Hi, I have a script which exports a selection in Illustrator and saves it as a PNG. I liked the way that it would overwrite the exact file name if I chose to save the PNG with a name that already exsists.
For some unknown reason, it recently started exporting files which have the same name and appending “_1” after the filename. It wasn’t doing this before 10.6.5. Can you help me get it back to the way it worked before?
For example, if I already had a document saved as mydocument.png and I run the script choosing mydocument as my filename this is what gets saved: mydocument.png_1
But before (and the way I prefer it) it was overwriting the exact file name: mydocument.png
Help!
set PathToFile to (choose file name with prompt "Export Selection as PNG:") as string
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
-- If Illustrator is not the frontmost application, activate it.
if not frontmost then activate
-- Make sure there is a document to copy from
if (count documents) > 0 then
set selectedItems to selection of current document
if selectedItems is not {} then
copy
set colorSpace to color space of current document
make new document with properties {color space:colorSpace}
paste
end if
end if
-- Turn off user interaction so dialogs don't cause the script to get stuck
set user interaction level to never interact
-- Perform the save
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export document 1 to file (PathToFile) as PNG24 -- Close new document without asking to save
close document 1 saving (no)
end tell