saveAs() method doesn't work for PDF file

[_Tri_Vuong_]

I used the script below to generate a PDF file. When I ran it, no error occurred but no PDF was generated either

var pdf = new File("E:\\STWWEB1\\CDLG_ILL\\temp\\jpeg\\640\\1.pdf");

docRef.saveAs(pdf);

Does anybody know what's wrong?

[try67]

Yes, your file path. It needs to be something like this:
"/E/STWWEB1/CDLG_ILL/temp/jpeg/640/1.pdf"

[_Tri_Vuong_]

I used the same kind of path to saveAs() AI and it worked though i.e.

var ai = new File("E:\\STWWEB1\\CDLG_ILL\\temp\\jpeg\\640\\1.ai");
docRef.saveAs(ai)

Anyway, I would still try what you suggested. Thanks.

[_Tri_Vuong_]

I used the same kind of path to saveAs() AI and it worked though i.e.

var pdf = new File("E:\\STWWEB1\\CDLG_ILL\\temp\\jpeg\\640\\1.ai");
docRef.saveAs(ai)

Anyway, I would still try what you suggested. Thanks.

[_Tri_Vuong_]

Hi try67,

I tried what you suggested and it still didn't save the file as PDF. Do you know why?

[Larry G. Schneider]

PDF needs to have a new instance of the PDFSaveOptions created. Look at the JS Reference

PDFSaveOptions

Options for saving a document as an Adobe PDF file, used with the saveAs method. All properties are optional.

Saving to PDF format
// Saves the current document as PDF to dest with specified options
// dest contains the full path and file name to save to
function saveFileToPDF (dest) {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
var saveName = new File ( dest );
saveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();
saveOpts.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT5;
saveOpts.generateThumbnails = true;
saveOpts.preserveEditability = true;
doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );
}
}