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Posted: **Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:12 pm**

Hi,

After I build a PDF, I want to automatically reorder the pages using another .bat file. This reorders/reorientates the pages in the way I want.

Can I automate this process? After the pdf has built, I want to add a further command to run this .bat file. I think I need to add an <exec></exec> to the build.xml file but I don't really know where/how to add it in the build.xml.

Are ther eany more detailed examples than this: https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... -file.html

Thanks for your help,

Ronan

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:51 pm**

Hi Ronan,

I agree that you need to write your own ANT build file which calls the default processing and then calls the ANT <exec>, something like:

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<project basedir="." default="dist">

<!--The DITA OT default build file-->

 <import file="build.xml"/>

 <target name="dist">

   <!--Call the DITA OT default target-->

   <antcall target="init"/>

     <!-- You could run your script here -->

	  <!--<exec></exec>-->

 </target>

</project>

More about the ANT exec task:

https://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/exec.html

You should try to find an ANT tutorial and get starting writing a small build file, then progress from there.

Regards,
Radu

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