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Petar Pavlov
Petar Pavlov
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August 1, 2020
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Javascript to convert all text to curves and save the file as a PDF in a subfolder

  • August 1, 2020
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Hello! So this is what I want to achieve in order to automate the prepress saving process:

1. I want to execute these functions:

app.executeMenuCommand("unlockAll");
app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("OffsetPath v22");
app.executeMenuCommand("outline");

2. And then to Save the file as a pdf in a relative location: "currentDocPath/Prepress/currentFileName.pdf" (the prepress folder should be created if it doesn't exist and the PDF file should be overwritten if there is already a PDF there.

P.S. the unlock all function unlocks the locked objects. Is there an action that I can place before it to unlock the layers so it doesn't miss some text object in a locked layer?

Thank you for your help! 

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    Correct answer Petar Pavlov

    Try this:  (It appears the word "path" is reserved or something like that.)

     

    var path1 = app.activeDocument.path;
var exportFolder = Folder(path1 + "/yourFolderName");
if (!exportFolder.exists){
  exportFolder.create();
}

var file = new File(path1 + "/yourFolderName/yourFileName");
var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(file, PDF);

     


    Thank you a million times! I added another snippet of code for embedding the linked files. So here is the final script:

     

    var layers = app.activeDocument.layers;
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
  layers[i].locked = false;
}

app.executeMenuCommand("unlockAll");
app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("OffsetPath v22");
app.executeMenuCommand("outline");
executeMenuCommand

//	Embedding Action
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
    while ( app.activeDocument.placedItems.length > 0 ) {
        placedArt = app.activeDocument.placedItems[0];
        placedArt.embed();
    }
}
//	Change foldername1 according to your liking.
var foldername1 = "Prepress"
var path1 = app.activeDocument.path;
var filename1 = app.activeDocument.name;
var exportFolder = Folder(path1 + "/" + foldername1);
if (!exportFolder.exists){
  exportFolder.create();
}

var file = new File(path1 + "/" + foldername1 + "/" + filename1);
var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(file, PDF);

     

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    femkeblanco
    femkeblanco
    Legend
    August 1, 2020

    To unlock all layers:

    var layers = app.activeDocument.layers;
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
  layers[i].locked = false;
}

    To create folder and file, respectively (note the absolute path as I am unfamiliar with relative paths):

    var path1 = "/C/Users/Username/Desktop/yourFolderName/";
var folder1 = new Folder(path1);
folder1.create();
var file1 = new File(path1 + "yourFileName");
var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(file1, PDF);

     

    So presumably your script would look something like this:

    var layers = app.activeDocument.layers;
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
  layers[i].locked = false;
}

app.executeMenuCommand("unlockAll");
app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("OffsetPath v22");
app.executeMenuCommand("outline");

var path1 = "/C/Users/Username/Desktop/yourFolderName/";
var folder1 = new Folder(path1);
folder1.create();
var file1 = new File(path1 + "yourFileName");
var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(file1, PDF);

     

      Petar Pavlov
      Petar PavlovAuthor
      Participant
      August 1, 2020

      Thanks! I found this as an explanation for relative paths: 

         var path = app.activeDocument.path;
    var exportFolder = Folder(path + "/exports");
    if(!exportFolder.exists){        exportFolder.create();
    }
    var dest = exportFolder + "/testme.pdf";

       

      I tried merging them with yours, but I am making a mistake somewhere:

       

      var layers = app.activeDocument.layers;
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
  layers[i].locked = false;
}

app.executeMenuCommand("unlockAll");
app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand("OffsetPath v22");
app.executeMenuCommand("outline");



   var path = app.activeDocument.path;
    var exportFolder = Folder(path + "/exports");
    if(!exportFolder.exists){
        exportFolder.create();
    }

var file = new File(path + "yourFileName");
var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(file, PDF);

       

        femkeblanco
        femkeblanco
        Legend
        August 1, 2020

        Try this:  (It appears the word "path" is reserved or something like that.)

         

        var path1 = app.activeDocument.path;
var exportFolder = Folder(path1 + "/yourFolderName");
if (!exportFolder.exists){
  exportFolder.create();
}

var file = new File(path1 + "/yourFolderName/yourFileName");
var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(file, PDF);

         

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