SaveDocsAsSVG.jsx

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/**	Saves every document open in Illustrator
	as an SVG file in a user specified folder.
*/

// Main Code [Execution of script begins here]

// uncomment to suppress Illustrator warning dialogs
// app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

try {
	if (app.documents.length > 0 ) {

		// Get the folder to save the files into
		var destFolder = null;
		destFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Select folder for SVG files.', '~' );

		if (destFolder != null) {
			var options, targetFile;

    		// Get the SVG options to be used.
			options = this.getOptions();
    		// You can tune these by changing the code in the getOptions() function.

			var doc_count = 0;
			while (app.documents.length) {
				var aiDocument = app.activeDocument;

				// Get the file to save the document as SVG into
				targetFile = this.getTargetFile(aiDocument.name, '.svg', destFolder);

				// Save as SVG
				aiDocument.exportFile(targetFile, ExportType.SVG, options);
				// Note: the doc.exportFile function for SVG is actually a Save As
				// operation rather than an Export, that is, the document's name
				// in Illustrator will change to the result of this call.

				doc_count ++;

				// Close current document
				aiDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
			}
			alert( doc_count + ' documents saved as SVG to\r' + destFolder );
		}
	}
	else{
		throw new Error('There are no document open!');
	}
}
catch(e) {
	alert( e.message, "Script Alert", true);
}


/** Returns the options to be used for the generated files.
	@return ExportOptionsSVG object
*/
function getOptions() {
	// Create the required options object
	var options = new ExportOptionsSVG();
	// See ExportOptionsSVG in the JavaScript Reference for available options

	// Set the options you want below:
	options.compressed = false;
	options.coordinatePrecision = 2;
	options.cssProperties = SVGCSSPropertyLocation.PRESENTATIONATTRIBUTES;
	options.documentEncoding = SVGDocumentEncoding.UTF8;
	options.DTD = SVGDTDVersion.SVG1_1;
	options.embedRasterImages = false;
	options.fontSubsetting = SVGFontSubsetting.None;
	options.fontType = SVGFontType.OUTLINEFONT;
	options.includeFileInfo = false;
	options.includeUnusedStyles = false;
	options.includeVariablesAndDatasets = false;
	options.optimizeForSVGViewer = false;
	options.preserveEditability = false;
	options.saveMultipleArtboards = false;
	options.slices = false;
	options.sVGAutoKerning = false;
	options.sVGTextOnPath = false;

	return options;
}

/** Returns the file to save or export the document into.
	@param docName the name of the document
	@param ext the extension the file extension to be applied
	@param destFolder the output folder
	@return File object
*/
function getTargetFile(docName, ext, destFolder) {
	var newName = "";

	// if name has no dot (and hence no extension),
	// just append the extension
	if (docName.indexOf('.') < 0) {
		newName = docName + ext;
	} else {
		var dot = docName.lastIndexOf('.');
		newName += docName.substring(0, dot);
		newName += ext;
	}

	// Create the file object to save to
	var myFile = new File( destFolder + '/' + newName );

	// Preflight access rights
	if (myFile.open("w")) {
		myFile.close();
	}
	else {
		throw new Error('Access is denied');
	}
	return myFile;
}