AI Scripting - Save as PDF using a preexisting Adobe PDF Preset

[stevem49039051]

I wrote an Illustrator script that draws shapes. The last step of the process is to save the a PDF of the doc to the desktop.

I managed to write a code that works correctly, but I cannot figure out how to get it to use a preexisting PDF Preset; it just uses the app default. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Also, this code seems a bit messy; is there a more straightforward way to write the code?

Thanks for your help!

//NAME OF PDF PRESET TO USE
var presetName = "My Preset";

var newFileName = "0000.pdf";

//NEW FILE PATH

var newFile = new File("~/Desktop/" + newFileName);

// USE FUNCTION TO SET PDF EXPORT OPTIONS

var saveOptions = this.getOptions();

app.activeDocument.saveAs(newFile, saveOptions);

function getOptions(){

// USE CUSTOM PDF EXPORT OPTIONS

var pdfSaveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();

// CODE FOR PDF EXPORT OPTIONS

pdfSaveOpts.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT4;

pdfSaveOpts.viewAfterSaving = false;

return pdfSaveOpts;

}

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

Maybe this will help:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/batch-export-ai-file-into-pdfs-with-adobe-pdf... 

[stevem49039051]

Awesome, thank you! Here is my finished code:

var fileName = "fileName";

//NAME OF NEW FILE

var newFileName = fileName + ".pdf";

//LOCATION OF NEW FILE

var newFile = new File("~/Desktop/" + newFileName);

//SET THE PDF SAVE OPTIONS

var pdfSaveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();

      pdfSaveOpts.pDFPreset = "My PDF Preset";

      pdfSaveOpts.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT4;

      pdfSaveOpts.viewAfterSaving = false;

//SAVE DOC

app.activeDocument.saveAs(newFile, pdfSaveOpts);