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I'm looking for a script that can save a PDF as an Illustrator EPS but in an older Illustrator version than the one installed. Anyone?

Try this in Switch as a Save As Script for Illustrator, it will save it as AI8 but that can easily be changed to something else..
Or save it as an EPS from Ai8 Or for Ai CS6

Thanks a lot, Jan. This seems to work perfect for all versions prior to 17 (the first CC version). Do you also know how to change it to work with the CC-versions?

Just change "ILLUSTRATOR16" to a later version number I think the latest is 19

That's how I thought it would work, but if I change Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16 to Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR19, Switch will give this error:

Error 1320: Invalid enumeration value
Line: 40
-> saveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR19; (5001)

Maybe there is something with the Configurator.

According to documentation it should work with Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR19

I can only get it to work up to Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16 with my Switch 2019 Fall and Illustrator 2020

https://illustrator-scripting-guide.rea ... patibility

Adobes latest Scripting documentation is for 2017.

Check with Enfocus Support

Thank you so much! Great script

jan_suhr wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:19 am Try this in Switch as a Save As Script for Illustrator, it will save it as AI8 but that can easily be changed to something else..

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// Save as Ai 8
var dest = $outfolder + "/" + $filename + ".ai";
var originalInteractionLevel = userInteractionLevel;
var saveName = new File ( dest );

userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

saveOpts = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
saveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR8; 
saveOpts.generateThumbnails = true; 
saveOpts.preserveEditability = true;
$doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );
$outfiles = [dest];

Or save it as an EPS from Ai8

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// Save as Ai8 EPS
var dest = $outfolder + "/" + $filename + ".eps";
var originalInteractionLevel = userInteractionLevel;
var saveName = new File ( dest );

userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

saveOpts = new EPSSaveOptions();
saveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR8; 
saveOpts.generateThumbnails = true; 
saveOpts.preserveEditability = true;
$doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );
$outfiles = [dest];

Or for Ai CS6

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// Save as Ai 8
var dest = $outfolder + "/" + $filename + ".ai";
var originalInteractionLevel = userInteractionLevel;
var saveName = new File ( dest );

userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

saveOpts = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
saveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16; 
saveOpts.generateThumbnails = true; 
saveOpts.preserveEditability = true;
$doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );
$outfiles = [dest];