A 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 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 ArticleX,Y coordinates are printed wrong on the Second ArtBoard
Hi All, I'm new to the illustrator scripting.But out of my one month exposure to the scripting have explored plenty of things and started my project of writing script to print X,Y coordinates of...
View ArticleIllustrator VBA scripting 101 - via Excel
This post will attempt to introduce newcomers to Illustrator Visual Basic Scripting (well, not actually vbs, but rather tru VBA, Visual Basic for Applications). I personally prefer vba over bvs for a...
View ArticleHow reset the rotation of a PageItem (or access it's matrix at least) ?
I'd like to apply rotation to a few PageItem instances, but would like to reset the rotation first so it doesn't accumulate when I run the same script multiple times. I'm having a hard time trying to...
View ArticleScript: rename layers?
Hi, is there a quick way how to renumber or batch rename all layers in a file so they would be named in consequent numbers? Doesn't have to start from exact number, I was wondering if maybe there is...
View ArticleBridge to Illustrator
Hello everyone, I am working on a file saving script. I am trying to figure out how to send information from bridge to my illustrator script. I need to know the file path that is active in bridge, I...
View ArticleScript for printing 3 copies not working
At my workplace we have to print a lot of Illustrator documents on a daily basis. Some documents are required to be printed 3 times, one copy for our company, one copy for the delivery address and one...
View Articlecreating outlines from text using javascript in Illustrator CS5
Hi everyone, Is there a way to select all of the text on all artboards and CREATE OUTLINES using Javascript? I've googled and googled, but I can't seem to find any help. The text that Adobe provides...
View ArticleCan I imprint the Print Scaling percentage on an output?
I've seen a lot of date/time stamping scripts, but I'd like to imprint a print-out with the print scaling percentage too -- if I'm not printing at actual size. Is it out there somewhere and I've just...
View ArticleImporting CSV and TXT files as Illustrator datasets: VariableImporter.jsx
Just in case any body would like to have the ability to import .csv and tab-delimited .txt files into Adobe Illustrator as datasets, (similar to Indesign's Data Merger), here is a tool which will help...
View ArticleFind a specific Sublayer and move to top level layer
I have a lot of illustrator files that are organized by a template size. The layers are setup so that the top level layer is always Template. However the sublayer I need to move to the top level could...
View ArticleIllustrator Macros/Scripting
Hey guys is it possible to create macros in illustrator, or how would this be achieved via the scripting.Basically i have a c# application that contains alot of pictureboxes all with images in them. i...
View ArticleHow to know the coordinates of the vertices of the selected line?
How to know the coordinates of the vertices of the selected line?
View ArticleSimplify path?
Hello, I am importing a large number of paths into Illustrator CC and I need to simplify them all! I tried to write a script to do it, but there is NO simplify path command -- even though it exists in...
View ArticleExtract 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 ArticleTest whether a layer with a specific name exists?
Is there a simple way to test whether a layer with a specific name exists?
View ArticleHow do I read ScriptUI checkbox values?
From the follow code, how do I read the Boolean of whether a box was checked or not? For each box that's checked, I would like to create a rectangle on the active doc filled with that color. I just...
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