Hi Community,I am trying to automate a workflow using Apple’s Automator program. I have a javascript that runs without issue when called from the File —> Scripts menu in Illustrator, but I get a cryptic error when I run the below workflow in Automator: “Adobe Illustrator got an error: Error 25: Expected: ;.Line: 1-> Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2018/Presets/en_US/Scripts/Submit_Files.jsx”My current workflow in Automator:I manually identify the files I want to work with in “Ask for Finder Items”“Open Finder Items” opens the files with “Adobe Illustrator CC 2018”Next, “Run AppleScript” calls the JSX script: Tell application "Adobe Illustrator" do javascript "Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2018/Presets/en_US/Scripts/Submit_Files.jsx" end tellI get the above error. As noted above, the script runs fine in Illustrator so I know the issue is with my AppleScript. I get the same error in the terminal.I have been searching and tinkering for hours to no avail. Can someone offer a pointer on what I might be doing wrong?

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Javascript Error in AppleScript (Automator)

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July 29, 2019
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Hi Community,

I am trying to automate a workflow using Apple’s Automator program. I have a javascript that runs without issue when called from the File —> Scripts menu in Illustrator, but I get a cryptic error when I run the below workflow in Automator:

“Adobe Illustrator got an error: Error 25: Expected: ;.

Line: 1

-> Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2018/Presets/en_US/Scripts/Submit_Files.jsx”

My current workflow in Automator:

I manually identify the files I want to work with in “Ask for Finder Items”
“Open Finder Items” opens the files with “Adobe Illustrator CC 2018”
Next, “Run AppleScript” calls the JSX script:

Tell application "Adobe Illustrator"

do javascript "Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2018/Presets/en_US/Scripts/Submit_Files.jsx"

end tell

I get the above error. As noted above, the script runs fine in Illustrator so I know the issue is with my AppleScript. I get the same error in the terminal.

I have been searching and tinkering for hours to no avail. Can someone offer a pointer on what I might be doing wrong?

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hhas01

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Try:

set jsFile to POSIX file "/Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2018/Presets/en_US/Scripts/Submit_Files.jsx" 
tell application "Adobe Illustrator" 
   do javascript jsFile 
end tell

lindsaykramlichAuthor

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hhas01

Now I am getting the error:

"Adobe Illustrator got an error: Can’t get file "Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe Illustrator CC 2018:Presets:en_US:Scripts:Submit_Files.jsx".

hhas01

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Check the file path is correct.

Lumenn

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Are you able to show us the code from Submit_Files.jsx?

There might be some error, which illustrator just ignores, and Automator don't

lindsaykramlichAuthor

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Yes here it is:

// script.name = Submit_Files.jsx;

// script.description = changes foil layer color to black and exports to pdf, it also exports ink layer to pdf

// script.required = one or more open documents with FOIL and INK layers

// usage: open one or more documents before running the script. Once the script starts, it will change FOIL layer color items to black.

// then, it will export FOIL layer to PDF, then it will export INK layer to PDF as well

function main () {

var idoc, fname, newname;

var blkColor = getThisColor([0, 0, 0, 100]);

var foilLayer, inkLayer;

for (var a=app.documents.length-1; a>=0; a--) {

idoc = app.documents;

idoc.activate();

try {

foilLayer = idoc.layers['FOIL'];

}

catch (e) {

alert('FOIL layer was not found on document: ' + idoc.fullName.fsName);

continue; // stops here and continues on next iteration of the loop

}

try {

inkLayer = idoc.layers['INK'];

}

catch (e) {

alert('INK layer was not found on document: ' + idoc.fullName.fsName);

continue;

}

idoc.selection = null;

var layerState = unlockAndUnhideLayers (idoc, true, false); // locked, visible

foilLayer.visible = true;

foilLayer.locked = false;

app.executeMenuCommand('showAll');

app.executeMenuCommand('unlockAll');

app.executeMenuCommand('selectall');

replaceColor (idoc, undefined, blkColor); // sourceColor, destColor

restoreLayerState (idoc, layerState);

// Hide Ink layer and export to pdf

inkLayer.visible = false;

fname = removeExtension (idoc);

destFolder = idoc.path;

// save as pdf

preset = '[Illustrator Default]';

destPath = destFolder + '/' + fname + '_FOIL.pdf';

savePDF (destPath, preset);

// Hide foil layer and export to pdf

inkLayer.visible = true;

foilLayer.visible = false;

destPath = destFolder + '/' + fname + '_INK.pdf';

savePDF (destPath, preset);

}

main();

function replaceColor (idoc, sourceColor, destColor) {

if (sourceColor) {

// choose the source color that will be changed

idoc.defaultFillColor = sourceColor;

// select all object that has the color same source color

app.executeMenuCommand("Find Fill Color menu item");

}

// change the color of selected object to dst color

idoc.defaultFillColor = destColor;

idoc.selection = null;

}

function removeExtension(idoc) {

var f = idoc.fullName;

var filename = idoc.name;

var a_currentDoc = filename.split('.'); // get file name

a_currentDoc.pop(); // remove extension

return a_currentDoc.join('.'); // file name, without extension

}

function savePDF(filename, preset) {

//var obj = eval(params);

var idoc = app.activeDocument;

var pdffilename = filename;

var pdfFile = new File (pdffilename);

var pdfOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();

pdfOptions.pDFPreset = preset;

pdfOptions.viewAfterSaving = false;

pdfOptions.preserveEditability = false; // smaller file size

//alert(pdffilename);

//alert(obj.preset);

idoc.saveAs(pdfFile, pdfOptions);

}

function unlockAndUnhideLayers (doc, locked, visible) {

// get visible state of each layer, and show/unlock layers

var layerState = []; // array to hold layer visibility

var layerCount = doc.layers.length; // layer count

// get layer visibility, and turn all layers on

for (i=0; i<layerCount; i++) {

var ilayer = doc.layers;

layerState = [ilayer.visible, ilayer.locked];

ilayer.visible = visible;

ilayer.locked = locked;

}

if (visible) {

app.executeMenuCommand('unlockAll');

}

if (!locked) {

app.executeMenuCommand('showAll');

}

return layerState;

}

function restoreLayerState(doc, layerstate) {

// restore layer visibility

var layerCount = doc.layers.length; // layer count

for (k=0; k<layerCount; k++) {

var ilayer = doc.layers;

ilayer.visible = layerstate[0];

ilayer.locked = layerstate[1];

}

// create new cmyk color

function getThisColor (c /* array [46, 4, 1, 0] */) {

var newColor = new CMYKColor();

newColor.cyan = c[0];

newColor.magenta = c[1];

newColor.yellow = c[2];

newColor.black = c[3];

return newColor;

}

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