I would like to be able to have some of the little functions that I use often in my scripts just as seporate scripts. so I can update then in one place and not have to copy them into every script I want to use them in.
I am not sure if this is possible at all. But I would love to be able to just call them somehow and return values from them.
e.g.
Main code I need some colored swatches:
var inCutColorCMYK = cmykColor(50, 0, 100, 0); var intCutSPOT = makeSwatch("CutIN", inCutColorCMYK);
so I have these functions that I found/tweeked:
function makeSwatch( swName, swCol) { var doc = app.activeDocument; var sel = doc.selection; if (!inCollection(doc.swatches, swName)) { var aSwatch = doc.spots.add(); aSwatch.name = swName; aSwatch.color = swCol; aSwatch.tint = 100; aSwatch.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT; var aSwatchSpot = new SpotColor(); aSwatchSpot.spot = aSwatch; return aSwatchSpot; }else{ return doc.swatches.getByName(swName); } };
function cmykColor(c, m, y, k) { var newCMYK = new CMYKColor(); newCMYK.cyan = c; newCMYK.magenta = m; newCMYK.yellow = y; newCMYK.black = k; return newCMYK; };
function inCollection(collection, nameString) { var exists = false; try{ for (var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) { if (collection[i].name == nameString) { exists = true; } } }catch(e){//alert("Illustrator needs drop kicked!!\nPlease restart Illustrator :/\n\n"+e) } return exists; };
anyway! I keep finding my self using functions like this over and over in new scripts and hope there is a way to do this!
Any help is appreciated!
-Boyd