JS - Center Selection to Artboard / New Document with certain Artboard size
TL;DR:how do I center my current selection to the artboard?just like hitting the "horizontal align-center" and "vertical align-center" buttons. Hi, I've been searching for the last two hours and...
View ArticleSet unit preferences (Javascript)
I can't find a way to set the unit preferences for Illustrator CS6/CC using JavaScript. I found that this works (setting units for stroke):var units = 2; // 0-inches, 1-milllimeters, 2-points...
View ArticleExporting Adobe Illustrator XMP Data
Hello, My biggest problem is that doesn't know how to write script. Can anyone kind enough to enlighten me with a ExtendScript to export Adobe illustrator XMP data into a xml file please?Regards,Jeno
View ArticleApplescript: "execute menu command" syntax
Greetings, Anyone know the syntax for using: execute menu command v : executes a menu command using the menu shortcut string execute menu commandmenu command stringtext : menu command shortcut I can't...
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an Illustrator error occurred: 1346458189 ('PARM')
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 ArticleHow convert Matrix to Rotate?
Example:Value of Matrix of TextFrame:MValueA=0.707110047340393MValueB=0.707110047340393MValueC=-0.707110047340393MValueD=0.707110047340393MValueTX=-11116.84375MValueTY=-281.0703125How convert Matrix to...
View ArticleDoes anybody know how to remove all "copy" word from AI layers name line?
I downloaded a PSD script that auto remove the word "copy" from all layers. Inside AI, I can't do that. Does anyone can help me? Here is the jsx PSD script file: ----------...
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Reworking Photoshop layer renaming script for Illustrator
The Photoshop scripting guru Paul R over at RetouchPro has created a really cool script to batch rename and number selected Photoshop layers. I haven't found anything similar on the Illustrator side....
View Articleapplescript for saving ai files to pdf with specific preset not working
Hello all,my applescript for saving ai files to pdf with my specific preset (A1) not working anymore (after installing cc 2014)it worked for years .....I need to work in CS6 still so I have both ai's...
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 ArticleGiving Opacity the same value as fill color (Inverting Opacity/Fill)
I am looking to add a script that would take the fill value of swatches in my art file, and apply those values to the opacity of each swatch. I would also like to be able to adjust the fill value to...
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 ArticleVBS - selecting loaded Dataset
Hello Everyone, I been long time reader of this forum, you guys are great. I created a little script that loads Dataset in to a chart, but I have to go then and manually pick the Datset from drop down...
View ArticleJavascript to determine named fill/stroke color of pathItem[index]?
I'm attempting to build a preflight of sorts for my Illustrator workflow (since for some reason.. preflight in illustrator doesn't exist...). Essentially i need to loop through the pathItems on each...
View ArticleOpen multi-page PDF in Illustrator
Does anyone know of a script that would allow Illustrator CS4 to open all pages of a PDF, instead of opening one page of the PDF at a time?
View ArticleHow to reflect in script?
Hi,I want the equivalent of choosing Object > Transform > Reflect, across the Vertical axis. How would I do this with JavaScript?Thanks,Max
View ArticleNeed script to batch convert vector .eps to .png images with scale
Hi, I'm looking for a script/program that if you run it, all the .eps files in a folder will batch convert to a png-24 with 250% scale. Erdem
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XMP - Add keywords with script
Hallo Forum, I would create a script to have keyword standards. In EXCEL i create a controlled namespace trougth comboboxes to save the files in an controlled way. The Metadata should be a controlled...
View Articlefinding the matrix info on a text frame?
I wanted to understand the matrix values and methods so I could make a script to select or not select textframes that are angled.Can anyone explain this matrix stuff to me? This script is the only...
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