Automate Trim with Scripting

[johnt53984649]

This should be a fairly simple script, but I have decided to ask here because of my lack of experience.  The goal is to do a batch conversion of several thousand .eps files produced in an external application to .ai files, each of which are cropped in to remove all extra artboard space which is unused.  So essentially, I need it to do the following:

1. Prompt the user to select multiple .eps files.
2. Open the first .eps file.
3. Remove the extra space by cropping (the same effect as going to Object -> Artwork -> Fit to Artwork Bounds)
4. Save the current, modified document as an Illustrator file with the same name as the original file (but obviously the .ai extension instead of .eps).
5. Close the current document without making changes to the original .eps file.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for the remainder of the files that were selected.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how I could write a script to accomplish this.  Any examples would be greatly, greatly appreciated.  At the very least, help guide me in the right direction here.  Thank you so much.

[Jongware]

First thing that comes to mind is that there is a dedicated Scripting forum: Illustrator Scripting

[Ton Frederiks]

Should not be too difficult to do with an Action.

Open an EPS file.

Create an Action that inserts 2 menu items;

Select > Select All

Object > Artboards > Fit to Selected Art

Save as

Now you can use Batch ... from the Actions menu to select a folder and apply the Action to the contents.

[Ton Frederiks]