Use Standard Acrobat to programmatically combine PDF file?

Question

There are lots of suggestions on SO and elsewhere for using non-Adobe products to programmatically combine PDF files.

Is there no way to (fairly easily) use my paid copy of Adobe Acrobat Standard (not Reader) to programmatically combine two or more PDF files into a new PDF file (I know it can be done manually with combine -> multiple files)?

Would prefer a command (e.g., copy file1.pdf file2.pdf combined.pdf), but would be willing to resort to VBA.

Thanks for any ideas!

Answer 1

There is no VBA for Acrobat. VBA is a Microsoft thing (and is apparently going away soon from what I've read [edit: strike that; apparently it's still alive and well in Office 2010]).

The Acrobat SDK will allow you to automate Acrobat and do what you want to do, but it's not for the faint of heart. It may be easier (short-term, anyway) to use one of the free solutions you've read about elsewhere.