Script to secure a PDF- "Variable not defined"-- Help! :(

hi! i'm hoping can me problem..

 

i releasing digital magazine online pdf , looking way secure can't distributed around. found script run , have been trying work keep getting error message:

 

"error "the variable acrobat not defined." number -2753 from "acrobat" "

 

i'm not sure if not working because use cloud based version of indesign , acrobat or if running script wrong? downloaded sdk's each program. (i new have been trying bunch of things trying work)

 

i use adobe indesign cs6 , adobe acrobat pro xi

 

this script trying run in applescript editor:

 

 

tell application "adobe indesign cs6"

  -- prefs belong app use in tell app block

          tell pdf export preferences

                    set acrobat compatibility to acrobat

                    set use security to true

                    set disallow changing to true

                    set disallow copying to true

                    set disallow document assembly to true

                    set disallow extraction accessibility to true

                    set disallow form fill in to true

                    set disallow notes to true

                    set disallow hi res printing to false

                    set color bitmap sampling dpi to 100

                    set grayscale bitmap sampling dpi to 100

                    set monochrome bitmap sampling dpi to 100

  --set image quality

                    set color bitmap quality to minimum

                    set grayscale bitmap quality to minimum

  --set fonts

                    set subset fonts below to 0

  --set security

                    set use security to true

                    set change security password to "editedit"

                    set disallow extraction accessibility to false

                    set disallow copying to true

          end tell

  -- deal doc

          tell active document

                    set docname to pdftest

                    set basename to text item 1 of docname

                    set astid to applescript's text item delimiters

                    set applescript's text item delimiters to "."

                    set applescript's text item delimiters to astid

  -- use flexible path user desktop… path strings hfs (colon delimited)

                    export format pdf type to "/users/sp19301/desktop/" & pdftest & ".pdf" without showing options

          end tell

end tell

 

 

 

 

if have suggestions on securing pdf or doing wrong script, appreciate much!!

 

 

thanks

 

stephanie

 

hi,

 

modify line:

 

set acrobat compatibility to acrobat 4

 

// or acrobat 5

 

// or acrobat 6

 

// or acrobat 7

 

// or acrobat 8

 

rgds

jarek

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