Re-Saving .ai files without pdf compatibiliy - Script/Droplet

[pauldax]

Hi,

We create illustrator files with many linked images. Our designers frequently save the files with pdf compatibility selected which creates enormous file sizes. Is there a simple script or solution we can look into and run on the files we've already saved to our server? Looking for something more automated than manually selecting files and re-saving without pdf compatibility. Possibly a drag and drop solution.

[Manan Joshi]

Hi Paul,

Try the following code, it will open a window to select the folder that has your ai files and then resave it with a new name with _out appened at the end in the same folder.

var sourceFolder = Folder.selectDialog();
if(sourceFolder)
{
	filesToProcess = sourceFolder.getFiles("*.ai")
	if(filesToProcess != "")
	{
		for(var i = 0; i < filesToProcess.length; i++)
		{
			var doc = app.open(filesToProcess[i]);
			var mySaveOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
			mySaveOptions.pdfCompatible = false;
			
			//save witn new name
			doc.saveAs(File(filesToProcess[i].fsName.replace(/.ai/i, "_out.ai")), mySaveOptions);
			doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
		}
	}
}

-Manan