Batch convert PDF to AI

pdf2ai.jsx

(function(thisObj) {
  main();
  function main() {
    var pdffiles = File.openDialog(
      'Select one or more PDF files',
      '*.pdf',
      true,
    );
    if (pdffiles === null) {
      return;
    }

    for (var f = 0; f < pdffiles.length; f++) {
      var pdf = pdffiles[f];
      //~                 alert(pdf);
      var doc = app.open(pdf);

      var namepattern = pdf.path + '/' + pdf.name + '.converted.ai';
      var newai = null;
      if (!File(namepattern).exists) {
        newai = new File(namepattern);
      } else {
        newai = File(namepattern);
      }
      doc.saveAs(newai);
      doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }
  }
})(this);

Awesome! time saving! thanks you so much

It works great.

1. save the above code as "pdf2ai.jsx";
2. open Adobe Illustrator;
3. go to "File" -> "Script" -> "Other Script..." -> Choose the file pdf2ai.jsx -> Choose the PDF files
4. (support multiple pdf files at once)

Awesome. Thanks alot. Is it somehow possible to shrink down the "artboard" of each AI file to its corresponding layers within? All the AI files that have been created by Illustrator now have a greater Artboard than neccessary.