Creating separate pages pdf using (exportAsSinglePages, singlePagesPDFSuffix).

[Singaaram]

How to create single pages pdf for the selected range using script. Unable to find a solution through the forum except looping through pages.

[Derek Cross]

Presumably, you are aware of the "Create Separate PDF Files" facility in the Export Adobe PDF dialogue box?

[Singaaram]

Hi Derek,

Thanks. Yes I am aware of that. But in a scripting I don't know how to integrate this in pdf creation.

I have this code only. But this did not worked for ranges. So I had to make alternate solution. 

myPages = theDoc.pages;

for (i = 0; i < myPages.length; i += 1) {

myPage = myPages[i];

myPageName = padder(i + 1, 2);

myPageRange = myPage.name;

myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + docNameNoExt + "_Big_" + myPageName + ".pdf";

myPerPageFile = new File(myFilePath);

app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = myPageRange;

theDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, myPerPageFile, false, myPDFExportPreset);

}

function padder(n, width, leadingSymbol) {

leadingSymbol = leadingSymbol || "0";

n = n + "";

return n.length >= width ? n : new Array((width - n.length) + 1).join(leadingSymbol) + n;

}

[rob day · Accepted solution]

Hi @Singaaram , there are the exportAsSinglePages and  singlePagesPDFSuffix properties in pdfExportPreferences. This exports pages 2 and 4 to a chosen folder using the PDF/X-4 preset

var f = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder for the PDF pages"); 
var doc = app.documents.item(0);
var n = doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '')
var thePath = f + "/" +  n + ".pdf";
var preset=app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("[PDF/X-4:2008]");


//the exportAsSinglePages property set to true exports single pages. The singlePagesSuffix set to _the page number
app.pdfExportPreferences.properties = {pageRange:"2,4", exportAsSinglePages:true, singlePagesPDFSuffix:"_^P"}
doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File(thePath));

[Singaaram]

Hi @rob day, Thank you so much.

That works perfectly.🤟🏼🤩