I have written an applescript to loop through all the datasets in an illustrator file.
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
activate
import variables document currentDoc from alias XMLfilePath
-- save a master ai file for all datasets
--'set mysetcount to number of items in fileList
repeat with idata from 1 to number of items in fileList
display dataset idata of document currentDoc
set mynewfile to exportFolder & "chart" & idata & ".ai" as string
set myFile to file path of document currentDoc
save document currentDoc in file mynewfile as Illustrator
close document 1 saving no
open myFile
end repeat
end tell
It works but after the first loop it throws up an error at “display dataset” saying file/folder expected.
any ideas as to solving this problem would be fantastic.
The currentDoc variable holds a link to a chart master file, (this file is saved in CS4.ai format)
Model: G4
AppleScript: 2.1
Browser: Safari 531.22.7
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)