Is there an easy way to save the screenshot and do the process whose link I wrote? When I want to do it as an action, it does not save the operations selected from the menu, such as "Delete All Artboards", to the action. Are there any friends who can write the flow I shared in the video as a script? Thank you in advance and waiting for your answers.
instead of a video, could you write down the steps you want the script to take, as well as any decisions the script may need to make for certain steps if necessary?
open file manual with double click Menu > Object > Unlock All because sometimes i forgot unlock some objects Menu > Select > Deselect Menu > Select > All on Active Artboard Menu > Object > Lock Menu > Select > All Menu > Edit > Clear Menu > Object > Unlock All
Artboards > Delete Empty Artboard File > Export > Export for Screens... "choose format" PDF Export Artboard
I am doing same routine for too many times per day. So I need a jsx file. I can't do it with action because I can't assign the "delete empty artboards" command to action. Thank you very much if you can help.
This is untested but should do the trick. And it needs some love in terms of pdf export options. unfortunately im not aware of any access to the "export for screens" dialog or functionality. But the same functionality should be doable with pdf save options. But im not sure what options you need for your use case.
function doDailyTask()
{
var doc = app.activeDocument;
app.executeMenuCommand("unlockAll");
app.executeMenuCommand("deselectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("selectallinartboard");
app.executeMenuCommand("lock");
app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("clear");
app.executeMenuCommand("unlockAll");
app.executeMenuCommand("deselectall");
deleteEmptyArtboards();
exportPDF();
function deleteEmptyArtboards()
{
var artboards = doc.artboards;
for (var i = artboards.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
app.executeMenuCommand("selectallinartboard");
if (doc.selection.length == 0)
{
doc.artboards.remove(i);
}
app.executeMenuCommand("deselectall");
}
}
function exportPDF()
{
var exportOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();
exportOptions.artboardRange = doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex() + 1;
//unfortunately, i dont believe we have script access to the export for screens dialog
//so you will have to set the pdf options manually right here
//heres the available options: https://ai-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/jsobjref/PDFSaveOptions.html
//export the active artboard
var outFileName = doc.path + "/" + doc.name.replace(".ai", ".pdf");
var outFile = new File(outFileName);
doc.saveAs(outFile, exportOptions);
}
}
doDailyTask();
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