Carlos, you created a script i believe called AI_openMultiPagePDF.
And that is awesome, However i was wondering if you could change it just a bit and instead of opening the files, could you use the PLACE command instead?
The problem i have had is that some PDF's have embedde fonts that i dont have but if i place it, then flatten transparency>Convert Outlines i can use the PDF excatly as it was and not have it convert the fonts.
Is that an easy script change?
Here is your script
#target illustrator
#targetengine session
// script.name = AI_openMultiPagePDF_CS4_CS5_v1.02.jsx;
// script.description = opens a multipage PDF;
// script.required = requires CS4 or later
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 01/07/12; v1.2-01/15/12
// script.elegant = false;
// Notes: I didn't try opening a ridiculous amount of pages, I "only" open 35 pages....in about a minute and a half.
// Use with caution, save everything before running, script is memory intensive...
// Lion fix by John Hawkinson 01/15/12
//----------------------- START UI CODE, create user interface
var win = new Window ("dialog", "MTools - Open Multipage PDF");
var fileGroup = win.add("group"); // this is the group on the left, it holds the File button and the Font label note
var btnFile = fileGroup.add("button", undefined, "File..."); // button to select the PDF to open
var lblFonts = fileGroup.add("statictext",undefined,"Unavailable\nFonts\nwill be\nsubstituted.", {multiline:true}); //
var grpRight = win.add("group"); // group on the right, to hold everything else
var txtFile = grpRight.add("edittext",undefined); // to hold selected PDF file path
var grpPanel = grpRight.add("group");
var pagesPanel = grpPanel.add("panel", undefined, "Page Range");
var lblFrom = pagesPanel.add("statictext",undefined,"From:");
var txtFrom = pagesPanel.add("edittext",undefined, 1);
var lblTo = pagesPanel.add("statictext",undefined,"To:");
var txtTo = pagesPanel.add("edittext",undefined, 1);
var btnGroup = grpPanel.add("group");
var btnOk = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "Open");
var btnCancel = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
var lblStatus = grpRight.add("statictext",undefined,"Open Multipage PDF requires CS4 or later...");
win.orientation = pagesPanel.orientation = "row"; // two items fileGroup and grpRight
win.alignChildren = "right";
fileGroup.orientation = "column";
fileGroup.alignment = "top";
txtFile.alignment = ["fill","top"];
lblStatus.alignment = "left";
grpRight.orientation = "column";
btnGroup.orientation = "column";
btnOk.enabled = false; // disable this button until a valid file is supplied
txtFrom.characters = txtTo.characters = 3;
btnFile.active = true; // receive the first "Enter"
win.helpTip = "\u00A9 2012 Carlos Canto";
grpRight.helpTip = "Not tested with a ridiculous amount of pages";
//------------------------ get the PDF file
btnFile.onClick = function(){
txtFile.text = ""; // clear previous File path if any
btnOk.enabled = false; // disable the Ok button
var fileRef = File.openDialog ("Select PDF...", "*.pdf"); // get the file
fileRef = new File(fileRef.fsName.replace("file://","")); // Lion fix by John Hawkinson
if(fileRef!= null && fileRef.exists) // check if it is valid file, it should be, unless after clicking a file, the name gets edited
{
txtFile.text = fileRef.fsName; // show the file Path here
btnOk.enabled = true; // enable the Ok button
txtTo.active = true; // move focus to change the last page to open
}
}
//------------------------
btnOk.onClick = function(){
doSomething(); // call main function.
win.close(); // close when done
}
//------------------------ on leaving this text, check again if file exist, in case file path is typed instead of clicking the File...button
txtFile.onDeactivate = function(){
//alert("on deactivate")
var file = File(txtFile.text); // create a file based on the text edit control
if (file.exists){ // and chekc for existance, if it does
btnOk.enabled = true; // enable the Ok button
}
else { // if it does not exist
btnOk.enabled = false; // disable the Ok button
}
}
//------------------------
win.center ();
win.show();
//-------------------------END UI CODE
function doSomething() // Open each page in the range, group all art, move to a new document, then
{ // with all pages on top of each other, create artboards and move each page
// to its final own layer, own artboard.
// get first page and last page to open
$.hiresTimer; // start timer
var from = txtFrom.text;
var to = txtTo.text;
// create destination document, pdf open options, etc
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
var fileRef = File(txtFile.text); // get file from text edit
//alert(fileRef.name)
var idoc = app.documents.add(); // add a document;
var pdfOptions = app.preferences.PDFFileOptions;
pdfOptions.pDFCropToBox = PDFBoxType.PDFBOUNDINGBOX;
var spacing = 10; // space between artboards
var arrPagesInfo = []; // to hold each PDF page name, doc size and art position
for (j=from; j<=to; j++) // open all pages in range, group art, and move the dest document
{
pdfOptions.pageToOpen = j;
// Open a file using these preferences
var pdfDoc = open(fileRef, DocumentColorSpace.RGB);
lblStatus.text = "\u00A9 2012 Carlos Canto - Opening page " + j;
win.update();
var pdfLayer = pdfDoc.activeLayer;
// add a group and group all items
var items = pdfLayer.pageItems; // get all items in layer, there's only one layer, right?
var tempGrp = pdfDoc.groupItems.add(); // to group everything in page
tempGrp.name = "Page " + j; // name the group, "Page 1", "Page 2", etc
for (i=items.length-1; i>0; i--) // group all items
{
items[i].move(tempGrp,ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
}
// get document bounds
var pdfw = pdfDoc.width;
var pdfh = pdfDoc.height;
var activeAB = pdfDoc.artboards[0];
pdfLeft = activeAB.artboardRect[0];
pdfTop = activeAB.artboardRect[1];
if (j==from)
{
firstabRect = activeAB.artboardRect;
abRect = firstabRect;
//$.writeln(abRect);
}
else
{
// TODO // x = 8498 seems to be the canvas max X position, check and make another row if a page gets to here
if ((abRect[2]+spacing+pdfw)>=8494) // if rightmost artboard position surpases the canvas size,
{
var ableft = firstabRect[0]; // position next artboard below the first one
var abtop = firstabRect[3]-spacing;
var abright = ableft + pdfw;
var abbottom = abtop - pdfh;
firstabRect = [ableft, abtop, abright, abbottom];
}
else // if we don't get to the canvas edge, position next artboard, to the right of the last one
{
var ableft = pageSpecs[3][2]+spacing; // pageSpecs[3] = abRect // abRect[2] = right position
var abtop = pageSpecs[3][1]; // abRect[1] = top position
var abright = ableft + pdfw;
var abbottom = abtop - pdfh;
}
abRect = [ableft, abtop, abright, abbottom];
}
// get this group position relative to top/left
var deltaX = tempGrp.left-pdfLeft;
var deltaY = pdfTop-tempGrp.top;
// make an array to hold each page Name, width, height, deltaX, deltaY
pageSpecs = [tempGrp.name, deltaX, deltaY,abRect]; // pageSpecs holds last page info, it gets overwritten as we add pages
arrPagesInfo.unshift(pageSpecs); // unshift to make first page, the last in the array
// duplicate grouped page 1 onto dest document
newItem = tempGrp.duplicate( idoc,ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
// close current PDF page
pdfDoc.close (SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
} // end for all pages to open
// Stage 2, create layers and artboards for each PDF page (group) and reposition
// loop thru the groups, add artboards for each and reposition
var ilayer = idoc.layers[idoc.layers.length-1]; // the one layer so far
for(k=arrPagesInfo.length-1; k>=0; k--) // last item in the array holds the first PDF page info
{
// add new layer and new AB
var newAB = idoc.artboards.add(arrPagesInfo[k][3]);
var newLayer = idoc.layers.add();
newLayer.name = arrPagesInfo[k][0]
// reposition group relative to top/left
var igroup = ilayer.groupItems[k];
igroup.left = newAB.artboardRect[0]+arrPagesInfo[k][1];
igroup.top = newAB.artboardRect[1]-arrPagesInfo[k][2];
igroup.move(newLayer,ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
// add new artboard to the left of existing one
lblStatus.text = "Repositioning page " + k;
win.update();
}
idoc.artboards[0].remove();
ilayer.remove();
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DISPLAYALERTS;
var time = $.hiresTimer/1000000; // end timer
lblStatus.text = "Copyright 2012 \u00A9 Carlos Canto";
alert(arrPagesInfo.length +" pages opened in " + time.toFixed(2) + " seconds" ); // 35 pages opened in 98-99 seconds
//$.writeln(time);
}// end doSomething Function
