Deleting text frames without a specific fill color
I was wondering if someone might be able to tell me a simple way in javascript to scan through all the text frame in my active document that are NOT filled with the following RGB values...fillColor.red...
View ArticleMissing Links
I'm trying to find a way to get the links and link statuses in Adobe Illustrator. It doesn't seem to be at all similar to InDesign DOM so I'm hoping somebody has done a similar thing before. What I'd...
View ArticleSerious, Pro level Illustrator Scripting help needed
I need a pretty robust script and I am willing to pay for it. I am sorry if soliciting like that is a against forum rules, I will find out if my post gets, deleted/locked. I am just serious about this...
View ArticleReparing Links
I have a job folder that contains an illustrator document and then a subfolder with all of the collected images. When this folder location moves from server to server the path to the linked images is...
View ArticleAdd image link filename to each artboard
Hello everyone! I have a document with several artboards. In each artboard is a different linked image. Is there a way to add the linked filename to the bottom of each artboard? Thank you!
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 ArticleEdit Metadata inside Illustrator
Can anyone please tell me how to edit the XMP Packet, while inside of Illustrator, without using FileInfo? I am writing a Flex PatchPanel Extension, so need access to some DOM parameter like...
View ArticleScript that worked now giving a 1302 error
I am getting an error with a script i have used before without any problems. The script updates the only image at the bottom of a single page PDF and saves the changed PDF in another folder. It asks me...
View ArticleAdding "activate some layers" to ExportDocsAsPNG24.jsx
I'de like to add this code function test(){ function tryLockLayer(name){ try{ lrs.getByName(name).locked = false; } catch(e) { return; } };...
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 ArticleSave as custom PDF Presets
I have a document that I want to save the .ai file that is open....then save as a pdf with my own Adobe PDF Presets. The name of my preset is: Machine Views Example sudo code: #target illustrator...
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 ArticleSwatches occasionally unrecognizable by name or typename?
Hey all. I've got a really perplexing issue here and I wish i had more information to give you about it.. Here's a little backstory. Probably unnecessary, so skip it if you like. Last year, i wrote a...
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Sub Menu GUI display only on Checkbox selection, hide when unselected.
Hi All, Can somebody help me with the GUI stuff in the below code.I've this code to display two menus,Coordinates(Checkbox) with three Radio button items.and similarly textboxes (checkbox) with two...
View ArticleBatching In Illustrator??
In PhotoShop CS3, you can select File/Automate/Batch, and run an Action on an entire folder. I don't see that option in Illustrator CS3? Is there a way to run an action on an entire folder? I'm...
View ArticleAnything similar to javascript's setInterval in ExtendScript?
I need a way to poll my server for new jobs for the illustrator script to work on every few hours.I tried with $.sleep(), but that is blocking, I need a non-blocking way to do this.Any advice?...
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[TUTORIAL] ADD YOUR OWN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO YOUR JSX SCRIPTS
This is for Windows only; it uses a feature to launch your favorite software via a keyboard shortcut. It’s been here for a while but it just never occurred to me to use it for this purpose. 1....
View ArticleWhat I want to see in the next version
I want to be able to add scripts to the Libraries.
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 ArticleConvert .eps file to .jpg or .pdf
Hello,I'm using Adobe to deal with .eps files.My problem is to display graphic arts in "read only mode". That means when I'm done developing graphics in my .eps file, I want to display this graphics to...
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