app.executeMenuCommand(StringFromListBelow); 

actualsize

Add Anchor Points2

AddArrowHeads2

Adjust Colors Dialog

Adjust3

Adobe Action Palette

Adobe Actions Batch

Adobe AI Device center

Adobe AI Save For Web

Adobe Apply Last Effect

Adobe Art Style Plugin Other libraries menu item

Adobe Bridge Browse

Adobe BrushManager Menu Item

Adobe Color Palette

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Adobe Default Workspace

Adobe Flattening Preview

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Adobe Illustrator Find Font Menu Item

Adobe Illustrator Smart Punctuation Menu Item

Adobe Last Effect

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Adobe Manage Workspace

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Adobe New Fill Shortcut

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Adobe Optical Alignment Item

Adobe Paragraph Styles Palette

Adobe Save a Version

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Adobe Stroke Palette

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Adobe Symbol Palette

Adobe Symbol Palette Plugin Other libraries menu item

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Adobe Update Link Shortcut

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AdobeAlignObjects2

AdobeBrushMgr Other libraries menu item

AdobeBuiltInToolbox1

AdobeCheatSheetMenu

AdobeLayerPalette1

AdobeLayerPalette2

AdobeLayerPalette3

AdobeNavigator1

AdobeNavigator2

AdobePathfinderPalette1

AdobeSwatch_ Other libraries menu item

AdobeTransformObjects1

AI Bounding Box Toggle

AI Magic Wand

AI Object Mosaic Plug-in3

AI Place

AI Reset Bounding Box

ai_browse_for_script

AISlice Clip to Artboard

AISlice Combine

AISlice Create from Guides

AISlice Create from Selection

AISlice Delete All Slices

AISlice Divide

AISlice Duplicate

AISlice Feedback Menu

AISlice Lock Menu

AISlice Make Slice

AISlice Release Slice

AISlice Slice Options

alternate glyph palette plugin

alternate glyph palette plugin 2

Appearance of Black 1

Apply Last Filter

areatextoptions

arrangeicon

artboard

assignprofile

average

avgAndJoin

bringAllToFront

Brush Strokes menu item

cascade

centerAlign

Character Styles

Check Spelling

cleanup menu item

clear

clearguide

clearTrack

clearTypeScale

Clipping Masks menu item

close

closeAll

color

Colors3

Colors4

Colors5

Colors6

Colors7

Colors8

Colors9

compoundPath

control palette plugin

convertlegacyText

convertlegacyText1

convertlegacyText2

convertlegacyText3

convertlegacyText4

copy

Create Envelope Grid

cut

Define Pattern Menu Item

deselectall

discretHyphen

Distort2

doc-color-cmyk

doc-color-rgb

DocInfo1

document

DropShadow2

Dynamic Text

edge

Edit Custom Dictionary...

Edit Envelope Contents

editGraphData

editMask

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editview

enterFocus

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exitFocus

Expand as Viewed

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Expand3

expandStyle

export

faceSizeDown

faceSizeUp

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fitall

fitHeadline

fitin

Flash Text

FlattenTransparency1

Gradient Feedback

graphDesigns

group

guidegridPref

helpcontent

hide

hide2

hideApp

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highlightFont

highlightFont2

hyphenPref

ink

Input Text

internal palettes posing as plug-in menus-attributes

internal palettes posing as plug-in menus-character

internal palettes posing as plug-in menus-info

internal palettes posing as plug-in menus-opentype

internal palettes posing as plug-in menus-paragraph

internal palettes posing as plug-in menus-tab

Inverse menu item

join

justify

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keyboardPref

Knife Tool2

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lock

lock2

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Make and Convert to Live Paint

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make mesh

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makeguide

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minimizeWindow

navigateToNextDocument

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new

newFromTemplate

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noCompoundPath

OffsetPath2

OffsetPath3

open

outline

Overprint2

pagetiling

Paint Tracing

paste

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pasteFront

pasteInAllArtboard

pasteInPlace

PathBlend Expand

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pluginPref

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preview

Print

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proofColors

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Punk2

quit

raster

Rasterize 8 menu item

redo

Registration...

Release Envelope

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Release Text Wrap

Release Tracing

releaseCropMarks

releaseguide

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releaseThreadedTextSelection

Remove Anchor Points menu

removeThreading

repeatPathfinder

Replace Colors Dialog

revert

rightAlign

Roughen3

Round3

Rows and Columns....

ruler

rulerCoordinateSystem

Saturate3

save

Save for Office

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saveasTemplate

Scribble3

selectall

selectallinartboard

Selection Hat 1

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Selection Hat 11

Selection Hat 2

Selection Hat 3

Selection Hat 4

Selection Hat 5

Selection Hat 6

Selection Hat 7

Selection Hat 8

Selection Hat 9

selectionPref

sendBackward

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sendToFront

Sentence case Change Case Item

setBarDesign

setCropMarks

setGraphStyle

setIconDesign

Show Gaps Planet X

Show Perspective Grid

Show Preprocessed Image

showAll

showAllWindows

ShowArtwork

showgrid

showguide

showHiddenChar

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ShowNoImage

ShowOriginalImage

ShowPaths

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showtemplate

ShowTransparentImage

simplify menu item

sizeStepDown

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snapgrid

Snapomatic on-off menu item

snappoint

snapPref

spacing

Stray Points menu item

Style Palette

SWFPresets

switchSelTool

switchUnits

systemInfo

Text Objects menu item

Text Wrap Options...

textpathtype3d

textpathtypeGravity

textpathtypeOptions

textpathtypeRainbow

textpathtypeSkew

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textthreads

threadTextCreate

tile

Title Case Change Case Item

toggleAutoHyphen

toggleLineComposer

Tracing Options

TracingPresets

tracking

Transform3

transformagain

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transformshear

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TransparencyGrid Menu Item

TrimMark2

Twirl Tool2

type-horizontal

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undo

ungroup

unitundoPref

unlockAll

UpperCase Change Case Item

userInterfacePref

view1

view10

view2

view3

view4

view5

view6

view7

view8

view9

Welcome screen menu item

ZigZag2

zoomin

zoomin2

zoomout

I am writing a script that will:

-Make all layers invisible

-Make a layer named "background" visible

-Delete all the invisible layers

-Save the docment as an EPS file (leaving the original document untouched)

I am new to scripts and so have based my script by copying code from other scripts.

Here is my code:

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var name = doc.name;

 

 

var hide = function (){ // hide all layers (based on http://forums.adobe.com/thread/644267)

     var L=doc.layers.length;

     for (j=0;j<L;j++){  doc.layers[j].visible=false; }

}

hide();

 

 

// loop through all layers

for (var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++) {

 

 

 

 

 

              // Create the illusrtratorSaveOptions object to set the AI options

    var saveOpts = new IllustratorSaveOptions();

 

    // Setting IllustratorSaveOptions properties.

    saveOpts.embedLinkedFiles = true;

    saveOpts.fontSubsetThreshold = 0.0

    saveOpts.pdfCompatible = true

 

 

 

 

 

 

//Set up Variable to access layer name

          var currentLayer = app.activeDocument.layers[i];

 

// Loop through the layers and make the back ground layer visible

          if (currentLayer.name == "Background") {

                    docName = name + currentLayer.name+".eps";

                    currentLayer.visible = true;

                    }

 

 

}

 

 

// Delete Invisible Layers (based on http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=7491)

var myDoc=app.activeDocument;

var layerCount=myDoc.layers.length;

for (var ii = layerCount - 1; ii >= 0; ii--) {

    var currentLayer = myDoc.layers[ii];

    currentLayer.locked = false;

    var subCount = currentLayer.layers.length;

    for (var ss =subCount -1; ss >= 0; ss--){

        var subLayer = currentLayer.layers[ss];

        subLayer.locked = false;

        if (subLayer.visible == false){

            subLayer.visible = true;

            subLayer.remove();

            }

        }

    if (currentLayer.visible == false){

        currentLayer.visible = true;

        currentLayer.remove();

        }

    }

 

// Save Out Document with New Name

 

var saveName = new File ( doc.path + "/" + docName );

doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );

Everything works fine except:

1) It saves the document with the name AdobeIllustratorBackground as opposed to the name of the document

Also, I am not sure how to tell the script to save as EPS and to specify the save location.

Could some one give me some pointers?          Thanks!

Hi All,

I'm having trouble writing a script to tell me which swatches are used in the active document and I think the problem comes down to the Swatches method getSelected(), see code below. I'm storing a list of all the pageItems and the swatches in the activeDocument. Then I select each pageItem and use getSelected which should return an array of swatches for my selection. However I've noticed it only returns the strokeColor or fillColor of the pathItems for example. Is there a way to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated

var _pageItems = app.activeDocument.pageItems;
var _pageItemsLength = _pageItems.length;
if (_pageItemsLength > 0)
{  var _placedItemFileSwatches = app.activeDocument.swatches;  for (var i = 0; i < _pageItemsLength; i++)  {    _pageItems[i].layer.visible = true;    if (_pageItems[i].name != "")    {      app.activeDocument.selection = [_pageItems[i]];      var _selectedSwatches = _placedItemFileSwatches.getSelected();      var _selectedSwatchesLength = _selectedSwatches.length;      for (var j = 0; j < _selectedSwatchesLength; j++)      {        if (_selectedSwatches[j] != "")        {          alert("Swatch '{0}' is assigned to pageItem '{1}'".fmt(_selectedSwatches[j].name, _pageItems[i].name) );        }      }    }  }
}

Hello there,

I'm modifying a javascript that makes an export of each layer contained in an Illustrator document and I want to specify the method used for anti-aliasing (either Type Optimized or Art Optimized). Similarly to the option under the "Image size" tab in the "Save for the Web" panel.

I didn't find any antiAliasingMethod property in the ExportOptionsPNG24 properties (only an antiAliasing property that accepts boolean). So I wonder if it is actually possible to do it through scripting?

Many thanks,

D

I have a halftone from Phantasm but I need each dot to be a round number, ie 3mm, not 3.452mm. I've found scripts for rounding text sizes but I've been unsuccessful in adapting them to resizing multiple objects at once.

Does anybody have a solution?

Thanks

I'm running a javascript via Applescript, and I want to return a value back to the calling applescript. When I try the following test:

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"

set theScript to "return 'Test';"

set theResult to do Javascript theScript

end tell

I get a message "'Illegal 'return' outside of a function body".

Is there a way to return a value back to the applescript?

Hello:

How to divide all textFrames in one-character-per-textFrame?

Example: the textFrame "Letters" will be divided in 7 textFrames: "L", "e", "t", "t", "e", "r", "s".

Help, please.

Hi guys

Is possible to select objects by color in CMYK using JavaScript?

All I want to group several objects with the same fill color.

Many thanks for your time...

Please see the picture bellow...

Hi,

Can it be possible to convert .ai file into .doc file or any tool which will do this conversion.

Thanks,

Shail

Hi everyone.

I would like some help on this script I currently have if anyone is able to.

What the script does - Exports multiple layers into single PNG images. Script is made with combination of scripts I've found over the net, and Actions I've composed.

What my problem is - PNG images are exported in low quality.

Basically, every image exported via this script is working fine, however the quality that it is exported into is much lower than that as you would export it manually via "File Export."

Can you help me with -the scripting code needed to implement so that the export quality is the same as you would do it manually?

Thank you for taking the time on this, I really appreciate any help and feed back.

-Arddy.

Resource - An extract of the code used to export is just below. This is the last part of my script and as I've said, I don't own this particular part it is something I found over the web.

   run_export: function() {

 

 

  var num_exported = 0;

  var options;

 

  if ( this.format =='PNG 8' ) {

     options = new ExportOptionsPNG8();

     options.antiAliasing = true;

     options.transparency = this.transparency;

     options.artBoardClipping = true;

     options.horizontalScale = this.scaling;

     options.verticalScale = this.scaling;   

           

  } else if ( this.format == 'PNG 24' ) {

     options = new ExportOptionsPNG24();

     options.antiAliasing = true;

     options.transparency = this.transparency;

     options.artBoardClipping = true;

     options.horizontalScale = this.scaling;

     options.verticalScale = this.scaling;   

    

  } else if ( this.format == 'PDF' ) {

            options = new PDFSaveOptions();

            options.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT5;

            options.generateThumbnails = true;

            options.preserveEditability = false;

    

  } else if ( this.format == 'JPG' ) {

     options = new ExportOptionsJPEG();

     options.antiAliasing = true;

     options.artBoardClipping = true;

     options.horizontalScale = this.scaling;

     options.verticalScale = this.scaling;   

    

  } else if ( this.format == 'EPS' ) {

            options = new EPSSaveOptions();

            options.embedLinkedFiles = true;

            options.includeDocumentThumbnails = true;

     options.saveMultipleArtboards = true;

  }

    

  var starting_artboard = 0;

  var num_artboards =  aDoc.artboards.length;

 

  if ( this.export_code == 'layers' ) {

     starting_artboard = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();

     num_artboards = starting_artboard + 1;

  }

 

  for (var i = starting_artboard; i < num_artboards; i++ ) {

    

            var artboardName = aDoc.artboards[i].name;

            starting_artboard = aDoc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);

    

            // Process this artbarod if we're exporting only a single one (layers mode) or if it doesn't have generic name or minus

            if ( this.export_code == 'layers' || ! ( artboardName.match(  /^artboard/i ) || artboardName.match( /^\-/ ) )) {

 

  // if exporting artboard by artboard, export layers as is

  if ( this.export_code == 'artboards' ) {

                   

     var base_filename = this.base_path + "/" + this.prefix + artboardName + this.suffix

 

 

     if ( this.format.match( /^PNG/ )) {               

  var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.png' );  

  var export_type = this.format == 'PNG 8' ? ExportType.PNG8 : ExportType.PNG24;

  aDoc.exportFile(destFile, export_type , options);

 

             } else if ( this.format.match( /^JPG/ )) {

                 var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.jpg' );  

                 var export_type = ExportType.JPEG;

                 aDoc.exportFile(destFile, export_type , options);

 

             } else if ( this.format.match( /^EPS/ )) {

 

 

  // dumb. specify a filename, saveAs saves as something else

  // so after we save it, we have to rename it to what we want.

  var eps_real_filename = base_filename + '_' + artboardName + '.eps'

 

                 var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.eps' );  

                 options.artboardRange = (i+1).toString();

                 aDoc.saveAs( destFile, options );

 

  var epsFile = new File ( eps_real_filename );

  if ( epsFile.exists ) {

     epsFile.copy( base_filename + '.eps'  );

                            epsFile.remove();

  }

 

     } else if ( this.format.match( /^PDF/ )) {

  var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.pdf' );  

  options.artboardRange = (i+1).toString();

  aDoc.saveAs( destFile, options )

     }      

                   

     // export layers as individual files

  } else if ( this.export_code == 'layers' || this.export_code = 'both' ) {

    

     for ( var j=0; j < aDoc.layers.length; j++ ) {

 

  this.hide_all_layers();

 

  var layer = aDoc.layers[j];

  var lyr_name = layer.name;

 

  if ( ! ( lyr_name.match( /^\+/ ) || lyr_name.match( /nyt_exporter_info/ ) || lyr_name.match( /^\-/) || lyr_name.match( /^Layer / ) )) {

    

     var base_filename;

    

     if ( this.export_code == 'layers' ) {

  base_filename = this.base_path + "/" + this.prefix + lyr_name + this.suffix

 

     } else if ( this.export_code == 'both' ) {

  base_filename = this.base_path + "/" + this.prefix + artboardName + '-' + lyr_name + this.suffix

 

 

     }

    

     layer.visible = true;

    

     if ( this.format.match( /^PNG/ )) {

  var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.png' );  

  var export_type = this.format == 'PNG 8' ? ExportType.PNG8 : ExportType.PNG24;

  aDoc.exportFile(destFile, export_type , options);

 

     } else if ( this.format.match( /^JPG/ )) {

  var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.jpg' );  

  var export_type = ExportType.JPEG;

  aDoc.exportFile(destFile, export_type , options);

 

     } else if ( this.format.match( /^EPS/ )) {

 

  var eps_real_filename = base_filename + '_' + artboardName + '.eps'

 

  var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.eps' );  

  options.artboardRange = (i+1).toString();

  aDoc.saveAs( destFile, options )

 

  var epsFile = new File ( eps_real_filename );

  if ( epsFile.exists ) {

     epsFile.copy( base_filename + '.eps'  );

     epsFile.remove();

    

  }

 

 

     } else if ( this.format.match( /^PDF/ )) {

  var destFile = new File( base_filename + '.pdf' );  

  options.artboardRange = (i+1).toString();

  aDoc.saveAs( destFile, options )

     }

    

     num_exported++;

    

     this.dlg.progLabel.text = 'Exported ' + num_exported + ' of ' + this.num_to_export;

     this.dlg.progBar.value = num_exported / this.num_to_export * 100;

    

     this.dlg.update();       

  }

 

     }

  }

     }

        }  

 

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_base_path    = this.base_path;

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_scaling      = this.scaling;

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_prefix       = this.prefix;

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_suffix       = this.suffix;

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_transparency = this.transparency;

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_format       = this.format;

  this.prefs_xml.nyt_export_code  = this.export_code;

   

  this.png_info_lyr.textFrames[0].contents = this.prefs_xml.toXMLString();

  this.dlg.close();

 

 

  //end run_export

    },

   

    hide_all_layers: function() {

  var export_count = 0;

 

  var n = aDoc.layers.length;

 

  for(var i=0; i<n; ++i) {

    

     layer = aDoc.layers[i];

    

     lyr_name = layer.name;

    

     // any layers that start with + are always turned on

     if ( lyr_name.match( /^\+/ ) ) {

  layer.visible = true;

 

     // any layers that start with -, have default layer name, or named "nyt_exporter_info" are skipped

     } else if ( lyr_name.match( /nyt_exporter_info/ ) || lyr_name.match( /^Layer /) || lyr_name.match( /^\-/ ) ){

  layer.visible = false;

 

     // everything else we should export

     } else {

  layer.visible = false;

  export_count++;

     }

  }

  return export_count;

    },

   

    get_num_layers_to_export: function() {

 

 

  var num_to_export = 0;

  var num_layers = aDoc.layers.length;

 

  for(var i=0; i<num_layers; ++i) {

    

     var layer = aDoc.layers[i];     

     var lyr_name = layer.name;

    

     // any layers that start with + are always turned on

     if ( lyr_name.match( /^\+/ ) ) {

 

     } else if ( lyr_name.match( /nyt_exporter_info/ ) || lyr_name.match( /^Layer /) || lyr_name.match( /^\-/ ) ){

 

     } else {

  num_to_export++;

     }

  }

 

  return num_to_export;

    },

   

    get_num_artboards_to_export: function() {

 

  var num_artboards = aDoc.artboards.length;

  var num_to_export = 0;

 

  for (var i = 0; i < num_artboards; i++ ) {

           

            var artboardName = aDoc.artboards[i].name;

            if ( ! ( artboardName.match(  /^artboard/i ) || artboardName.match( /^\-/ ) )){

                num_to_export++;

            }

  }

 

  return num_to_export;

 

    },

   

   

    show_all_layers: function() {

  var n = aDoc.layers.length;

  for(var i=0; i<n; ++i) {

     layer = aDoc.layers[i];

     layer.visible = true;

  }

    },

   

};

 

 

 

 

 

 

nyt_png_exporter.init();

How to check the raster image resolution in illustrator through script?

All,

I'm trying to use some images in my ScriptUI dialog, but I want to use a "relative" path name, and I can't seem to get it to work.

For example, this myScript.jsx works just fine, but as you can see, I'm using an "absolute" path name to transparencyGrid.jpg:

var w = new Window ("dialog");
var f = new File ('~/Desktop/transparencyGrid.jpg');
w.add ("image", undefined, f); 
w.show ();

However, I want to be able to use a relative (to myScript.jsx) path to point at transparencyGrid.jpg, like this:

var w = new Window ("dialog");
var f = new File ('../../../transparencyGrid.jpg');
w.add ("image", undefined, f); 
w.show ();

But, I can't seem to get this to work because relative paths seem to be relative to the current folder, Folder.current, not the location of the currently executing script.

I say that because when I do this:

alert(Folder.current);

The only thing the alert message shows is a backslash (/), indicating to me that the current folder is the root of my OS, but I thought it would be the folder where myScript.jsx resides.

So, is there a way of setting Folder.current to the location of the actual script?

Hi All,

Running a script to open up files and convert to another type. When it gets to a TIFF type file a dialog window titled 'TIFF Import Options' is opening. This windows has an Options column that contains two radio selections for 'Convert Layers to Objects' and 'Flatten Layers to a Single Image'. How would I open the file with the 'flatten layers to a single image' set?

Thanks

Hi,
I had a line selected in the active document. All I need is to get the starting and ending points of the line.  I had tried with 'geometricBounds', but, it couldn't satisfy me. It is just giving coordinates of the rectangular selection.

Am new in this. Thanks in advance.

Hello all,

I am very new to the scripting world but have an issue that I was unsuccessful in resolving myself through googling and searching around. It may be impossible due to illustrator's set up but I am looking for a script to find and replace strings of text throughout a document. I realize in indesign this would be easy as all get out, but due to other limitations I am forced to use Illustrator.

I would need the script to search and find strings in both text boxes and text objects (or 2 scripts could work). I would be looking for something to find and replace as well as style for instance, find AA and replace with AA(registration mark) and superscript the registration mark. I would need to be able to do this for multiple instances of this string on a document. Is something like this possible?

Thanks in advance!

Is there a way to batch rename artboards in Illustrator CC?

I have 20 different artbords that i want to rename with a specific name and number!

/Pål

Hello there,

I made a little script to create an artboard for each selected image. The artboard should have the name of the image and should be in its position.

Everything is working fine for embedded and non embedded images. The problem I have, is that I don't know how to get the file path for embedded images (rasterItems) that have a broken link.

Those items do have the path property somewhere, since the ui shows them

and also the ai file contains them (Not quite sure if I can access that):

I read over here that the information is only stored in XMP, but I don't understand how to access it.

My script on Github

Relevant code:

var rasterItems = docRef.rasterItems;
for(var i = 0; i < rasterItems.length; i++) {    var item = rasterItems[i];    if(item.selected) {                    var filename = "RasterItemArtBoard";        try {            filename = item.file.name;        }        catch(e) {            // File does not exist            // TODO: Get name otherwise        }        filename = filename.substr(0, filename.lastIndexOf("."));        var artboard = docRef.artboards.add (item.geometricBounds);        artboard.name = filename;    }
}

So in the end, I need the filename of a broken file path and I have no idea how to access it.

I tried:

• item.name
• item.displayName
• item.parent.name
• item.note
• item.uRL
• reading the value from the error message

I am writing a script that will:

-Make all layers invisible

-Make a layer named "background" visible

-Delete all the invisible layers

-Save the docment as an EPS file (leaving the original document untouched)

I am new to scripts and so have based my script by copying code from other scripts.

Here is my code:

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var name = doc.name;

 

 

var hide = function (){ // hide all layers (based on http://forums.adobe.com/thread/644267)

     var L=doc.layers.length;

     for (j=0;j<L;j++){  doc.layers[j].visible=false; }

}

hide();

 

 

// loop through all layers

for (var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++) {

 

 

 

 

 

              // Create the illusrtratorSaveOptions object to set the AI options

    var saveOpts = new IllustratorSaveOptions();

 

    // Setting IllustratorSaveOptions properties.

    saveOpts.embedLinkedFiles = true;

    saveOpts.fontSubsetThreshold = 0.0

    saveOpts.pdfCompatible = true

 

 

 

 

 

 

//Set up Variable to access layer name

          var currentLayer = app.activeDocument.layers[i];

 

// Loop through the layers and make the back ground layer visible

          if (currentLayer.name == "Background") {

                    docName = name + currentLayer.name+".eps";

                    currentLayer.visible = true;

                    }

 

 

}

 

 

// Delete Invisible Layers (based on http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=7491)

var myDoc=app.activeDocument;

var layerCount=myDoc.layers.length;

for (var ii = layerCount - 1; ii >= 0; ii--) {

    var currentLayer = myDoc.layers[ii];

    currentLayer.locked = false;

    var subCount = currentLayer.layers.length;

    for (var ss =subCount -1; ss >= 0; ss--){

        var subLayer = currentLayer.layers[ss];

        subLayer.locked = false;

        if (subLayer.visible == false){

            subLayer.visible = true;

            subLayer.remove();

            }

        }

    if (currentLayer.visible == false){

        currentLayer.visible = true;

        currentLayer.remove();

        }

    }

 

// Save Out Document with New Name

 

var saveName = new File ( doc.path + "/" + docName );

doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );

Everything works fine except:

1) It saves the document with the name AdobeIllustratorBackground as opposed to the name of the document

Also, I am not sure how to tell the script to save as EPS and to specify the save location.

Could some one give me some pointers?          Thanks!