
  name = lname || "merged.pdf"
  dir = output_dir || dir
  pdfs = Pathname.glob( dir + '*.pdf')
  doc = merge_pdfs(pdfs)
  doc
end

#open(file) ⇒ PDoc

open the file.

Raises:

  • (FileNotFound) 


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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 124

def open(file)
  filepath = Pathname(file).expand_path
  raise FileNotFound unless filepath.file?
  pdoc = WIN32OLE.new('AcroExch.PDDoc')
  is_opened = pdoc.open FileSystemObject.windows_path(filepath)
  doc = PDoc.new(self, pdoc, filepath) if is_opened
  docs << doc if is_opened
  return doc unless block_given?
  begin
    yield doc
  ensure
    doc.close
    doc = nil
  end
end

#quit ⇒ Object

quit the Adobe App.

closes the open adobe documents and quits the program



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 107

def quit
  begin
    docs.each{ |d| d.close}
    ole_obj.Exit
  rescue
    return nil
  end
  nil
end

#show ⇒ Object

show the Adobe Acrobat application



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# File 'lib/acrobat/app.rb', line 62

def show
  ole_obj.Show
end