Why does JavaScript have the file name correct but then save Differently?

[BryanPagenkopf]

Hello, I have Script that recognizes the naming scheme correctly but then saves incorrectly.

Naming Scheme is 9999999-1.ai, 9999999-2.ai

but the file saves as 9999999-1-01.ai, 9999999-2-02.ai

Any ideas how I can fix this?

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var boards = doc.artboards;
var strEnter = doc.name; //alert(strEnter);
var soNum = strEnter.slice(0,7);
var myNum = 1;
var arrayCount;
var arrayLength;
var arr;
var sc = "/";   
var folderPrefix = sc + sc + "idp-fs-02" + sc + "data" + sc + "Graphics" + sc + "LaserCube" + sc;
var searchString1 = /\d{7}/;
var searchString2 = /(\d)(\d)(\d)/;
var first = "000000";
var last = "999999";

if (strEnter != null && searchString1.test(strEnter) === true) {
    var strEnter = strEnter.replace(/^0+/, '');  
    var str = null;
    var arr = strEnter.match (searchString2);
    var folder1 = shorten (arr[1], first) +"-"+ shorten (arr[1], last) + sc;
    var folder2 = shorten (arr[1]+arr[2], first) +"-"+ shorten (arr[1]+arr[2], last) + sc;
    var folder3 = shorten (arr[1]+arr[2]+arr[3], first) +"-"+ shorten (arr[1]+arr[2]+arr[3], last) + sc;
    var folderString = (folderPrefix + folder3); 

        function shorten (strt1, num) {
            str = strt1 + num;
            return str = str.slice(0, 7);
            }
            
            activeFolder = new Folder (folderString);
if (activeFolder.exists === false) {
    activeFolder.create();
    }

// loop through all artboards, make each one active and render before moving onto the next
for(var i = 0; i < boards.length; i++) {
    doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
    var saveOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions()
    saveOptions.saveMultipleArtboards = true;
    saveOptions.artboardRange = (i+1).toString();
    var aiDoc = new File(folderString + soNum + ("-" + (i+1).toString()) + ".ai"); alert(aiDoc);
    doc.saveAs(aiDoc, saveOptions);
    }   
}

[Charu Rajput]

Hi,

01, 02 at the end of the actual file names, represrnt the artboards, because you are saving each arboard as an ai file.

[Disposition_Dev · Accepted solution]

I believe it's the artboardRange setting that is adding that extra suffix. Instead of saving a specified artboard range, you can try something like this pseudo-code.

//store the size/position of the existing artboards so we can replace them at the end

artboardInfo =  [2d array holding the artboardRect of each artboard in the document]

while artboards.length > 1

    remove last artboard

for each artboard in artboardInfo

    document.artboards[0].arboardRect = artboardInfo[i]

    save file without specifying artboard range

//edit because i forgot to include this final part of the logic to reset the artboards

for each artboardRect in artboardInfo

    draw an artboard on the document with this artboardRect

remove artboards[0]