Javascript: Wait for a redirect to complete - creating multiple PDF's

Question

Hi!
Here is the code that I am using to try to generate multiple reports from javascript. how do I wait for the redirect to complete (ie. generate the PDF) before redirecting to generate the next PDF?
In the code the "F106_" are application level items.
I get have been able to get the very first or the very last PDF but none of the other PDF's.
<script type="text/javascript">
function f_DoReport() {
  for (i = 2; i <= 3; i++)
     for (j = 1; j <= 4; j++)
         var rgn = '0' + i;
         var dst = '0' + j;
         var vurl = 'f?p=&APP_ID.:30:&SESSION.:FLOW_XMLP_OUTPUT_R27022113101536736_en-us:&DEBUG.::';
         vurl += 'F106_RPT_REGION,F106_RPT_DISTRICT:' + rgn + ',' + dst;
         redirect(vurl);
         alert('rgn: ' + rgn + ' dst: ' + dst);
</script>Please let me know if I am going down the wrong path here. :D
As always thanks for your time and help!
Dave Venus

Answer 1

A few questions…
Do you want a script that works with just the active document and you are going to run 300+ times? If so then this may do…
#target illustrator
function artboardsToPDFs() {
     if (app.documents.length = 0) {
          reurn;
     } else {
          var docRef = app.activeDocument;
          var docName = docRef.name;
          var baseName = docName.replace(/.ai$/,'');
          var dF = docRef.path.fsName;
          var aB = docRef.artboards;
          var pdfOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();
          pdfOpts.pDFPreset = '[Press Quality]';
          for (var i = 0; i < aB.length; i++) {
               var numb = (i+1).toString();
               pdfOpts.artboardRange = numb;
               var pad = aB.length.toString().length;
               numb = zeroPad(i+1, pad);
               var pdfFile = File(dF + '/' + baseName + '_' + numb + '.pdf');
               if (!pdfFile.exists) {
                    docRef.saveAs(pdfFile, pdfOpts);
               } else {
                    var rPDF = confirm('File: "' + pdfFile.name + '" already exists…\rDo you wish to replace?',false);
                    if (rPDF) {
                         docRef.saveAs(pdfFile, pdfOpts);
                    } else {
                         continue;
artboardsToPDFs();
function zeroPad(n, p) {
  var t = n.toString();
     while (t.length < p) {t = '0' + t};
  return t;
Do you want to pick a folder of all the illustrator files? If this is the case I would need more info and it would take longer…