A script for replacing texts only in selected layer?
Hi all,I have an illustrator document which has many text layers. I have found the script below that replace a text with another one in the document; var doc = app.activeDocument;var myTextFrames =...
View ArticleSimple InDesign script -> Illustrator help
I have this script by Peter Kahrel that reverese the order of letters in InDesign. I need an Illustrator version of it. Can anybody help? ---------------------//ReverseText.jsx//An InDesign Javascript...
View ArticleFind a specific Sublayer and move to top level layer
I have a lot of illustrator files that are organized by a template size. The layers are setup so that the top level layer is always Template. However the sublayer I need to move to the top level could...
View Articlecan we create AI template that can be rendered into vectors
Hi Everyone. Sorry if I am asking a repeated question. I am trying to create a script ( or find a third party tool ) that will convert PDF/Image to vector for engraving.Just like this page "Precision...
View ArticleEdit Text onChange bug
Hi guys. I am experiencing a weird bug. Here's the code: var myNumber = 3var win = new Window( "dialog", "Slice it Up" ); var firstET = win.add("edittext", undefined, myNumber); firstET.characters...
View ArticleHow do you recursively loop through sublayers and groups?
I've been fairly successful looping through an AI file, and was able to loop through layers and pull text Layers, to a specified layer. Problem being, that I also want to capture anything that's nested...
View ArticleConvert .ai to .doc
Hi, Can it be possible to convert .ai file into .doc file or any tool which will do this conversion. Thanks,Shail
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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Change overprint of color with Applescript
I want to overprint a PMS colors using Applescript. I though if I changed the property of the selected items fill color from (fill overprint:false) to (fill overprint:true) it would work. This doesn't...
View ArticleCan I get some value from user? (illustrator cs3 script)
I am Designer. But I have to write program. I will making plugin about draw rectangle. 1. User run illustrator cs3. 2. User click File-Scripts-myDraw 3. Show dialog box. Dialog box have two...
View ArticleMove layers to new artboard
Hi everybody, I'm trying to create a script via javascript for Illustrator. My problem is : I have a AI file with multiple layers, i want to create one artboard per layer, in order to export a...
View Articleungroup all groups on an active layer(JavaScript).
Does anyone know how one would go about ungrouping all groups on an active layer with JavaScript?
View ArticleA Script to Find and Replace Layer Names
Are there any scripts to find and replace layer names? There is an excellent script available for Photoshop which allows you to not only replace words in layer names, but also insert words as Prefixes,...
View ArticleBreak text area into text lines
I want to break text area with line breaks in it into seperate text lines using return as delineator. for example "Line 1Line 2Line 3" I would like as "Line 1""Line 2" "Line 3" I could probably write...
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 ArticleHow can I find items which have crop marks effect?
Now, I am creating a script for Illustrator CS4, CS5, CC2014 with Japanese version in Windows.I wish to find items which have Crop Marks Effect (which is created by Effect > Crop Marks) by...
View ArticleHow do I make a symbol from selection?
I've got the below script, but it's not working. I'm trying to select all the art in the document on different layers, and create a symbol. So far I have the first part down, but can't figure out how...
View ArticleProblem with IllustratorSaveOptions not saving on Mac but work perfectly on...
Hey everyone- I am currently running Illustrator CS5 on Windows 7 using extendscript. My issue is this: When testing this script on any Windows machine, my script runs as it should but when I try to...
View ArticleCollecting Fonts For Output
I've got this bit of code from user moluapple - he was incredibly helpful in getting me started, but isn't going to continue working on this and I was wondering if anyone else would be willing to help...
View ArticleScript to select patterns in Illustrator Document
Kindly we need a script that select all pattern objects in the active document in illustrator.
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