app.activeDocument.saveAs but without opening the saved file

Hi @Luís Henrique de Almeida ,

You can try ExportForScreen option, but you have less cabibility to set the PDF options.

function saveAsPDF() {
    var f = new Folder(app.activeDocument.path + "/" + app.activeDocument.name.split('.')[0]);
    if (!f.exists) {
        f.create()
    }
    var itemToExport = new ExportForScreensItemToExport();
    itemToExport.artboards = '';
    itemToExport.document = true;
    var pdfOptions = new ExportForScreensPDFOptions();
    pdfOptions.viewAfterSaving = false;
    pdfOptions.pDFPreset = "[Impressão de alta qualidade]";

    app.activeDocument.exportForScreens(f, ExportForScreensType.SE_PDF, pdfOptions, itemToExport);

}
saveAsPDF();

Hi @Luís Henrique de Almeida I have my own "saveDocumentAsPDF" function. There are some small differences. When I use my function, I don't have to open or close anything—it just exports the pdf and leaves my open document untouched.

Here is the function:

/**
 * Saves document as PDF.
 * @author m1b
 * @version 2022-09-18
 * @param {Object} options
 * @param {Document} options.doc - an Illustrator Document.
 * @param {String} options.path - export path including filename.
 * @param {String} options.pdfPresetName - the PDF preset name.
 * @returns {File} - the exported pdf file.
 */
function saveDocumentAsPDF(options) {

    if (
        options.doc == undefined
        || options.path == undefined
        || options.pdfPresetName == undefined
    )
        return;

    var saveOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();

    var doc = options.doc,
        exportPath = options.path;

    saveOptions.saveMultipleArtboards = true;
    saveOptions.pDFPreset = options.pdfPresetName;
    saveOptions.viewAfterSaving = false;

    // must set the range, or will rename the document, too
    saveOptions.artboardRange = '1-' + doc.artboards.length;

    var f = File(exportPath);

    doc.saveAs(f, saveOptions);

    if (f)
        return f;

};

To use it, you must specify a document, a pdfPresetName, and the path to the final pdf.

var exportedPDFFile = saveDocumentAsPDF(
    {
        doc: app.activeDocument,
        pdfPresetName: '[High Quality Print]',
        path: '~/Desktop/test.pdf'
    }
);

I hope that helps. - Mark