[JS][CS5] - Save XMP thumbnails by artboard?

Is it possible to save illustrator XMP thumbnail previews by artboard? It seems like Illustrator saves a single thumbnail with all art regardless of the number of artboards.
Does anyone know if there is a property that can be set to save multiple thumbnails to the XMP packet by artboard when saving to a native Illustrator file?

Sorry I've not actually looked that far yet… I know that ID has the preference to do this as I use it. But AI has not, it may be possible to add custom XMP to include this and that has been on my to do list for a while… What is using this XMP?

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I add these lines to my code:
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Hi AthorNZ,
I can only give you some answers regarding question 2.
First of all you should be aware that XMPFiles does not offer smart handling of AE project files. Instead it uses so called "packet scanning" to work with the XMP within the file. This means that reading of XMP data works fairly well but updating it is rather limited. If no XMP is present in the file, it cannot be newly injected. If XMP is present, it can only be updated within the given space (i.e. padding) that already exists within the file. Otherwise an update is rejected.
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You got the exception because XMPCore tried to interpret your prefixes as URIs which were not registered, of course.
Kind regards
Jörg
Adobe XMP

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Do me good forum, this is my first post from 112 degree AZ.
I'm trying to "save for web" slices in illustrator cs5. I optimize the images to transparent .png in the sidebar in the save for web dialog box. Then I click save. And I do the "user slices" option in the NEXT dialog (hello complicated process, but it makes sense to me). 5 slices should be output. 5 are. But only one is a png. The rest are gif files. And not transparent.
That makes me to throw an anvil through the floor of the USS(R) Adobe.
But rather than going through such extreme measures, I'd figure I'd post first.
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Do it. Shame me. And then, my problem will be fixed at last. MUwhwhwhwahahahaa.
FREE GIFT: cmd+shift+d changes illustrators white artboard to transparent pixels. I learned that becasue I thought maybe I had a white layer showing on accident. I didn't. That's because I'm perfect. Perfectly human.

Footheadleg, you have so much to learn, and so little time. Let me teach you my ways. Though while on Illustrator's main canvas it may seem that you can change settings of each slice, you can't. I know, there are little icons top left of each image, one looks like an email symbol, and it would seem you could just email the slice to a friend.
Pretty soon you'll be able to "Like" the slice on Facebook. Or post it to your del.i.cious account. Or tweet it. Or 17,000 other VERY VALUABLE shares. But Footheadleg, these symbols mean nothing to you, except that they are slices.
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cheers,
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