batch find & replace text in Illustrator files in a folder?

try this:

// Opens the built-in platform-specific file-browsing dialog.

// If the user clicks OK, returns a File or Folder object for the selected file or folder. If the user cancels, returns null.

var folderObject = Folder.selectDialog("select Folder");

// Gets files in the folder.

var fileObjectList = folderObject.getFiles();

//regex to check that the file is an .ai file

var filePat = /\.ai$/;

// Opens the file

for (var i = 0; i < fileObjectList.length; i++) {

    if(filePat.test(fileObjectList.name))

    {

        continue;

    }

    app.open(fileObjectList[i]);

}function FindAndReplaceScript_AllOpenDocuments(){    

    for(var i=app.documents.length -1; i > -1;  i--){

        app.documents.activate();

        var aDoc = app.documents;

        var searchString = /VT/gi;   

        var replaceString = " VHB " ;

        var theTF = aDoc.textFrames;    

        if (theTF.length > 0) {    

            for (var j = 0 ; j <theTF.length; j++) {    

                var aTF = theTF[j];    

                var newString = aTF.contents.replace(searchString, replaceString);    

                if (newString != aTF.contents) {    

                    theTF.contents = newString;    

                }    

            }    

        }

    }

};    

FindAndReplaceScript_AllOpenDocuments();

Yes, williamadowling, the first opt. I want to execute a loop through the files of a folder upon execution.

Hello.

Using AppleScript or getting folder by "Folder.selectDialog" via ExtendScript will work great.