How to do "Export Selection..." in Illustrator CC scripting?

[kkl_marvelmedia]

I tried app.activeDocument.selection[0].exportFile(ExportFormat.PNG, File("~/Desktop/temp/1.png"), false);

but it says exportFile is not a function in ExtendedScript.

[Alexander Ladygin]

function exportFile is only for activeDocument, and yet - swap the format and path

// app.activeDocument.exportFile(exportFile, exportFormat [, options])
app.activeDocument.exportFile(File("~/Desktop/temp/1.png"), ExportFormat.PNG);

[kkl_marvelmedia]

I tried this and it exports entire artboard, including all the objects. How do we export only selected object instead?

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

if you're using the latest CC version, use this line

app.activeDocument.exportSelectionAsPNG(File("c:/temp/selection.png"));

[kkl_marvelmedia]

Yes~ it's really a clean way to do it. Thanks 😃

[Alexander Ladygin]

I do export at so:

if (selection.length) {
    // png options
        var ex = new ExportOptionsPNG24(),
            exType = ExportType.PNG24,
            file = new File("~/Desktop/1.png"),
            isReplaceFile = false;
        ex.artBoardClipping = true;
    if (file.exists) {
        isReplaceFile = confirm('Replace file - "' + file.toString().replace(file.path, '').slice(1) + '"');
    }
        else {
            isReplaceFile = true;
        }
    if (isReplaceFile) {
        // run fit artboard to selection
            activeDocument.artboards[activeDocument.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex()].artboardRect = selection[0].visibleBounds;
        // export
            app.activeDocument.exportFile(file, exType, ex);
        // reset - fit artboard to selection
            app.undo();
    }
}
    else {
        alert('Please select an object');
    }