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Specified value less than minimum allowed value
I am trying to make script that should swap two object by position. Height must swap too and width must scale accordingly. The position swap is working ok but in resize part I get error "Specified...
View Article• Is there a way to rename a folder?
Good evening - I was wondering if there was a way to rename a foldera bit in the same way we can rename the name of fiel, like: var aFile = File("~/Desktop/theNameOfMyFile.ai"); aFile.rename...
View ArticleMerge items under one layer apple script
Hi all, Is there any way to achieve merge all sub layers/paths under one layer using apple script? Thanks in advance
View ArticleRun the script for the selected files
Below is the script to convert the ai files to pdf which in available in the selected folder. Is there any possibility to run the script only for the selected files in a particular folder. #target...
View ArticleDelete all missing links
Hello. I couldn't found a script in google for deleting all missing files, so here I am looking for help.If you have that script or know how to make - can you help?For now I tried this and it gave an...
View Article• DialogBox won't "close"… What could be the reason?
Hello - I programmed a "dialog box"…The "CANCEL" button works perfectly.But the "OK" doesn't work as I wish. In fact, it should:Close/hide the dialog box.And call the following function...
View ArticlePossible to get the path chosen by user?">• "Package" (from 'File' menu) -> Possible to get the path chosen by user?
Hello - I was wondering if it was possible to get the path chosen by the userwhen this last click on "PACKAGE"(from the "FILE" menu)?If so, how please, can I get it? Thank you (again)Enjoy your day,...
View ArticlePDF Automation in Illustrator- Artboard specific with suffix
I am trying to figure out how to export multiple AI files that each have 2 artboards in them and have a suffix added to them. It is alot of art files that I need to export into each individual art...
View ArticleDeal with Overset on Path Text
Hi,i am currently fiddling with overset texts for a script. In my script the TextAreaObject content gets replaced by a new string. In the case it becomes overset, due to the length or different...
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• Javascript to embed ALL linked images into the AI file via script (bug?)
Hello - I "copy-paste" a couple of different snippet of code to embed all linked images into the AI file.Apparently it works for a couple of them but for some other, they jumps/moves of position before...
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Why can't overidde setting fontsize of pragraph style?
I create a TextFrame="abc" has paragraph style set Font size =20ptI can't set a other font size to textframe:Ex: doc.TextFrames(1).Characters(2).CharacterAttributes.size = 12Result font size of...
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Why length of textranges equal number of characters?
I add new a TextFrame and set text="1234"I not change any attributes.But i get textranges.length=4With Indesign textStyleRanges.length=1, it only change when change attributes of text.Why length of...
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Save as EPS with Options
Hello! I'm relatively new to scripting for Illustrator & was wondering if anybody currently has a script that could automate a task for me. I work in screen printing & have to save every art...
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Cutting a circle
Hi all, I need to make shapes like this based on a value for graph purposes - usually I would just create a cutting shape based on trig (this shape representing around 60%) and subtract it from the...
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Creating a dynamic action to use with app.doScript() method.
Since building dynamic actions is a topic unto itself, we often search for a reference thread to show somebody how to do this - and we often do so while trying to discuss work which is already involved...
View Article[ Branched ] How to change ColorModel value
How can we change colorModel value, I tried to chnage it but nothing happens. I tried to change like app.preferences.setRealPreference("plugin/JPEGFormat/ColorModel", 2); // I think 2 must be for...
View ArticleAdding Tags to document
Hello, I try to add tags to my active document but I receive an error message :"Cannot apply a tag to a document" Does anybody success to add tags to a document ? Thanks
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Create shortcut for locate object
Does anyone know how to create a shortcut for "locate object"? Help. Thanx,
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Illustrator Script - Change Stroke color in a specific layer
Hi there,i try for just 4 hours now to get a function to change the stroke color of all objects in a layer "1". with this script, every object is being recolored, this is working:vardocRef =...
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