Duplicate and increment text
Hi Never used Illustrator scripting bebore.Could soeone please write me a script that takes as arguments. text : a text element on the artwork (not sure if this is possible)inX, incY : Incremental y co...
View ArticleRandom Delete a selection of
Hi, I am trying to create a script to specify a percentage of the selected items you want to remove.Here is what I have so far. I still need to work out on the alert prompt and the if statement, but...
View ArticleRead input parameters from a script file name
I asked this in the main Illustrator forum an hour ago, but then realized that there was a separate forum for script questions…so please forgive the repetition. I am sure this is a newbie adobe...
View ArticleScript UI breaks connection with AI Document?
Last week I wrote a simple script that interacts with my document and exports layers as images. The script works great, but I thought I'd add a nice UI to it before I release it to the world, so I...
View ArticleScripting Illustrator actions, incorporating calls to Excel
Hello all, I need some help... I am building a series of logos — based on word strings — using Illustrator CS4 with a combination of Actions, but also retrieving the word string from an Excel file....
View Articlefind same pantone color
Hi Any one plz help me to find same pantone colors in selected object here is my code doc = app.activeDocument;if (app.documents.length>0)doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();selectList =...
View ArticleSelect specific text box to change text
I have a text box set up using a note value as "NAME". I would like to replace this with whatever the username is for that specific computer. I tried to use the command, "USERNAME" but it actually...
View ArticleHow to set my path
I would like to include a script in a script... but this won't work please help. var loadvars = File(app.path+'/Infopanel/Contents/Vars/vars.jsx');#include loadvars Thanks Daniel
View Articleselect all except locked object
Hi i want to select all the object , but i locked certain object it show error while submiting below code myDoc = app.activeDocument;myPageItems = myDoc.pageItems;for (i=0;i<myPageItems.length;i++)...
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How can I split these paths without outlining them?
I have hundreds of shapes filled with a pattern of lines. I am trying to figure out a way to clip the lines without ending up with the lines that have been converted to (outlines) closed shapes. It...
View ArticleHow to disable the SaveAs option?
Hi, I need to hide/disable the "save As" and Save option in the "illustrator application CS5" menu via scripting. Kindly advise me Thanks for looking into this.Maria
View ArticleHelp with applescript command
I'm trying to use this command to change the colour of objects inside of a document using applescipt but i keep getting an error "adobe illustrator "can't get color"" the colour exists and is active on...
View Articleif colour exists
I would like to change the colour of some text. The problem is if the colour exists I keep getting the error:8707 the name is in use... -> thisSpot.name = 'SpotRed';in my script i've tried to watch...
View ArticleMove paths to another layer VB-script
Hello.This is my first post on this forum. I need help with making a script that selects all the paths in a document that has a certain line width, for example 3 pt, and move them to a specific...
View ArticleResize Artboard to exact size : jscript
Hello I'm trying to resize my artboard to an exact mm size via a script so then I can add this to a batch i'm trying to achieve. I've been trying to use the following, but i cant work out how to add...
View ArticleProblem when passing value to resolution (Export TIFF)
I´m passing by a strange script behaviour. I´m trying to refine a script to export artboards as TIFF. So suppose I started "var op = new ExportOptionsTIFF()" And I set op.resolution = 250 Now I try to...
View ArticleResolution check in illustrator
How to check the raster image resolution in illustrator through script?
View ArticleQuick manual kerning in Adobe Illustrator?
Unless I am missing something, the normal way to manually adjust the kerning up/down is to select between the targeted letters, then go up to the character panel and adjust it as needed. Rinse and...
View ArticleSpotColor to GrayColor converter (javaScript)
This could be edited to change any spot color to grayscale, currently it is aimed at a color called "spot black". The reason this is better then just using "edit/edit colors/convert to grayscale" is...
View Articlehow to ignore particular layer
hi i have 7 to 8 layers in my documnet i don't want to select for eg layer 6can i do it in javascript?
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