EPSSaveOptions not saving to Legacy EPS file

[benh11105221]

Hi! I'm super new to scripting, so hopefully I'm not missing something obvious. I have icons designed in Ai that I am prepping to batch import over into Fontlab, which can import EPS files, but only in the Illustrator 8 EPS legacy format. I can get my code to save as an EPS, but I cannot seem to get it to save it to the right legacy format. When I use the menu items to save it as an EPS without scripting, I can set it to Illustrator 8 and have no problems. But for some reason my script cant acheive that exact legacy file.

This is the way that I am currently saving out these eps files, which is a part of a larger loop where I open files, strip some unnecessary fluff, then save them as an EPS and move onto the next file:

var epsOptions = new EPSSaveOptions(); 

epsOptions.compatability = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR8; 

currentDoc.saveAs( files, epsOptions ); 

Any suggestions, or is there something that I'm missing? This seems straightforward, but I'm kinda pulling my hair out.

Thanks!

[o-marat · Accepted solution]

benh11105221​, hello!

var epsOptions           = new EPSSaveOptions ();
var currentDoc           = activeDocument;
var epsFile              = new File (currentDoc.fullName);
epsOptions.compatability = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR8;
currentDoc.saveAs (epsFile, epsOptions);

This snippet is working fine. Аnd your exemple should work well, unless....

show your code entirely.

And just in case, tell the OS version and Illustrator.

^Updated Most likely the problem elements currentDoc or file .

^New You are debugging code in ESTK? It would be correct.

Because you will immediately see what line the error. And get a complete picture of what is going on in your code at runtime.