Urgent Help Scripting

[eddiee1993]

  I am a beginner at scripting, coding, and web design. I have been having questions regarding developing an Adobe Script that will Automatically open a PDF file I have (created in Illustrator CC 2015), Automatically change the name of two swatches to new names I have, then automatically Save with same file name plus "_Z.PDF" at the end and close the file.

Below is the code i developed with help from experts. It is designed for a Mac computer and is opened using ESTK. When I try activating, it says there is still an error in the part :  var doc = app.open(f); What should I do about this? I have it underlined below too in bold italics.

function test()

{

    // 1)

    var thePath = "~/Desktop/";

    var theFile = "test_swatch_change.pdf";

    var f = new File(thePath + theFile);

    var newFileName = theFile.replace(/\.pdf$/, "_Z.pdf");

   var doc = app.open(f);

    // 2)

    doc.swatches.getByName('Kiss Cut').name = ('CutContourKiss-cut');

    doc.swatches.getByName('Through Cut').name = ('CutContourThru-cut');

    // 3)

    var saveFile = new File(thePath + newFileName);

    var saveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();

    doc.saveAs(saveFile, saveOpts);

    // 4)

    doc.close();

}

test();

[moluapple]

You should set target application to Illustrator, not ExtendScript Toolkit.

Or you can add one line at the beginning:

#target illustrator

this will automatic set target to Illustrator for you.