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Now we have to write the MakeSubsDictionary() function we used earlier. Here it is:

def
 MakeSubsDictionary
(
 data
)
:
    dictSubs 
=
 
{
 
'/N'
 
:
 data
[
0
]
,
		 
'/F1'
 
:
 data
[
1
]
,
		 
'/F2'
 
:
 data
[
2
]
,
		 
'/F3'
 
:
 data
[
3
]
,
		 
'/F4'
 
:
 data
[
4
]
,
		 
'/F5'
 
:
 data
[
5
]
,
		 
'/F6'
 
:
 data
[
6
]
 
}
    
return
 dictSubs

This creates a dictionary where the keys are all the strings that will be replaced in the template, and the elements are the data that will replace them.

So now, let's put it all together:

import
 acrobat

# FORMAT:
# NAME, FEATURE1, FEATURE2, FEATURE3, FEATURE4,
# FEATURE5, FEATURE6, PICTUREFILE

data 
=
 
(
    
(
 
'Jeffrey'
,
 
'3 Bedrooms'
,
 
'2 Bathrooms'
,
 
'A Swimming Pool'
,
 
      
''
,
 
''
,
 
''
,
 
'house1.pdf'
)
,
 
    
(
 
'Gary'
,
 
'5 Large Bedrooms'
,
 
'3 Bathrooms'
,
 
'3-Car Garage'
,
      
"Lot's of Shady Trees"
,
 
'Satelite Dish'
,
 
'Hot Tub'
,
      
'house2.pdf'
 
)
)

def
 MakeSubsDictionary
(
 data
)
:
    dictSubs 
=
 
{
 
'/N'
 
:
 data
[
0
]
,
		 
'/F1'
 
:
 data
[
1
]
,
		 
'/F2'
 
:
 data
[
2
]
,
		 
'/F3'
 
:
 data
[
3
]
,
		 
'/F4'
 
:
 data
[
4
]
,
		 
'/F5'
 
:
 data
[
5
]
,
		 
'/F6'
 
:
 data
[
6
]
 
}
    
return
 dictSubs

def
 DataMailer
(
 sTemplateFile 
,
 tupData
)
:
    doc 
=
 acrobat
.
documentOpen
(
 sTemplateFile
)
    docNew 
=
 acrobat
.
documentNew
(
)
    docNew
[
:
]
 
=
 doc
[
0
:
1
]
 
*
 len
(
 tupData
)
    
for
 i 
in
 range
(
 len
(
 tupData
)
)
:
	dictSubs 
=
 MakeSubsDictionary
(
 tupData
[
i
]
)
	docNew
[
i
]
.
textrunReplace
(
 dictSubs
)
    
return
 docNew

doc 
=
 DataMailer
(
 r
'd:\pdfer\wwwroot\tutorial\template.pdf'
,
 data
)
doc
.
forceVisible
(
)
		 

As before, you'll have to change the path of template.pdf to where ever it is on your computer.

So copy this chunk into your text editor, save it to DataMailer3.py and then open it using Acrobat. You should get a result like this.

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