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Another frustrating printing question
So one thing I just realized is that your print options do not go through until you use the print() method. This is very frustrating because I do not know what kind of Inks are being printed for the...
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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...
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Hello fellow scripters, I've got a script that I wrote that works great, no issues from it but we are making some changes and we are going to have to be printing different art boards than just Art...
View ArticleAdding XMP data to Illustrator using applescript
I was wondering if it is possible to add xmp data into Illustrator the same way it is done when using InDesign with Applescript? Thanks Andy
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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...
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Can I use .xls data to recolor .ai shapes?
Hello smart people! I'm looking for an automated way to use basic Excel data to recolor shape fills in AI. Basically, take a simple data set like this: ShapeValue11.324.637.843.159.0 And have it drive...
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 ArticleTo assign keyboard shortcut for Play Current Action button in Illustrator?
Hello friends... I created Action workflow of various command and I added many stop command between my workflow so that i can perform such that that cannot automate by action. Now I also asign...
View ArticleChange Folder.current to location of script (.jsx) file?
All, I'm trying to use some images in my ScriptUI dialog, but I want to use a "relative" path name, and I can't seem to get it to work.For example, this myScript.jsx works just fine, but as you can...
View ArticleRedraw not working in pixel preview mode?
A recent update of Adobe Illustrator kinda broke my script. My code: $.setTimeout('redraw', Number(dialog._time.text)); // Extend ExtendScript's functionality: $.setTimeout = function(name, time) {...
View ArticleDialog box with multiline input?
I am working on automating one of our more tedious graphic types, a typed up deposition, and ran into a snag. I have a dialog box pop up that the user populates. They put in the Deponent's name,...
View ArticleMultiple artboards to multiple PDF's
I have over 300 different ai files with about 50 artboards in each one and need to export each artboard to a separate PDF file. I'm on a windows machine so the script would have to be JavaScript. Is...
View ArticleSnap every point to grid
Sometimes I need every point of my working path to be snapped to document grid.Right now I have do it manually — cycle every point and type new rounded coordinates or turn on snapping to grid and drag...
View Articleresizing or moving an opacity mask along with the items inside it
I'm trying to resize a opacity mask by doing transMaskItem.resize( 10, //scaleX, 10, //scaleY, true, //[,changePositions] true, //[,changeFillPatterns] true, //[,changeFillGradients] true,...
View ArticleJavaScript to prompt user to save as PDF
I am making changes with code to the file. I want the user to be prompted to save as a .ai file first. I have that down. Now I am wanting to have the user immediately be prompted to save as a pdf with...
View Article$.fileName from ExtendScript
I think this one is a bug, maybe introduced with the latest Illustrator CC 2014 update... This is Illustrator CC 2014 running on Windows 7. I have a simple script like this:#target...
View ArticleIs it possible by script to send print separations to a .pdf and then append...
I have written a script to create, save and print an order for printing-plates. The result is a two page .pdf to which, in an ideal world, I would like to add,either at the time of saving it or later,...
View ArticleCustom Angled Polygons
Hello,I would like to create cairo-pentagon tiling.Cairo pentagonal tiling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Last year I had asked about custom angled triangle, gladly someone had helped me but now...
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Embed binary code in JavaScript
Hi guys...I would like to embed a file that I exported as binary code (Embed really needed).But I don't know how to use it with .execute(); Is this possible? Take a look the picture and many thanks for...
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...
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