Problem with an Illustrator convert script when source files have a "." in their name

[BlindJones]

Hello everyone,

i often use a script to convert AI files to SVG files

This works really like a charm, but the script gets garbled if the source filenames contain dots in their names (e.g. "File1.2.ai").

I think that some of the code needs to be adapted, but despite a lot of reading and trying I can't get it right...

Here is the complete script code:

/**********************************************************

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All Rights Reserved 

NOTICE:  Adobe permits you to use, modify, and 
distribute this file in accordance with the terms
of the Adobe license agreement accompanying it.  
If you have received this file from a source 
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*********************************************************/

/**********************************************************
 
Save as SVGs.jsx

DESCRIPTION

This sample gets files specified by the user from the 
selected folder and batch processes them and saves them 
as SVGs in the user desired destination with the same 
file name.

Based on Adobe's "Save as PDFs" sample script, intended for Illustrator CS6
 
**********************************************************/

// Main Code [Execution of script begins here]

// uncomment to suppress Illustrator warning dialogs
// app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

var destFolder, sourceFolder, files, fileType, sourceDoc, targetFile, svgSaveOpts;

// Select the source folder.
sourceFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Quell-Verzeichnis mit AI-Dateien auswählen', '~' );

// If a valid folder is selected
if ( sourceFolder != null )
{
  files = new Array();
	fileType = prompt( 'Select type of Illustrator files to you want to process. Eg: *.ai', ' ' );
	
	// Get all files matching the pattern
	files = sourceFolder.getFiles( fileType );
	
	if ( files.length > 0 )
	{
		// Get the destination to save the files
		destFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Ziel-Verzeichnis für die SVGs auswählen.', '~' );
		for ( i = 0; i < files.length; i++ )
		{
			sourceDoc = app.open(files[i]); // returns the document object
									
			// Call function getNewName to get the name and file to save the SVG
			targetFile = getNewName();
			
			// Call function getSVGOptions get the SVGSaveOptions for the files
			svgSaveOpts = getSVGOptions( );
			
			// Save as svg
			sourceDoc.exportFile(targetFile, ExportType.SVG, svgSaveOpts );

			sourceDoc.close();
		}
		alert( 'Files are saved as SVG in ' + destFolder );
	}
	else
	{
		alert( 'No matching files found' );
	}
}


/*********************************************************

getNewName: Function to get the new file name. The primary
name is the same as the source file.

**********************************************************/

function getNewName()
{
	var ext, docName, newName, saveInFile, docName;
	docName = sourceDoc.name;
	ext = '.svg'; // new extension for svg file
	newName = "";
		
	for ( var i = 0 ; docName[i] != "." ; i++ )
	{
		newName += docName[i];
	}
	newName += ext; // full svg name of the file
	
	// Create a file object to save the svg
	saveInFile = new File( destFolder + '/' + newName );
	

	return saveInFile;
}


function getSVGOptions()
{
	var svgSaveOpts = new ExportOptionsSVG();
							svgSaveOpts.DTD = SVGDTDVersion.SVG1_1;
							svgSaveOpts.embedRasterImages = false;
							svgSaveOpts.cssProperties = SVGCSSPropertyLocation.STYLEATTRIBUTES;
							svgSaveOpts.coordinatePrecision = 3;
							svgSaveOpts.fontType = SVGFontType.SVGFONT;
							svgSaveOpts.documentEncoding = SVGDocumentEncoding.UTF8;
							svgSaveOpts.fontSubsetting = SVGFontSubsetting.None;
							svgSaveOpts.response = false;
							svgSaveOpts.sVGTextOnPath = true;
							svgSaveOpts.slices = false;
							svgSaveOpts.preserveEditability = false;
							svgSaveOpts.sVGAutoKerning = false;
						return svgSaveOpts; }

 Here is an example what happen, when the source files have a . in the name:

Output  file then:

It should create 3x SVG files (900.10.svg for example), but unfortunately only the one file with the wrong name is created.

Can anyone help me with this?

I think the code need some adjustment, but I am not capable of that...

Thanks a lot and best regards,
Sebastian

[Silly-V · Accepted solution]

Change

	newName = "";
		
	for ( var i = 0 ; docName[i] != "." ; i++ )
	{
		newName += docName[i];
	}

To:

newName = docName.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, "");

[BlindJones]

Thank you Silly-V,

It works like a charm! Thank you very much!

Kind regards
Sebastian