Script works Great, Pro-Tips appreciated.
This script is used to make a few changes that SOME of our die suppliers require. It works great. If you have a little time to look it over and give me some advice on best practices, consiseness etc....
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illustrator Spiral Shrinking/Growin text, scaling down/up on spiral path
First of all thanks in advance for anyone who may assist, or make this even possible...... (please contanct me ADAM razo.ad1985 --->G.mail) In dire need of expertise assistante. Years ago I...
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Error 21 (Changing color on text)
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5580527#5580527 Carlos wrote a script in response to the above thread. It changes CMYK black, and grayscale black to a swatch called "spot black". It's awesome, but it's...
View ArticleFirst step to enter the script in Illustrator
Hi I'm LoayI want to learn VBscript on IllustratorBut I do not know where to accessany one can help my Please.
View ArticleNew to Illustrator scripting, looking to make a Compound Path from Existing...
I am wondering how to select existing paths (normal paths and compound paths) and make a new compound path. Google does nothing for me on this.... I have begun to understand the basics of targeting...
View ArticleAi Packaging Script
Ok.. I'm sure this has been posted before (already searched, didn't find however), but does a file packaging script exist for AI? (one that collects all linked images and fonts and places them in one...
View ArticleScript for Selecting Open Paths in Illustrator CS6
I have created this script for selecting open paths in illustrator cs6 as the graffix plugin is not working under CS6. Just save the following text in /Applications/Adobe Illustrator...
View ArticleShear / Skew using shear angle and axis angle
Hi, I want to skew/shear the selected object using shear angle and axis angle. I am using below code for shear the object, var skewMatrix = app.getIdentityMatrix();skewMatrix..mValueB = .5 But i dont...
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...
View ArticleDimension Illustrator CS6
Does anyone know of a script that will automatically put dimensions on rectangular shapes in Illustrator CS6?
View ArticleImporting Color to Swatch Library from Text File
Hi,I have a large list of custom colors in Excel that has the color name and CMYK breakdown of each color. I'm looking for a way to import this information to create a custom Color Swatch Library. That...
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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 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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Outline stroke with Illustrator scripting
Hello everybody! I'm making a script. I need to do the outline stroke action. I can't find it in the extendscript anywhere. I can do it from a applescript and call it from my extendscript in CS6 BUT I...
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script to put artboard names in text boxes
Hi there. I have an Illustrator document with ~100 artboards, each artboard named by me. Each artboard has one textbox in it. Is there a way to take whatever name I assign to the artboard and print it...
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Rename the layer using the name of the enclosed object
I'm trying to build a map of the world that includes provinces and sub-provinces (counties). I will be animating it in AE. AE only sees the top layers so it is imparative that the name of the top...
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 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?...
View ArticleDate, File name, User Stamp
I've looked for hours for a script that will work in Illustrator CS4 that will put a text block on the page identifying: Date, File Name and the User's name on the document (art board) I am not versed...
View Articleapp.sendScriptMessage (CS6+)
Hi guys, Can anyone provide me full example of using this method?app.sendScriptMessage (pluginName, messageSelector, inputString) How can I get full list of plugin commands? thanks,Zenek
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