Illustrator PDF save script with filename append

Question

I've seen many threads on scripting but they all seem to assume some basic knowledge of the languages (which I unfortunately do not). Everything I try just seems to end with a blank dialogue box and an exclamation point.

What I'm looking for is simple – a script that will save the current document as a "Smallest File Size" PDF, in the same folder as the open document, with a "_LORES.pdf" filename (ideally it would overwrite any file with the same name, as well).

This way, I could quickly and easily save a small PDF of a current layout in the same folder for populating into a presentation.

Any takers?

Silly-V · Answer

Hello, check this out! And you can learn some JS - I started out myself by using Simon Allardice's lynda.com javascript for beginners tutorial. Of course then there's all the Illustrator-specific crap, but for stuff like this, the forum is king!

#target illustrator
function test(){
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  var parentPath = Folder(File(doc.fullName).parent);
  var opts = new PDFSaveOptions();
  opts.pDFPreset = "[Smallest File Size]";
  doc.saveAs(File(parentPath + "/" + doc.name.replace(/\.\w+$/, "_LORES.pdf")), opts);
};
test();

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