Javascript Error in AppleScript (Automator)

[lindsaykramlich]

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?

[Lumenn]

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

[lindsaykramlich]

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;

}

[hhas01]

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

[lindsaykramlich]

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]

Check the file path is correct.