My issue is that the default behavior of Distiller has changed from having unlimited directory access to having limited directory access. The application I support uses Distiller to create PDFs outside of the limited directory access allowed in 8.1.0. It works fine with 8.0.0.

If I manually run acrodist, I can use the -f flag to create PDFs anywhere, and I can create PDFs in the two limited directories that Distiller 8.1.0 allows.

I need to continue having the functionality to create PDFs where I want from within the application. I am automating Distiller using the ACRODISTXLib object. I can find no documentation on overriding this new default behavior using the ACRODISTXLib object. It has a very limited set of methods and properties.

I have tried launching Distiller with the -f flag and reusing that instance, but ACRODISTXLib creates another instance with the GetObject command.

To recap: I'm automating Distiller using the ACRODISTXLib object in Visual Basic. I need to remove the directory access restriction placed on Distiller in 8.1.0. How do I do that? Again, the code works fine with 8.0.0.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.