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Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700
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Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700


  • Subject: Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700
  • From: Hamish Sanderson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:51:43 +0100

Hi all,

Writing an Illustrator CS 3 script which opens an .ai file off a previously mounted AFP share to do some processing on it. Bog-standard stuff:

tell app "Adobe Illustrator"
    set user interaction level to never interact
    open alias "path:to:file.ai" without dialogs
    ...
end

Most times this works without problem, but sometimes the file doesn't appear in AI and it raises an error 8700 ('the operation was cancelled') instead. If I re-run the same command myself, it works the second time around.

Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? AI's error message is not exactly helpful. (AI 13.0.2, OS X 10.5.7 Intel)

Thanks,

Hamish

p.s. Don't suppose anyone knows if there's a publicly available list of all AI error codes for reference?

--

Hamish Sanderson
Production Workflow Developer
Sun Branding Solutions Ltd
Tel: +44(0)1274 200 700
www.s-brandingsolutions.com




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