Re: Start a new Document with Millimeters

Muppet Mark and pixxxel schubser were totally right! I thank both of you!

Now it's time for me to share the working version. The Preset "Druck" is for the german version. It's "Print" for the international.

The Script saves layers as individual EPS-Files. The RulerUnits are Millimeters not Point. The viewport is still not focused on the Artboard when opening the document but that's ...

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var docname = (doc.name.split('.'))[0]; // name

var doc_artboard = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect;

if (app.documents.length > 1) {

        alert( "Nur ein Dokument darf geöffnet sein. Schließen Sie andere Dokumente und führen Sie das Script erneut aus.");

} else {

    var ok = confirm( "Bitte speichern Sie zuerst Ihr Original.\nDie Ebenen werden im gleichen Ordner wie Ihre Datei gespeichert.\nWeiter?" );

    if (ok) {

        // prepare layers

        for(var i=0; i<doc.layers.length; i++) {

            doc.layers[i].visible = false;

        }

        // go through each layers

        for(var i=0; i<doc.layers.length; i++) {

            app.activeDocument = doc;

            if (i>0) doc.layers[i-1].visible = false;

            doc.layers[i].visible = true;

            doc.activeLayer = doc.layers[i];

            saveEPS( doc.path, doc.activeLayer.name, i );

        }

        // close original file without saving

        doc.close( SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES );

    }

}

function saveEPS( path, name, id ) {

    var currlayer = doc.layers[id];   

    var g = currlayer.groupItems.add();

    group( g, currlayer.pageItems );   

    var t = g.top;

    var l = g.left;

    var w = doc.width;

    var h = doc.height;

    /*

    var w = 31.1*2.834645;

    var h = 28.15*2.834645;

    */

    var myPreset = new DocumentPreset;

    myPreset.width = w;

    myPreset.height = h;

    myPreset.units = RulerUnits.Millimeters;

    myPreset.title = docname;

    var newdoc = documents.addDocument( "Druck", myPreset);

    newdoc.artboards[0].artboardRect = doc_artboard;

    var newlayer = newdoc.layers[0];

    g.duplicate( newlayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING );

    newlayer.pageItems[0].top = t;

    newlayer.pageItems[0].left = l;

    path.changePath( name+".eps" );

    var saveOpts = new EPSSaveOptions();

    saveOpts.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16;

    saveOpts.embedLinkedFiles = true;

    saveOpts.includeDocumentThumbnails = true;

    saveOpts.embedAllFonts = true;

    saveOpts.saveMultipleArtboards = false;

    saveOpts.cmykPostScript = true;

    saveOpts.preview = EPSPreview.TRANSPARENTCOLORTIFF;   

    newdoc.saveAs( path, saveOpts );

    newdoc.close( SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES );   

    // wait for the new file to save and close before continue.

    // A callback function (if possible) will be better than a while loop for sure.

    while (app.documents.length > 1) {

        continue;

    }

}

function group( gg, items ) {

    var newItem;

    for(var i=items.length-1; i>=0; i--) {

        if (items[i]!=gg) {

            newItem = items[i].move (gg, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);

        }

    }

    return newItem;

}