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Nico Burgerhart made a fantastic script called "Batch export MXD to PDF" back in 2008. http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14872 Any ideas how to implement it in ArcGIS 10? Something using Python perhaps? Data Driven Pages does not have anything comparable that i could find.

Here's the steps in read me text file which doesn't jive with ArcGIS 10's new menu bar:

Tool: Batch export MXD to PDF
Purpose: Saves all MXDs in the selected directory to PDFs in the selected output folder
Author: Nico Burgerhart (nicoburgerhart@hotmail.com)
Date: 31 Jan. 2007
INSTALLATION NOTES
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1. Open ArcMap
2. Select Tools > Macro's > Visual Basic Editor
3. Select File > Import file
4. Import BatchExportMXDToPDF.bas
5. Select File > Close and Return to ArcMap
6. Select Tools > Macro's > Macro's
7. Select the BatchExportMXDToPDF mactro
8. Click Run
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This includes 'Export Map Document to PDF'

http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=A910AB18-1422-2418-3418-3885D388EF60

Source Code is available to Automate/Batch MXD for Export to PDF.

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Thanks Mapperz, lots of good ones there look like.... keep getting Invalid Mxd filename error for some reason when using 'Export Map Document to PDF', any ideas? screen shot: i.imgur.com/fOaGp.jpg – sirgeo Mar 11 '11 at 22:28
Do you have spaces or special characters in your .mxd? – Mapperz♦ Mar 13 '11 at 2:19
yes.... spaces, underscores, and a hyphen. Here's a few examples: PLR11001200_1101A-BO.mxd 1101A_ LT 314.mxd 1101A_BB 300B.mxd 1101A_BO.mxd Do you think i need to take out the spaces and hyphens? i'll give it shot tomorrow morning when i go into work to do some overtime. – sirgeo Mar 13 '11 at 4:58
Thanks Mapperz.... It indeed works fine after removing all the spaces, underscores, and hyphens. – sirgeo Mar 13 '11 at 20:55
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If anybody want to export to PDF Maps on basis of data in ArcGIS contact : sandeep_pas@hotmail.com

For Example: If you have US county map with states and I want to generate PDF Maps of each and every state within a minute Like this :http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/florida/florida-county-map.html

My ArcGIS tool will generate all maps within minutes

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Look in this set of GP tools on the ESRI Resource Center, there may be something in there for exporting to PDF in batch.

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like minds - same link as me. – Mapperz♦ Mar 11 '11 at 22:18
Thanks Chad, i keep getting Invalid Mxd filename error for some reason when using 'Export Map Document to PDF', any ideas? screen shot: i.imgur.com/fOaGp.jpg – sirgeo Mar 11 '11 at 22:45
@Mapperz - D'OH! My mistake! – Chad Cooper Mar 12 '11 at 14:33
keep getting Invalid Mxd filename error when using 'Export Map Document to PDF', any ideas? screen shot: i.imgur.com/fOaGp.jpg – sirgeo Mar 12 '11 at 16:24
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Looks like this is a VBA module. If you install VBA with ArcGIS 10 you should be able to run it just the same. (VBA is still supported, but will not be in the next release.) Better approach would be to re-write this as an add-on.

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Thanks Jakub, is there a link with step by step instructions on how to install VBA with ArcGIS 10? any suggestion on how to re-write as an add-on? – sirgeo Mar 11 '11 at 22:46
You will need a license file from ESRI and VBA installer is one of the items on the main installation DVD. As for the Add-In (sorry not Add On) there is a bit of learning curve with VB .NET but it's well worth the effort. Here is a link for the walkthrough: help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/… – Jakub Mar 11 '11 at 23:07

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