Hello, I am new to this forum and would like to say hello to everybody. Thank you in advance for any help.
Now to my question.
I have a problem with some EPS-Files. We have around 6'000 EPS-Files. They have all the same size and "corner marks" at the corners.
Now I am looking for a Batch Script (for Mac, AI CS5 or CC), that opens opens one EPS-File out of a given folder, cuts off the corner marks, adds the space back again - so that the old size is back and saves the file in a given folder as EPS-File, changing the File-Name at the end with "-op.eps".
The Script should run for all the EPS-Files in the given folder (in), and should save them in an given folder (out).
Is there someone who can program a Script that can do this or help me to program this Script by myself?
We need the Script, because we will get later more of the files and need them to convert them with a Batch-Script again.
We are willing to pay for the Script.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards
Gordian
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Gordian, hello!
If I understand correctly, you need to add option:
epsSaveOpts.artboardRange = '1';
But the current version of the script must do it New (sets the size of the artboards along the crop marks (if any, or leave artboard as is)). Or until now not?
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Hello o-marat
Thank you so far. That works nicely. The crop marks are gone. I have tested it with CC. Maybe I will run it with CC only. That makes things more easy.
But there are three points which I like to change.
1. While the files (eps) are opened, there comes a message about colours. This comes at each file, what is annoying. See attached screen shoot (1). I do not know how to switch off this message? Any idea?
2. The Files are saved with the filename incl. the addition "-op.eps". The Name looks now like: "din33450-0001.eps-op.eps" - I like to get the file name: "din33450-0001-op.eps" screen shot (2).
3. The new files have a workspace like the standard Document size. The wokrspace should be only the space which was defined by the crop marks before. Is this possible?
Thank you in advance.
Gordian
Let's try again 
/**
* ai.jsx (c)MaratShagiev m_js@bk.ru 25.10.2016
* */
//@target illustrator
(function batchEps() {
var inputPath = '',
outPath = '',
inputFolder = new Folder(inputPath),
outputFolder = new Folder(outPath),
convCount = 0,
start = new Date();
var w = new Window('dialog', 'Batch EPS'),
folderPan = w.add('panel', undefined, 'Folders'),
inGr = folderPan.add('group'),
outGr = folderPan.add('group'),
inFld = inGr.add('edittext', [0, 0, 300, 25]),
inBtn = inGr.add('button', [0, 0, 100, 25], 'Input from'),
outFld = outGr.add('edittext', [0, 0, 300, 25]),
outBtn = outGr.add('button', [0, 0, 100, 25], 'Output to'),
btnGr = w.add('group'),
btnBatch = btnGr.add('button', undefined, 'Batch'),
btnCansel = btnGr.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel');
w.alignChildren = 'right';
inBtn.onClick = function() {
inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog();
inFld.text = inputFolder;
}
outBtn.onClick = function() {
outputFolder = Folder.selectDialog();
outFld.text = outputFolder;
}
btnBatch.onClick = function() {
$.hiresTimer / 1000000;
var userInteractLevelStore = app.userInteractionLevel;
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
if (!inputFolder.exists) {
alert('Incorrect input folder');
return;
}
if (!outputFolder.exists) {
alert('Incorrect output folder');
return;
}
var inputFiles = inputFolder.getFiles("*.eps");
var epsSaveOpts = new EPSSaveOptions();
epsSaveOpts.cmykPostScript = false;
epsSaveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR10;
epsSaveOpts.compatibleGradientPrinting = false;
epsSaveOpts.embedAllFonts = false;
epsSaveOpts.embedLinkedFiles = false;
epsSaveOpts.flattenOuput = OutputFlattening.PRESERVEAPPEARANCE;
epsSaveOpts.includeDocumentThumbnails = false;
epsSaveOpts.overprint = PDFOverprint.PRESERVEPDFOVERPRINT;
epsSaveOpts.postScript = EPSPostScriptLevelEnum.LEVEL2;
epsSaveOpts.preview = EPSPreview.None;
epsSaveOpts.saveMultipleArtboards = false;
for (var i = 0; i < inputFiles.length; i++) {
try {
var epsFile = inputFiles;
app.open(epsFile);
var epsSaveFile = new File(outputFolder + '/' + activeDocument.name.slice(0, -4) + '-op.eps');
delCrops();
activeDocument.saveAs(epsSaveFile, epsSaveOpts);
activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
convCount++;
} catch (e) {
continue;
}
}
w.close();
app.userInteractionLevel = userInteractLevelStore;
/* $.writeln(new Date());
$.writeln('execution time: ' + $.hiresTimer / 1000000);
$.writeln('converted files: ' + convCount);*/
}
w.show();
/**
* LIBRARY
* */
function delCrops() {
_showUnlockLays();
executeMenuCommand('selectall');
executeMenuCommand('Fit Artboard to selected Art');
var bnds = activeDocument.artboards[0].artboardRect,
doc = activeDocument,
indent = 4,
rmCnt = 0,
left, top, right, bott,
i, j;
left = bnds[0] + indent;
top = bnds[1] - indent;
right = bnds[2] - indent;
bott = bnds[3] + indent;
nextPth: for (i = doc.pathItems.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
var pth = doc.pathItems;
if (pth.selected == false) continue;
if (pth.closed) continue;
if (pth.pathPoints.length > 4) continue;
for (j = 0; j < pth.pathPoints.length; j++) {
var pnt = pth.pathPoints
; var x = pnt.anchor[0];
var y = pnt.anchor[1];
if (x <= left || x >= right || y >= top || y <= bott) {
continue;
} else {
continue nextPth;
}
}
pth.remove();
rmCnt++;
}
return rmCnt;
function _showUnlockLays() {
var d = activeDocument,
i;
for (i = d.layers.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
var lay = d.layers;
lay.visible = true;
lay.locked = false;
executeMenuCommand('showAll');
executeMenuCommand('unlockAll');
}
}
}
}());
Hello o-marat
Thank you so far.
I think the problem with the speed was my anti-virus program. I am running on a MacBook with 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM and Mac OS X 10.11.6. If I switch off anti-virus real-time checking it goes much faster. I think I can stand it to wait some hours.
But I have a different, more important problem. Some of the converted Files do not have a appropriate workspace any more. I give you some examples:
On the left the converted file and on the right side the original file.
In other cases it worked fine. See next example.
You can download this files and some others to work with here. The examples are enclosed:
https://www.ghc-gmbh.ch/download/Testfiles.zip
Do you think you can manage it, that this files have also the same Artspace / Workspace?
Thank you much in advance.
Best regards
Gordian
Hello o-marat
Thank you for your perfect work.
I have seen, if I manual save files form AI as EPS - I can save the File with the option: "Use Artboards".
In German "Zeichenflächen verwenden":
Is it possible to integrate this step in the script? Maybe at "epsSaveOpts.preview = XYZ"?
I have teste this with:
- epsSaveOpts.preview = EPSPreview.BWTIFF;
- epsSaveOpts.saveMultipleArtboards = true;
Now the Script makes two files:
1. An EPS - Preview cropped to object
2. An EPS - Preview cropped to artboard
But I only like to get the File Number 2.
Can you help me a last time? Thank you in advance.
Best regards
Gordian
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