VB Scripting Illustrator 10 - Automating PDF conversion

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    Default VB Scripting Illustrator 10 - Automating PDF conversion

    I'm writing a script that opens .ai and .eps files in Illustrator, and runs the SaveDocsAsPDF script, then closes. Unfortunatley, I've found the documentation for Illustrator 10 to be nothing short of disappointing.

    Here are my questions:

    How to I stop the application from initializing the GUI (i.e. set Application.Visible = false)? It's read only, and I haven't found a method to set the value.

    Are there any other suggestions for making the application load faster, (removing unnecessary plugins, etc)?

    How do I execute the SaveDocsAsPDF script? If it's Application.DoScript, what's the From parameter mean? The optional dialog paramer? (This is not documented in the Scripting Guide as far as I can tell.) Application.DoJavaScript? Application.DoJavaScriptFile?

    Many thanks for any advice or code samples anyone can give.

    JK
    Josh_Kodroff@adobeforums.com Guest

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    Default Re: VB Scripting Illustrator 10 - Automating PDF conversion

    You may wish to post your message in the Scripting forum, too, Josh:

    [url]http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.eea5b36[/url]


    LenHewitt@adobeforums.com Guest

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