Hi,
I've recently started Illustrator scripting for my own purposes, but it is sometimes difficult to transfer InDesign knowledge.
Could anybody please tell me what's wrong with the following trivial script?
#target illustrator
#targetengine "main"
function helloDocument() {
try { alert(app.activeDocument.name); } catch( ex ) { alert(ex); }
}
var w = new Window("palette","Test",undefined,{ resizeable: true });
var b = w.add("button",undefined,"Here!");
b.onClick = helloDocument;
w.show();
In InDesign the targetengine "main" would be a no-go, because it is the only transient engine - variables are gone after run. Even though the "JavaScript Tools Guide CC" still describes the targetengine directive as supported by Illustrator CS5(!), I did not find a way to create an own targetengine. The "main" engine appears to work persistent in Illustrator - as mentioned in another thread. Even though I'd prefer an own playing ground, I can live with that failure for now.
Anyway, my actual problem is that the active document is not accessible from the button click handler. The palette window shows up and a click invokes the handler, but all I get is an exception "there is no document". When I change the "palette" to "dialog", the otherwise unmodified script works.
Thanks for any clues,
Dirk