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I basically took the Export FH files to EPS files script
and rewrote certain parts of it for exporting to PhotoShop EPS files.
Below is the downloadable script in a Stuffit archive.
Within this archive are three scripts.
They are for FreeHand 7, FreeHand 8 or FreeHand 9
depending on what version you wish to work with.
Simply drag the native FreeHand 7, 8 or
9 files on to the script and it will first ask you where to save the
original files (This can be the same folder the files come from
if you prefer). Then it will launch FreeHand, open the files and export
the files adding a .PS_EPS extension (You can remove the "PS_"
part later for cross compatibility with Windows). You don't even have
to sit there and watch it.
For now it only works if you drop just
files, not a folder with files. See more below in Expanding the Script.
The script will automatically truncate names that appear to be too long
(over the 31 character limit), when adding the ".XXXXXX" extension.
Expanding the Script
Here are some other options I'd like to add to this script:
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I've been struggling with being able
to drop a folder containing FreeHand files on to the script and
getting it to work properly. For some reason it skips files, and
if there is another folder already in the folder I drop, it fails.
If anyone can give me some tips on this it would be great!
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Would like it to consolidate all scripts
into one. So it will detect what version of FreeHand you have installed.
If you don't have FreeHand 7 but drop a FreeHand 7 file onto the
script, it will open FreeHand 8 instead then export the file. Right
now, the beta script I have will just give an error if it can't
find either. Help me please on this. Thanks!
Version History
If anyone out there can help out just send some info via the FeedBack page.
About the Script
You can edit this script yourself with the Script Editor that is free from Apple and is usually installed with the System software. Below is a piece of the driving force behind the exporting script.
on exportfh7files(currentfile, originFolder)
tell application "FreeHand 7.0.2"
set fileExtension to {"PS_EPS"}
set newName to (currentfile as string) & "." & fileExtension
open currentfile without Dialogs
save last document as "DataTypePhotoshop4RGB" in file newName
close
end tell
tell application "Finder"
move currentfile to originFolder
end tell
end exportfh7files
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As you can see I used the export fomat
"DataTypePhotoshop4RGB".
This appears in quotes as it is a newer format supported by FreeHand.
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The first part of the script takes
the currentfile name and converts it to a new name by adding the
".PS_EPS" extension. This new name is applied when FreeHand
saves the file.
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I chose to add to the line "open
currentfile without Dialogs"
so it suppresses any warning dialogs that may come up during the
opening process that may ask for missing fonts or links. The reason
I chose to add this is because I didn't want it to stop in the middle
while I was off, just because one file was missing a link but the
others were fine. This is something you can find out for yourself
later.
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The reason why I have the script ask
where to save the original files rather that where to save the EPS
files is because I couldn't get FreeHand to work with the "choose
folder" function in AppleScript. So for now, it moves the original
files to a folder that you specify (By the way it gives me Type
1 errors in the script if I had the user pick where to save the
EPS files, if you can give any help it would be appreciated). 
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