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Repeating Script based on Hot folder content

I have a script that is ran based on contents of a Hot folder I've created.. The script works flawlessly when placing one file at a time... but I'd love to be able to fix it so that I can drop multiple...

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Repeating Function dependent on number of items selected

I'm building a script that will allow me to Open a .pdf and copy it's contents and layers into another existing document (template) I have set up... I want to be able to center these on the document...

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Duplicate an outline path?

I have a client who has some Styles they're still using from the pre-CS5 era which have "add arrowhead" appearance styles, but these no longer work in Illustrator CC 2015.3 (actually, existing paths...

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Access Gradient Mesh Points

I'm hoping someone at Adobe can help me. I must access the points of a gradient mesh the Illustrator scripting guide doesn't permit this, is there a work around someone can suggest ?

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How to get the angle of an object ?

How to get the angle of an object ?

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Applying No break to "space and :" with Applescript in illustrator

Heloam trying apply no break to some specific text. It work well with words and caracters but dont get any result when it come to a space caracter and a colon.Exemple of my code below set ChangeList to...

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Recheck pathItems.length property in for loop

hello everyone, i need your help , i am grouping pathitems and text frames in a layer , while looping through pathitems and text frames using for loop  , if required pathitem and text frames is found...

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Button stays active and no action taken ?

When clicking on the 'Group Invert' button; the button remains active and nothing happens when the follow script is applied to a group. var ui = new Window ("dialog"); var uiConvert =...

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Save All Command

Is there a secret command or is this possible with scripting to make a save all open documents? Many of us in the graphics arts/printing world have edits to make and this would be very useful. For...

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Illustrator have not Event ID?

Illustrator have not Event ID?If in Photoshop run "charIDToTypeID( 'copy' )" , it will ruturn "1668247673";why illustrator can not running? Photoshop Events (CC2015 ver.16)

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Is there any Script event manager available in illustrator as like in...

Is there any Script event manager available in illustrator as like in photoshop..? http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/win/13.x/Win_Scripting_Plug-In.zip

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Is there a way to create a Static Symbol via scripting?

The addition of Dynamic symbols, has completely messed up my process when prepping files. Final step is normally to prep an asset as a symbol, in case effects or strokes are used on the item,...

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How 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.

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SVG 1.2 tiny

I have made the .ai icons (Adobe Illustrator CS3) and they also contain gradient and transparency elements.Until now I had to provide icons in the SVG 1.1 format (<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD...

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Can use asynchronous operation of CEP to realize multi threading?

Can use asynchronous operation of CEP to realize multi threading?For example: draw ten rectangles at the same time

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Copying and Pasting between Documents

I'm having trouble with a script... I need to be able to open a .ai or .pdf file in Illustrator and maintain it's current layer structure... I then need to be able to select all and copy paste to...

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Illustrator Sublime Extension Woes

I installed this package for sublime and it installed successfully, except; there is no Illustrator listing within Tools > Build System  ? I asked on the Sublime forum, after a day, no replyThere as...

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Illustrator crashing with latest update.

Hi all, With the most recent update, 2017.0.1 (21.0.1), we are having stability problems when we run one of our scripts in Illustrator. Quick overview... the script in question is 2000 lines of code...

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textFrame resides in a "grid location"

I am wanting to scan all textFrames on a layer "Active Text" and have it reference what "grid location" it is in. The grid locations are textFrames on a layer "42 Pg Grid Location". Here is an...

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Set a gradient from two color swatches

Extremely new to scripting Is it possible to create a script to set a gradient to an object based on colors from the eye dropper  Ideally, I'd like it to work as follows, "select 1st color swatch"...

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