IllustratorSaveOptions - Compatibility Javascript reference for CC2019

[AGScriptLearner]

Hi all,

I'm trying to write into a Javascript to save back from the latest Ai2020 version 24.1.3 to CC2019.

I can't seem to find an updated reference that works for "Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR19"

There is a suggestion here: scripting-constants-compatibility but just upping the version number from an existing script which I use to save back to Ai8 doesn't work. I receive the following error:

I've tried swapping "19" for "CC", as per the display in the save as dialog panel but to no avail.

Code snippet is here:

// Save with AI2019 compatibility
// AI2019 save options  
var so = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
so.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR19; 
so.pdfCompatible = true; 
so.embedLinkedFiles = false; 
so.embedICCProfile = true; 
 

// save as 2019 overwriting 2020 version  
doc.saveAs(File(originalDocPath + "/" + originalDocName + "_legacy.ai"), so);  

app.activeDocument.close();

Does anyone have any ideas on the update reference for compatibility to 2019 please?

Thanks.

[AGScriptLearner]

Seems like the current scripting reference is only effective up until version 17. Which isn't actually an issue for what I'm trying to achieve, so happy days!

[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I see the option is available at the link you specified but it does not work for me too. But I have one document "Adobe Illustrator Script Guide 2020", which does not have this value. Attached is the document. You can check the latest value added as ILLUSTRATOR17 on page 12 of the document. Attached screenshot from that page.

 

Link to the file

Scripting Guide 2020 

[AGScriptLearner]

Thank you @Charu

[CarlosCanto]

CC2020 is v24, so CC2019 is v23

Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR23;

[edit] hmm...it doesn't seem to work

[Larry G. Schneider]

Anything to do with the drop down listing CC Legacy as a file specification?

[Doug A Roberts]

The latest Scripting Reference lists ILLUSTRATOR17, ILLUSTRATOR19, and ILLUSTRATOR24 as options.

I'm not sure how that marries up with CC (Legacy) in the UI. That implies it covers both v17 and 19. I wonder what differentiates those?

[Charu Rajput]

Hi,

Could you please share the latest reference. May be I am having different link but I have tried ILLUSTRATOR19, and it is not working, it gives an error.

And one question the number after in ILLUSTRATOR19 is actual version of Illustrator not year version of Illustrator?

[Doug A Roberts]

It's available here:

https://console.adobe.io/downloads

The number is always (or always has been) version rather than year. If for some reason they've mixed in versions and years with the latest release, that would be confusing.

[AGScriptLearner]

Thanks for the link. Just to confirm this is the same scripting guide as @CharuRajput posted earlier on in the thread.

Thanks for all the responses everybody!

[Charu Rajput]

No, this is different. More updated version, as I have seen new option ILLUSTRATOR24 in the link provided by Doug_A_Roberts, 

[CarlosCanto]

the latest guides might be wrong, ILLUSTRATOR19 is not listed in the API

carlos

[Charu Rajput]

Right, ILLUSTRATOR19 is not working and thankyou so much for all these information 🙂

[CarlosCanto]

it's my pleasure 🙂

[Doug A Roberts]

It's definitely in the reference PDF. Where might one report these things?

[CarlosCanto]

I think there was an initiative in to fix the help files but I'm not sure if it was in the user voice or in the back room. 

[CarlosCanto]

ok, digging around a bit...

in CC2019 there was no such thing as Legacy format, we could only save as CC or down to each CS version. So, there was no matching compatibility specifically for CC2014-CC2018 in the API. 

Illustrator CC = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR17;

Illustrator CS6 = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16;

now that we have Legacy format, CC2020 became version 24 and all previous CC versions kept v17.

Illustrator CC2020 = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR24;

Illustrator CC Legacy = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR17;

Illustrator CS6 = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16;

thanks

Carlos

[AGScriptLearner]

Thanks @CarlosCanto for the thorough explanation.

[CarlosCanto]

my pleasure 🙂

[wckdtall]

Thanks Carlos! Confirmed with a switch case save block of mine:

    case "CC" : //Legacy CC
        return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR17;
    break;
    case "CC2020" : //CC V2 - Not backwards compatible CC, CC2014-CC2019 
    return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR24;
    break;
    /*******
     * These do not work or exist
     *******//*
    case "CC2014" : 
        return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR18;
    break;
    case "CC2015" : 
        return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR19;
    break;
    case "CC2016" : 
    return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR20;
    break;
    case "CC2017" : 
    return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR21;
    break;
    case "CC2018" : 
    return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR22;
    break;
    case "CC2019" : 
    return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR23;
    break;
    case "CC2021" :
    return Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR25;
    break;*/

Adding comment for posterity sake, in case people are searching for 18-23, and need quick reference to CC versions.