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Hi @Lordrhavin , Rather than use new PDFExportPreset(), try app.pdfExportPresets.add()—if you use new PDFExportPreset(), then the exportFile() parameter should be myPDFExportPreset.name.
But you want to watch out for adding a new, unnamed preset everytime you run the script, or you’ll get this:
I use something like this to create new or temporary presets:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
if (doc.saved) {
var fp = doc.filePath + "/" + doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '') + ".pdf"
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According to this:
https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#Document.html#d1e49551__d1e53952
exportFile () expects an PDFExportPreset-object. What is the difference to an PDFExportPreference (they look like having mostly the same settings) and what do I need it for in this case?
By @Lordrhavin
They are SIMILAR but not EACTLY the same.
You use PRESET - "template" - to define and then load "general" settings - but you change PREFERENCEs just before you execute Export.
For example, you need to set pageRange in the Preferences - it's not present in the Preset.
Hi @Lordrhavin , Rather than use new PDFExportPreset(), try app.pdfExportPresets.add()—if you use new PDFExportPreset(), then the exportFile() parameter should be myPDFExportPreset.name.
But you want to watch out for adding a new, unnamed preset everytime you run the script, or you’ll get this:
I use something like this to create new or temporary presets:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
if (doc.saved) {
var fp = doc.filePath + "/" + doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '') + ".pdf"
//make a temporary preset from the default PDF/X-4 preset
var preset = makePDFPreset("TempPDF", app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("[PDF/X-4:2008]"));
//adjusted properties
preset.properties = {exportLayers:true, exportNonprintingObjects:true, exportWhichLayers:ExportLayerOptions.EXPORT_VISIBLE_LAYERS, generateThumbnails:true, pdfDisplayTitle:PdfDisplayTitleOptions.DISPLAY_DOCUMENT_TITLE}
//export
doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File(fp), false, preset);
//remove the created preset after export?
preset.remove()
} else {
alert("Document Not Saved")
}
/**
* Gets an existing PDF preset, or makes a new named PDF Preset based on an existing preset
* @ param the preset name
* @ param bo, an existing preset
* @ return the pdf preset
*/
function makePDFPreset(n, bo){
var ps = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(n);
if (ps.isValid) {
return ps;
} else {
ps = app.pdfExportPresets.add({name:n});
ps.properties = bo.properties;
return ps;
}
}
@rob day :
Interestingly, as I have just discovered, these unnamed new presets will appear in the menu but NOT in the Define Adobe PDF Presets window (at least when created by AppleScript). And if you open the Define... window, then click Done to exit, these unnamed presets will be deleted.
Just an observation...
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