Hi,
I can use some help with a script I'm working on. The script basically creates a new layer based on an objects fill color and then moves the item to the new layer.
What I can't figure out is how to check if a pageItem is a Group and if so, cycle through all objects within the group. What I have so far (snippit) is:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var LayerName = "0";
var MyArray = new Array;
for ( j=0; j < Counter; j++ ) { CurrentItem = doc.pageItems[j]; if (CurrentItem.typename != "GroupItem" && CurrentItem.typename != "CompoundPathItem" && CurrentItem.parent.typename != "GroupItem" && CurrentItem.parent.typename != "CompoundPathItem") { LayerName = ConstructLayerNameBasedOnFillColor( CurrentItem ); CurrentItem.move( app.activeDocument.layers.getByName( LayerName ), ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING ); } else { if (CurrentItem.typename == "GroupItem") // seems to be wrong as it also returns true for an item within the group { myArray = []; for ................ // cycle through each item within the group { LayerName = ConstructLayerNameBasedOnFillColor( CurrentGroupItem ); MyArray.push(LayerName); } LayerName = GetMostCommonColor(MyArray); ................. // move the group (including all items within the group) to layer LayerName } } }
The part I need some help with is:
1: if (CurrentItem.typename == "GroupItem") // seems to be wrong as it also returns true for an item within the group
2: {
3: myArray = [];
4: for ................ // cycle through each item within the group
5: {
6: LayerName = ConstructLayerNameBasedOnFillColor( CurrentGroupItem );
7: MyArray.push(LayerName);
8: }
9: LayerName = GetMostCommonColor(MyArray);
10: ................. // move the group (including all items within the group) to layer LayerName
11: }
line 1: how to check if the pageItem is a group
line 4: cycle through all the items within the group
line 10: move the group to a new layer
Any help is appreciated.