How to make button Illustrator script ?
Dear All, Recently, I alway use free 2 Illustrator script text are: "joinTextFrames" & "divideTextFrame"but I lost many step to do it for example click: 1. select text -> 2. File -> 3....
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Batch image processing
Hi: So, I'm looking for a way to automate the task of batch processing files located in different folders, opening, saving and closing them in the same location. (Please see the attached screen capture...
View ArticleCreate rectangles from info in excel file . . . Help!
I'm in need of help and have NO idea what I'm doing. I have an excel file with thousands of rows, each with a column for the x-coordinate, the y-coordiante, the height, and width of a rectangle. I need...
View ArticleIllustrator CC Extension Preferences aren't being saved
I am trying to save preferences in the onClose function of my extension using the following code: CSXSInterface.instance.storePreference("shapeStrokeSize", model.shapeStrokeSize.toString()); But the...
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 ArticleAfter using an ExtendScript (via ESTK) Illustrator becomes corrupted and...
Hey, thanks for reading. I'm having a strange problem with Illustrator CS5 and ESTK CS5. I'm new to writing ExtendScripts, so I haven't a clue what could be going wrong here but here's the skinny: I've...
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How can i shear rectangle to JavaScript?
How can i shear rectangle? there is similar question.(http://forums.adobe.com/message/1103495#1103495) But i can't understand answer in there. JavaScript Reference has 'getRotationMatrix',...
View ArticleHow to run a script automatically once a day
Hi everybody I need some help: I should run a script in Illustrator once a day, automatically at 23 p.m. What is the easiest way to do this?
View Articleto find min stroke weight and font size
For printing purpose, we need to tell the min stroke weight and min font size (outlined fonts) to the printer in order to make sure that the artwork is fulfilled the printing requirement. Is it any Ai...
View ArticleChange color of compoundPathItems created by converting Text to Paths using...
I used createOutline() to convert Text to Paths. However, the return is a GroupItem and I had difficulty in changing its stroke and fill colors. Here is my script:var docActive =...
View ArticleActually visible bounds, not the fake ones
Please suggest how to get/determine the visible bounds (top+left coords and width+height or Rect structure) of a group having a clipping mask or several masks? When a script asks for Visible Bounds,...
View Article[CS5 - JS] Random questions...
Hi.I come form InDesign scripting and I'm sorry to say that illustrator one is really raw...Anyway, my problems are:- Looks like it's not possible to get something like "textStyleRanges" within a...
View ArticlePlacing a text file into Illustrator
Hi everyone So I found out how to place an image into illustrator via scripting with javascript, however I am having difficulties with text files. My code is: var myDoc = app.activeDocument;var Layer1...
View Articlescript to rename layers alphabetically
Hi everyone, I have a renaming script that works only on numbers and I want to make it work for letters also. What I`m trying to achieve is to select some layers --> load the script --> enter the...
View ArticleCan a JSX script over-write itself?
I'm looking for a way for a script to modify it's own code. It this possible, or would the file be locked while the script is running? If it's possible, would the changes take place immediately...
View ArticleTweaking the SaveDocsAsPDF script
Hello. Absolute scripting newbie here; will someone take pity...?I am looking at the SaveDocsAsPDF script. It works for our purposes except I would like it to save PDFs using a Preset we created called...
View ArticleSplit Text into Layers
I was wondering if anyone is aware of a script that is able to do the same as this photoshop one http://www.agasyanc.ru/text-splitter, I would use that one in photoshop but its not working in CS6. I...
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How do I add the Adobe Illustrator CS6 Type Library?
Hi everyone I am trying to write a script for Adobe Illustrator using VBA in Excel. To do this I am following the Adobe Illustrator Scripting Guide which can be found at the link below....
View ArticleHow to access app.activeDocument from a palette button?
I'm trying to debug a script that silently fails (I've got a seperate "How best to debug?" question here). Through brute force trial and error I've established that I can't access app.activeDocument...
View ArticleMove paths to another layer VB-script
Hello.This is my first post on this forum. I need help with making a script that selects all the paths in a document that has a certain line width, for example 3 pt, and move them to a specific...
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