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Centerlines on All Artboards
Hello Everyone, I'm trying to create some simple vertical centerlines to be drawn in the same spot on all existing artboards in my document. What I have so far is creating the proper amount of...
View ArticleCreating Multiple Artboards
I thought I'd ask this question here seeing as how everything I've learned about scripting has come from the knowledge everyone shares here (granted, I've only been at this a couple weeks now). I've...
View ArticleShortcut for js script with CS4 ?
hi all,with my old version of illustrator (CS), i might affect a shortcut to a specific scipt .Now i have CS4 version, and i don't find similar possibility. how can affect in this new version ? Thanks...
View ArticleMove Anchor on a PathItem
Hello everyone! All I am trying to do is move an anchor from one location to another using vbscript. I have searched everywhere and scoured the scripting references but I have not been able to figure...
View ArticleHow to divide all textFrames in one-character-per-textFrame?
Hello: How to divide all textFrames in one-character-per-textFrame? Example: the textFrame "Letters" will be divided in 7 textFrames: "L", "e", "t", "t", "e", "r", "s". Help, please.
View ArticleStart a new Document with Millimeters
Hi there,I am new to Illustratror Scripting.I changed a Script from William Ngan, http://www.metaphorical.net and http://forums.adobe.com/message/3813716?tstart=1It saves EPS-files instead of AI-Files....
View ArticleHow can I access the art item dictionary value by the javascript
hi all,Actully i am writing some plugin in c++ what it will do. this will store my custom property in art item dictinory .and now i want to access that dictinory value by the javascript is it possible....
View ArticleRounding text size to nearest whole number?
I've had to rescale some artwork, but now I'm left with type sizes that are 71.68px tall, 34.51px tall, etc. Is there a script that'll snap all the text in a document to it's nearest whole number or...
View ArticleScript for postscripting
Is there a way of batch processing Illustrator files to create postscript files the way that you batch process .ps files with Distiller... maybe a script that does this?
View ArticleHelp determining stroke width of a font...
Hi all, looking for some creative solutions here. I need to determine the stroke thickness of a font via script and only via AI. My idea is to always test the vertical center of an upper case "i"...
View ArticleExecute Action from Javascript in CS6
I've seen on this forum a lot people saying that in CS6 you can now call an action from JavaScript. However, I haven't been able to find what the syntax is to do that in the reference or the guide. Can...
View ArticleMove/Translate GroupItem w/ masks and effects?
All, I have a document with a single layer and a single group (GroupItem) in that layer.Unfortunately, I didn't create the .ai file, so I don't know exactly what is in the group; however, there appears...
View ArticleIllustrator CS6 is not saving user-created workspaces
I have created a workspace to save for all of our users to utilize, but it is not saving. When I re-start Illustrator the created workspace is selected but is not coming up as it was saved. Is this a...
View ArticleCan't print the illustration. Error
Can't print the illustration. The Color Management settings are inconsistent. I keep getting this message everytime I try to use any of the print script examples in the adobe javascript reference...
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Reworking Photoshop layer renaming script for Illustrator
The Photoshop scripting guru Paul R over at RetouchPro has created a really cool script to batch rename and number selected Photoshop layers. I haven't found anything similar on the Illustrator side....
View ArticleCan I use ExtendScript to store info about an Illustrator document externally...
What I want to do is this: 1. Iterate through all the layers in a document (recursively) and discover each layer's NAME, VISIBLE, and LOCKED properties.2. Create an object that contains those...
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 ArticleScript to round fractional CMYK colours?
This script must exist but I'll be damned if I can find it!!! I work in a large printing company and we get artwork from all over that has dodgy CMYK colours (quick convertions from RGB obviously). We...
View ArticleDetermining the index of selected items in a ListBox?
Hello,I can't seem to figure out a simple/direct method to identify the index of the selected item in a list box.I feel like I'm missing something, but I can't seem to figure which (if any) property...
View ArticlemoveToBeginning(); < what is this?
I was poking around in the scripting reference for javascript and I came across this line in one example. newItem.moveToBeginning( newGroup ); I'm totally new to scripting and I have little to no...
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