Custom Swatch Palette (beta)
Hi yall, I created this custom swatch palette which allows a person to keep swatch info in this palette and instantiate it in documents. The palette can store notes about a particular swatch and there...
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mm -> px horizontalScale rounding
Hi all. Quite new to Ai's scripting stuff. I'm having a complicate time with Ai's save to jpg options vs artboard sizes and units conversions. Say, i have a doc (from my client), which they inherited...
View ArticleDocumentation ?
Where do i have a chance to read precisely what artboardRect is made of ? Couldn't find in ESTK's DOM view tool neither the javascript pdf. I was expecting something like : PathItems.rectangle (top:...
View ArticleHow to resize a textFrame, while also resizing its parent (a groupitem)?
I'm trying to find the smallest textframe within a group and then matching that textframe font size to the minimum size allowed for printing. Everything else works, except I can't figure out how to...
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...
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Cutting a circle
Hi all, I need to make shapes like this based on a value for graph purposes - usually I would just create a cutting shape based on trig (this shape representing around 60%) and subtract it from the...
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 ArticleNeed help automating a few tasks in Illustrator CS5
Hello all, I need help from scripting experts. I have created a simple action which centres my artwork to the arboard. But I want to perform some more tasks as well. Can anyone please help me write a...
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Unable to work with this Compound Shape
Good people of the forums, I am working on a script that simplifies/consolidates art objects in documents that we eventually convert into FXG files. I have run into a strange problem with a compound...
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Convert CSV to Swatch Library?
Hi everyone I have a list of 300+ colors that I need to make into a swatch library for Illustrator. The data looks like this: GREEN GRASS,127,187,0PALE YELLOW,241,235,135LIGHT...
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Unable to work with this Compound Shape
Good people of the forums, I am working on a script that simplifies/consolidates art objects in documents that we eventually convert into FXG files. I have run into a strange problem with a compound...
View ArticleHow to resize a textFrame, while also resizing its parent (a groupitem)?
I'm trying to find the smallest textframe within a group and then matching that textframe font size to the minimum size allowed for printing. Everything else works, except I can't figure out how to...
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Need a developer for script: Distribute symbols on a path and rotate
Dear all, I need an Illustrator script for distribute a collection of diferent symbols along a path. The symbols should be distributed from the beginning to end of path and separated a proportional...
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an Illustrator error occurred: 1346458189 ('PARM')
Hello everyone, I am trying to open some documents in Illustrator CS4 by javascript, walk through all layers including sublayers, doing something (for now just reading the layernames and showing them...
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 ArticleDo CS5 or CS6 include a save option save without artboard?
Hi All, I am currently using CS4. Is there an eps save option in CS5 or CS6 that such as save with artboard (boolean). The CS4 interface allows you to save without the artboard. Now I as a final step...
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 ArticleExcel data to construct illustrator object
Problem:How to read real number data from selected columns in an Excel spreadsheet into an illustrator javascript array variable, so that then I can use this information to construct an illustrator...
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Dynamic Invoice with prompts
Hey Guys; i've been breaking my head over this for days now, i thought i could get this done without coding or scripting, but i can't figure it out. I have an Illustrator template file for my...
View ArticleScripts in an action CS5/Mac
I have several Applescripts that are loaded into the Script menu. I also have several actions that are easier to use as actions and at least one that cannot be replicated using Applescript. I'd like to...
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