This is perhaps a little much for this type of forum, but I'm
desperate, so here goes:

In Acrobat 5, you can change the page numbers that popup and that are
in the thumbnail by using the menu command "Document > Number Pages".
I need a way to do that using Visual Basic. See, certain large PDF
files are split up, and we want them to have correct page numbers, in
spite of how many pages are actually in a given file. For example, a
file which is page 356 is in one file; it should be noted in the page
number thumbnail that it is page 356, even though there is only one
page in the file.

Can the Acrobat SDK accomplish this? If so, please provide sample use
of property. Also, please advise as to cost and method of use. Can one
just run a program manipulating the sdk on a pc with Acrobat
installed? Or does one need a plugin of some sort?

If Acrobat SDK cannot do this, can a third party application
(preferably inexpensive) handle this? If so, please provide links and
info. We have something called ActivePDF server, which we use for a
lot of things via VB, but I don't believe it can help us with this
problem. If you know differently, please let me know!

If you don't have any idea what any of this means, this probably isn't
the question for you. I noticed a couple of questions about Adobe
Acrobat were asked and answered, so hopefully there are some Acrobat
experts on here. :)

Hi crom654-ga,
this is not the entire things that you asked for but might be useful.

what document>number pages is doing is setting the logical page number
rather than modifying the actual page numbers. The more detailed
description is available at
http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=678

My understanding is the you want to change the logical page numbers of
pages in a PDF document so that one PDF document might be split over
several files without affecting the 'viewable' page numbers.

To use the above feature one might use the acrobat 5.0 SDK API
AVPageViewSetPageNum. This does the same job. A complete description
of this API can be found in core API reference available at
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs/Core_API/CoreAPIReference.pdf

A brief description is:
ASInt32 AVPageViewSetPageNum (AVPageView pageView, ASInt32 pageNum);
Description
  Sets the current logical page of the page view, which might not be
the same as the current number indicated on the screen. Plug-in
writers in general do not need this, but if you wish to perform some
operation on a page other than the one returned by
AVPageViewGetPageNum, you can use this call to temporarily set the
page. You must restore the page number when you are done. You should
avoid causing any major changes to the page view (such as scrolling)
to ensure that you end up restoring the page to the correct value.
Parameters
  pageView The page view.
  pageNum The page number.
Return Value
  Previous page number.
Header File
  AVCalls.h

A detailed description of how to use acrobat SDK with VB along with
sample code and examples can be found at
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs/Interapplication_Communication/VBJavaScript.pdf

A document to get started with programming with VB and acrobat SDK can
be found at http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs/Interapplication_Communication/IACOverview.pdf

and an overview of development with acrobat SDK can be found at 
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs/getstart/DeveloperFAQ.pdf

Hope this helps.

thanks,
-cipherr17-ga

I forgot to mention that www.planetpdf.com is a good resource pllace
for various developer FAQs and resources for developers workign with
PDF files.

Thanks SO MUCH Cipher! I'm going to take this question off the market
while I try the resources you gave me (since no one seems to be
jumping for it).