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Re: [Swftools-common] converting a folder of pdfs to a folder of swfs
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Chris Pugh |
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Re: [Swftools-common] converting a folder of pdfs to a folder of swfs |
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Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:20:42 +0100 |
>2009/8/9 Vincent Pexutski <address@hidden>:
> Thank you Chris,
Welcome.
> You have solved my problem. For anyone with the same problem-- First I
> tried putting in the whole path as you said and got:
> 'C:\Program' is not recognized as...
>
> I didn't feel like figuring out how to escape the space character
This is done by wrapping the directory path with double quotes, e.g.
copy swfc.exe c:\\SWFTools\"Old Version"\
If it confuses, then better to not use spaces at all, then you don't have the
porblem!
Regards,
Chris.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Chris Pugh <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> >2009/8/9 Vincent Pexutski <address@hidden>:
>> > I know this has been asked before in the archives, but I'm interested in
>> > creating a single swf with no adornment for each page in my pdf. I've
>> > broken the pdf (~800 pages) into separate pages, but I don't want to use
>> > the
>> > interface to do each one.
>> >
>> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/swftools-common/2005-09/msg00025.html
>> > lists some code for the command line:
>> > C:\temp\pdf> FOR /R %I in (*.pdf) DO @pdf2swf %~fI -o %~dpI%~nI.swf
>> >
>> > which ran several times with this output (I'm on XP):
>> > 'pdf2swf' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
>> > program or batch file.
>> >
>> > I'm kind of a n00b at the command line, so I'm probably doing something
>> > wrong.
>>
>> XP can't find the pdf2swf command. Either execute pdf2swf from the
>> directory
>> it actually resides in, or else specify the *full* path to it , for
>> example,
>> replace
>>
>> pdf2swf
>>
>> would become,
>>
>> c:\your_full_path_to\swftools\pdf2swf
>>
>> Here is a link to a pretty straightforward explanation of the use of
>> the Batch command,
>> as available under XP
>>
>> http://commandwindows.com/batch.htm
>>
>> It will help guide you in your experiments!
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris,.
>
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