Extract text from illustrator for translation then replace with translated text
I am trying to find a way to expedite translations of our drawings. Each drawing has a series of callouts showing what that piece of the drawing is via text. I would need to do 100's of drawings for...
View ArticleAbsoluteURI doesn't seem to work
Attempting to use absoluteURI on a Folder selectDlg or a File saveDlg and I can not get an absolute path - I always return this: ~/Desktop/tmp00000001Which doesn't work. I'm using node.js and the fs...
View ArticleIs there any way to find out what brush is applied to a path?
I'm trying to write a script: select some paths, run the script, then each path that has a brush applied to it is changed to use a random brush whose name is sufficiently similar to its current brush....
View ArticleIllustrator CC ExternalObject load failing but works in CS5
I have a script that loads an external library as follows: if(typeof PCDesEO == 'undefined' ) { var libFilename = "/Library/Frameworks/PCDesEO.framework"; PCDesEO = new ExternalObject("lib:" +...
View ArticleHow to access different character styles in a single text frame.
Hi All, I am trying to get the multiple character styles applied to the single selected text frame. Let's say, there is a text frame with contents "ABC XYZ", ABC have different character style and XYZ...
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 Articlebatch converting .ai to .png in specific size
hi. i'm totally new to scripting and could use some help. i have a bunch of illustrator cs5 files (actually some of them might be older cs versions). they all have an artboard size of 200 x 200. i...
View ArticleBatch combine files into one illustrator document - how to open target document?
I am making a script which will: 1) Open a folder of Illustrator files2) Open each file in the folder (these files are called the source files)3) Select all the contents of the source file4) Copy the...
View ArticleHow to script Illustrator to insert filename in to textpath?
Hello everybody!I'm new to the scripting technology, and i wonder if its possible to create a java or apple script to do the following:We are forced to name our thousands of illu-files on a specific...
View ArticleSelect All using AppleScript
I saw the posting for selecting all objects using JavaScript. How do you do this with AppleScript?
View ArticleIs there any specific plugin to export .png,.pdf along with XY coordinates in...
Is there any specific plugin to export .png,.pdf along with XY coordinates in illustrator? Please suggest as it is very urgently needed.
View ArticleListing all fonts used in a document?
As I understand it, TextFonts is a collection of all fonts available to Illustraot. Is there a collection of all fonts used in the open document? Or would I have to step through every textFrame an...
View ArticleHow to outline text in illustrator scripting
I want to create storke in text in illustrator scripting and found one method too createoutline(),But How i used this method for text outline.
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Script Panel - Work in progress
Hi All,Working on a Script Panel to make scripts simpler to run in illustrator.This is a work in progress... Looking for some people to help test and make suggestions. at the moment this is a Windows...
View ArticleHow to make Applescript open AI then open file then run ExtendScript then close?
Here's the sample Applescript code I came up with using the scripting guide/reference for CS6 and also doing some online searches: tell application "Adobe Illustrator" activate delay 10 set...
View ArticleReset Zero Point? Illustrator CS3 JS
Hi, I am looking for a way to reset the zero point to always be the top left corner of the document, but can not seem to find any documentation or preferences to do this. Can anyone help?
View ArticleScript for making an object the artboard size.
I am looking for some help on trying to make an object the exact size of the artboard. This is something I do on a daily basis for several different reasons and it would be very helpful if this can...
View ArticleIs there a way to clear or delete actions through scripting?
Hello Everyone! Menu Commands Outline Stroke I'm trying to make a script that will clear and then reload actions to try to get around that bug. Thanks to quertyfly and moluapple I now know how to make...
View Articlehow to collect fonts used in illusatrator?
How can i collect all fonts which i used in illustrator file like Adobe indesign package or like in coreldraw? Is there any script for this?
View ArticleScriptUI: How to update Listbox values? (CC2014)
Is there way to update listbox element that filled with JS array elements. If I push more elements to the array, how I can re-render it in ScriptUI? Is there way to do this. I know there is way just to...
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