How do I create a BPDX in Acrobat X to use in Windows Scheduler?

"Batch Processing" was renamed to "Actions".

I have just tried to do the same, and there's apparently no documentation anywhere that describes how to do this for the non-IT user. I'm left wondering why on earth Adobe even bothered mentioning it in the "help" documentation. If anyone at Adobe has had any actual experience with this, shed some light, please.

In older versions of Acrobat, one could schedule catalog rebuilds in the UI of the cataloging function. Since the catalog files only work on local network drives or system drives and do not work on web servers support for this feature has declined with the rise of web based, intranet servers, and SharePoint. Also Acrobat/Reader has imporoved internal cataloging and searching to the point were this feature might not even be needed.

I've just spend four months trying to figure out what I was doing wrong (or where the bug is), and I believe I've discovered what it takes to actually make this work.

First, you've got to be using Acrobat Pro.

Second, you've got to turn on Preferences ... Catalog ... Allow Catalog Batch Files to be Run

Third, you've got to create the "bpdx" file with the following format:
<fully qualified path to .pdx file> /rebuild
(for example, one line in the file, as "C:\Users\Adam\Documents\index.pdx /rebuild") -- IT IS VITAL that the fully-qualified path, even if it includes spaces, is not enclosed by quotes. That is, use
C:\Users\Adam\Documents\This Is An Index.pdx /rebuild
not
"C:\Users\Adam\Documents\This Is An Index.pdx" /rebuild

You can make sure this is set up properly at the command-line:

C:\Users\Adam\Documents>"c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" c:\Users\Adam\Documents\rebuild-index.bpdx
Then:

Fourth, set up a scheduled task using Windows Scheduler, making sure the program/script is Acrobat, and the arguments is the path to the bpdx file:




Scheduled index updates (Acrobat Pro)

Use the Catalog feature and a catalog batch PDX file (.bpdx) to schedule when and how often to automatically build, rebuild, update, and purge an index. A BPDX file is a text file that contains a list of platform-dependent catalog index file paths and flags. You use a scheduling application, such asWindows Scheduler, to display the BPDX file in Acrobat. Acrobat then re-creates the index according to the flags in the BPDX file.

For more information on scheduling an indexing update, search for BPDX atwww.adobe.com/support.

Note:

To use BPDX files, in the Preferences dialog box under Catalog, selectAllow Catalog Batch Files (.bpdx) To Be Run.