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Need a script to automatically save pdf instead of displaying in IE.

I need this script because I have to save hundreds of pdf's from the web. What makes it even more time consuming is a lot have the same name just in a different directory. It doesn't seem to complicated, but I do not know windows. So here is what I need: When IE tries to load a pdf, instead of associating it with acrobat, I want it to send to a batch file that will automatically save it to a directory. In addition I want the name of the pdf to include the last directory name, for example: ../project1/1.pdf to be saved as project1 - 1.pdf.
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CP

Merete

Hi CptanPanic I donot have a clue how to do this my curiosity got the better of me just wanted to ask why 100's of PDF off web pages./ from the WEB pages??
Why 100"s?? What are you doing?

CptanPanic

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I need to download all the service pdf's for a vehicle, to make a single pdf locally.

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mvan01

Sorry, to follow your example exactly, your getFile.BAT would be:

@ECHO OFF
URL2file "http://some.domain.com/big/long/directory/%1/%2" "%1 - %2"

I guess that's another reason to separate the last dir and the filename as individual parameters. :-) You can make your GetList.BAT file as long as you wish (as many files as you have the patience to download at one time).

Peace and joy. mvan

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