Saving single page from multi page PDF to original file

[davealot]

Hi All

I'm trying to open a single page from a multi page pdf using illustrator, edit the page and then save it back to the original multi page pdf, however I'm struggling to get the desired behaviour using a script.

On opening the pdf manually the page selection dialog states "To save this page back to the original multiple-page pdf, use the "Save" command, and this works when I click it, however when I use a script to save the opened pdf it only saves an ai file and doesn't updates the original pdf.

Here's the line in the script I tried to use to get the same behaviour as clicking 'save':

app.activeDocument.save()

Can anyone suggest how I might be able to achieve this in a script? I could consider art boards but it seems there should be a simple way to get the same behaviour as clicking save.

Thanks for any pointers.

[moluapple · Accepted solution]

If CS6+, you can use:

app.executeMenuCommand('save');

[davealot]

Hi moluapple

Thanks for your response, this seems like the right approach however adding app.executeMenuCommand('save') also seems to stop the preceding lines of the script from being run. I've posted a new question looking at this specifically:

js executeMenuCommand('save') blocks rest of script

[davealot]

Think I have the solution:

// Remove a layer from the pdf

app.activeDocument.layers.getByName('Layer 1').remove(); 

// redraw (otherwise preceding script lines are ignored)

redraw();

// Save the pdf using the menu command

app.executeMenuCommand ('save');