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CHAPTER 3: Documents Exporting a Document as PDF 47 with(app.pdfExportPreferences){ //pageRange can be either PageRange.allPages or a page range string //(just as you would enter it in the Print or Export PDF dialog box). pageRange = "1, 3-6, 7, 9-11, 12"; } var myPDFExportPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item("prepress") app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File("/c/myTestDocument.pdf"), false, myPDFExportPreset); Exporting individual pages to PDF The following script exports each page from a document as an individual PDF file. (For the complete script, see ExportEachPageAsPDF.) //Display a "choose folder" dialog box. if(app.documents.length != 0){ var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Choose a Folder"); if(myFolder != null){ myExportPages(myFolder); } } else{ alert("Please open a document and try again."); } function myExportPages(myFolder){ var myPageName, myFilePath, myFile; var myDocument = app.activeDocument; var myDocumentName = myDocument.name; var myDialog = app.dialogs.add(); with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add().dialogRows.add()){ staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Base name:"}); var myBaseNameField = textEditboxes.add({editContents:myDocumentName, minWidth:160}); } var myResult = myDialog.show({name:"ExportPages"}); if(myResult == true){ var myBaseName = myBaseNameField.editContents; //Remove the dialog box from memory. myDialog.destroy(); for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myDocument.pages.length; myCounter++){ myPageName = myDocument.pages.item(myCounter).name; app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = myPageName; //The name of the exported files will be the base name + the //page name + ".pdf". //If the page name contains a colon (as it will if the //document contains sections), //then remove the colon. var myRegExp = new RegExp(":","gi"); myPageName = myPageName.replace(myRegExp, "_"); myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + myBaseName + "_" + myPageName + ".pdf"; myFile = new File(myFilePath); myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, myFile, false); } } else{ myDialog.destroy(); } }

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C
HAPTER
3: Documents
Exporting a Document as PDF
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with(app.pdfExportPreferences){
//pageRange can be either PageRange.allPages or a page range string
//(just as you would enter it in the Print or Export PDF dialog box).
pageRange = "1, 3-6, 7, 9-11, 12";
}
var myPDFExportPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item("prepress")
app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File("/c/myTestDocument.pdf"),
false, myPDFExportPreset);
Exporting individual pages to PDF
The following script exports each page from a document as an individual PDF file. (For the complete script,
see ExportEachPageAsPDF.)
//Display a "choose folder" dialog box.
if(app.documents.length != 0){
var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Choose a Folder");
if(myFolder != null){
myExportPages(myFolder);
}
}
else{
alert("Please open a document and try again.");
}
function myExportPages(myFolder){
var myPageName, myFilePath, myFile;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var myDocumentName = myDocument.name;
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add();
with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add().dialogRows.add()){
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Base name:"});
var myBaseNameField = textEditboxes.add({editContents:myDocumentName,
minWidth:160});
}
var myResult = myDialog.show({name:"ExportPages"});
if(myResult == true){
var myBaseName = myBaseNameField.editContents;
//Remove the dialog box from memory.
myDialog.destroy();
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myDocument.pages.length;
myCounter++){
myPageName = myDocument.pages.item(myCounter).name;
app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = myPageName;
//The name of the exported files will be the base name + the
//page name + ".pdf".
//If the page name contains a colon (as it will if the
//document contains sections),
//then remove the colon.
var myRegExp = new RegExp(":","gi");
myPageName = myPageName.replace(myRegExp, "_");
myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + myBaseName + "_" + myPageName + ".pdf";
myFile = new File(myFilePath);
myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, myFile, false);
}
}
else{
myDialog.destroy();
}
}