Palette versus dialog?
Is there any functions and methods that dont work on a dialog window versus a palette? I sk because i was playing with some UI stuff and i almost got everything working but it doesnt work as a dialog...
View Articlescript needs to be fixed
Hi, I need to prepare a script that should check and log number of files in a folder.This is to check the text objects in the document whether it contains any color text (non black text).Problem with...
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Hello everyone, I am trying to open some documents in Illustrator CS4 by javascript, walk through all layers including sublayers, doing something (for now just reading the layernames and showing them...
View ArticleAnti-aliasing Type Optimized/Art Optimized on PNG export
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...
View Articlehow to run my encrypted script
Hi i encrypted my javascript but i want to run it in illustrator can anyone know how to make it possibleThank youAppu
View ArticleLooking for "Replace with Symbol" script
So I am trying to replace gps points with a symbol I have created. I have found blogs referencing a script that can replace selected items with symbols saved in the symbols panel, but I can't seem to...
View Articlechoose folder default location
Hi, I've been searching the forum to try and a way to allow a user to choose a folder from a default location. I thought I had found the solution but it's not quite working as I wanted: #target...
View ArticleHow to extract images from adobe illustrator using extended javascript
hi,I am working on adobe extended javascript , and I need to extract all the images from artboard(adobe illustrator).and save co-ordinates of the images in the artboard to a text file.Thanks
View ArticleIs it possible to have a keyboard shortcut run a script with CS6?
I see there is an option for it to go to "other scripts" with a keyboard shortcut, but that really doesn't help much. I want it to play a specific script that is already loaded. Thanks in advance!!
View Article[JS]: Accessing Menu Items in CS6
Hi, So I just got CS6, and I'm wondering how I access menu items using Javascript?Also, I'm looking at the CS6 JS reference, and it doesn't say whether app.activeDocument.selection is Read-Only....
View ArticleAppleScript AI CS4: path to me
Hi Folks, I hope this is a simple question! How can an AppleScript that is run from Illustrator's Scripts menu get a path to itself instead of Adobe Illustrator.app? I have been hard coding the path to...
View ArticleA Script to Find and Replace Layer Names
Are there any scripts to find and replace layer names? There is an excellent script available for Photoshop which allows you to not only replace words in layer names, but also insert words as Prefixes,...
View ArticleconvertAreaObjectToPointObject(), does not convert as far as script as concerned
When converting a area text item using convertAreaObjectToPointObject(), the remainder of the script still thinks it's an area text object after the function is executed and cannot be access like a...
View ArticleCalling functions from UI palette
Hello,From what I understand, you can't call complex functions from a scripted UI palette, only from "dialog" windows (which are usless in my case) because I need the persistance of a palette. I have...
View ArticleStartup Script for Illustrator only
Hi, I've made a nice palette script for Illustrator CS6 on OSX 10.6.8.I put it into HD/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Startup\ Scripts\ CS6/Illustrator I works fine in Illustrator. BUT: If I start...
View ArticleA way to add shortcut or panel with button to run script
There is an ongoing post about the shortcut to do this, so assuming there is no way. Only way I know is creating an action then inserting menu item in action and assigning shortcut to that action. This...
View ArticleHow to detect resolution with which file started?
Resolution may be modified and the i'm interesting in actual resolution.
View ArticleResolution check in illustrator
How to check the raster image resolution in illustrator through script?
View Article"Isolation Mode" and Javascript.
Hi All, Does anyone know of a way to get out of IsolationMode using Javascript? I am trying to create a Duplicate of a Selection on a Tempory Layer.The selection is often quickest to get to by...
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