Creating Multi-Page PDF from a Layerd Illustrator file (script)

You don't say what OS you are using and which scripting language you are thinking of doing this in…

This is a sample that may get you started done in JavaScript so it's platform independent with the exception of my 'mac style' file paths.

If your on a PC it may just be a typo to set to C drive or whatever you call them things…

If you are on the mac OS then it should just dump a load of PDF's on your desktop.

You say about a multi-page PDF but don't think Illustrator can do this unless its been added with multi-artboards in CS4?

Others would have to let you know that…

#target illustrator

var docRef = app.activeDocument;

with (docRef) {

var docName = baseName(name)

var pdfOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();

pdfOptions.pDFPreset = '[High Quality Print]';

// Turn all layers off

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

layers.visible = false;

}

// Turn each layer on

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

if (i == 0) {

layers.visible = true;

redraw();

var layerName = layers.name;

var saveAsPath = new File('~/Desktop/' + docName + '_' + layerName + '.pdf')

saveAs(saveAsPath, pdfOptions);

} else {

layers[i-1].visible = false;

layers.visible = true;

redraw();

var layerName = layers.name;

var saveAsPath = new File('~/Desktop/' + docName + '_' + layerName + '.pdf')

saveAs(saveAsPath, pdfOptions);

}

}

//close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

}

function baseName(fileName) {

var nameString = '';

var extOffset = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');

if (extOffset == -1) {

nameString = fileName;

} else {

nameString = fileName.substr(0, extOffset);

}

return nameString;

}