Illustrator - Quick query.

[Matt_McGregor]

Adobe Illustrator: 10

I have copied a batch script from MacScripter for resaving Illustrator files. This works great. In addition, I require the script to run an Illustrator Action. I have entered the following line into the script:
do script “fred” from “Default Actions” without dialogs
when Applescript runs this command the following error is generated:
Some parameter is missing for <>
When I click to edit the script from the dialog box, "do script “fred” from “Default Actions” is highlighted.
What am I missing here? The Action was called “Set 032 to overprint”, I changed this to “fred” for simplicity. It is an action for overprinting the fill for a Pantone colour.

The full script as follows:

on open fileList

--Get a location for the exported files 
set targetFolder to choose folder with prompt "Location for exported files"

--Convert the path to a string for later use 
set targetPath to targetFolder as string


tell application "Adobe Illustrator 10"
	activate
	
	-- Turn off user interaction so dialogs don't cause the script to get stuck 
	set user interaction level to never interact
	
	--Repeat for each item in "fileList" 
	repeat with AiDoc in fileList
		
		--Open document "AiDoc" 
		open AiDoc
		
		do script "fred" from "Default Actions" without dialogs
		
		--Get the document's name to use for creating a file path to save to 
		set AiDocName to name of document 1
		
		--Perform the save 
		save document AiDocName in file (targetPath & AiDocName) as eps ¬
			with options ¬
			{class:EPS save options, compatibility:Illustrator 8, include document thumbnails:true, PostScript:level 3, preview:color Macintosh, embed all fonts:true, CMYK PostScript:true} ¬
				
		close AiDoc
		
	end repeat
	

	
end tell

end open

[Matt_McGregor]

I discovered that if the action is not expanded in the Actions listing it works. (Not convinced that this is the actual fix, but it’s working for now).