hi there, this is my first go at scripting,

basically what i am trying to do is:

tell indesign to turn on a layer called "proof" in the active document

then export pdf - set pdf preference to smallest file size, all pages, and secure the file WITH A PASSWORD so that it can be opened but not edited (unless by someone at my agency who knows this password). this easy enough to manually, but im sick of typing out a password everytime i save a proof.

then save to a specific folder on the desktop, using the already existing filename - so 'myfile.pdf'

the code below gives me this message "

error "Can’t make name of PDF export preferences into type Unicode text." number -1700 from name of «class DFpf» to Unicode text

could someone please help me word this properly? I tried first referring to a pdf preset instead of setting all the values ie set color bitmap etc but i couldnt get the password to work,

here is what i have so far, written from snippets that other people have tried:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS4"

          tell active document

  try

                              set visible of layer "PROOF" to false

                    end try

  set docName to name

                    set baseName to text item 1 of docName

                    set ASTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters

                    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "."

                    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASTID

          tell PDF export preferences

                    set acrobat compatibility to acrobat 4 --> create a 1.3 pdf

                    set use security to true

                    set disallow changing to true

                    set disallow copying to true

                    set disallow document assembly to true

                    set disallow extraction for accessibility to true

                    set disallow form fill in to true

                    set disallow notes to true

                    set disallow hi res printing to false

                    set color bitmap sampling DPI to 100

                    set grayscale bitmap sampling DPI to 100

                    set monochrome bitmap sampling DPI to 100

  --set image quality

                    set color bitmap quality to minimum

                    set grayscale bitmap quality to minimum

  --set fonts

                    set subset fonts below to 0

  --set security

                    set use security to true

                    set change security password to "editedit"

                    set disallow extraction for accessibility to false

                    set disallow copying to true

                    export format PDF type to "/Users/kimwilson242/Desktop/_PROOFS/" & name & ".pdf" without showing options

          end tell

end tell