import os
import subprocess

def convert_doc_to_pdf_applescript(input_file, output_file):
    script_path = '/path/to/applescript/ConvertDOCtoPDF.scpt'
    subprocess.call(['osascript', script_path, input_file, output_file])

def convert_all_docs_to_pdfs(source_dir, target_dir):
    if not os.path.exists(target_dir):
        os.makedirs(target_dir)

    convert_batch = 5
    i = 0
    for file_name in os.listdir(source_dir):
        if file_name.endswith('.doc'):
            # check if the pdf is not already created
            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(target_dir, os.path.splitext(file_name)[0] + '.pdf')):
                print(f'PDF already exists: {file_name}')
                continue
            input_file = os.path.join(source_dir, file_name)
            output_file = os.path.join(target_dir, os.path.splitext(file_name)[0] + '.pdf')
            convert_doc_to_pdf_applescript(input_file, output_file)
            print(f'Converted: {file_name} to PDF')
            i = i + 1
            if i >= convert_batch:
                print(f'Converted {convert_batch} files, stopping')
                break

if __name__ == '__main__':
    source_dir = '/folder/with/doc/files'  # Path to the source directory containing .doc files
    target_dir = '/folder/with/pdfs'  # Path to the target directory for .pdf files
    convert_all_docs_to_pdfs(source_dir, target_dir)