embedding placed art in Illustrator?

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#1

Hi,

Could someone help me out since I’m pretty new to Applescript. I’m trying to create a script that will select all items, embed the linked files, and save as an Illustrator 10 file. I’m using Illustrator 10. I noticed that Save As EPS has this option but isn’t it possible also in saving into .ai?

Thanks
dw

#2

I don’t know if anybody knows how to save with linked files embedded in Illustrator 10, but I found that save as EPS can do that. However, my applescript doesn’t work. I appreciate your help …

This is what the Illustrator dictionary lists:

Class EPS save options: Options which may be supplied when saving a document as an Illustrator EPS file
Properties:
embed linked files boolean – are linked image files to be included in the saved document

This is my applescript … it doesn’t embed linked files … I tried using {properties:embed linked files} or {embed linked files:true} which gives me an error.

tell application “Adobe Illustrator 10”
activate
tell document 1 to convert to paths (every text art item)
save document 1 as eps with embed linked files
end tell

#3 

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
	set thisDoc to current document
	embed placed items of thisDoc
end tell

this works on CS3 and CS5…should work fine for Illustrator 10

#4

you can save as a “.AI” file with something like this:

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
	activate
	set theFilePath to file path of some file --create you save file path here
	
	save document 1 in alias theFilePath as Illustrator with options {compatibility:Illustrator 10, compressed:false, font subset threshold:0.0, PDF compatible:true}
	close document 1 saving no
end tell

Just combine it together with Walts code and your practically there.