Sweet. Thank you. I wish everything would be included in the javascript reference pdf. var docRef = app.activeDocument; var path = docRef.path; function exportFileToSVG (dest) {        if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {         var exportOptions = new ExportOptionsWebOptimizedSVG();         var type = ExportType.WOSVG;         var fileSpec = new File(dest);              exportOptions.saveMultipleArtboards = true;         exportOptions.artboardRange = '1';         exportOptions.coordinatePrecision = 2;         exportOptions.fontType = SVGFontType.OUTLINEFONT;         exportOptions.svgMinify = true;         exportOptions.svgId = SVGIdType.SVGIDREGULAR;         app.activeDocument.exportFile( fileSpec, type, exportOptions );     } } exportFileToSVG('~/Desktop/blah.svg'); This appears to do what I needed. Awesome!! ... View more

Thanks, I am not seeing that anywhere in the reference though. Do they have that in CC 2017? ... View more

Always coming to my rescue haha. Thank you!!! ... View more

Thanks Everyone! I was hired on as a production artist at a pretty big corporation. We had a lot of very repetitive tasks that should have been automated but weren't. We had some helpful actions, but no scripting. So that is when I became interested. I came on here without any knowledge of JavaScript. I began finding examples in this forum, copying them and manipulating them and began to understand a little bit. I eventually made an account on here and began asking questions. After getting help from people on here I was able to make some basic scripts that really helped our workflow. I eventually developed a basic knowledge of JavaScript, and that is when this started to be fun for me. I found out about codecademy and took a JavaScript course there and became more comfortable. I loved it so much I knew I found a new passion. I took a basic html and css class in college so I was familiar enough to put together a website and some of my scripts up there. I applied for some jobs, and I was contacted by a recruiter about a junior javascript position. They sent me a test to do, I had to put together a single page application that updated a list and sent it to a server. I stayed up all night trying to figure it out and I got it done in the morning haha. My night consisted of googling and learning about jquery and ajax and generally lead me to this site W3Schools Online Web Tutorials They reviewed my app and I passed the test so they schedule the interview. This was my first interview so I totally bombed it, but I learned that I needed more to my portfolio, all that I had at that time was my website and some script examples. I still felt pretty good though because I was able to pass the test, and the job was going to pay twice more than what I was currently making! So I knew I had to capitalize on this newfound skill. I later found freecodecamp, and after about 3 months of that, I had a decent portfolio. I definitely spent a lot of time and dedicated a lot of weekends to building my apps. The most valuable resource I found was freecodecamp.com This will start from zero and pretty much walk you through how to be a developer, starting with html and css. Not only will you learn, you will also end up building a very strong portfolio as you go. Your 2nd project will be a portfolio page, and the next projects will all be single page applications you can add to your portfolio. If you keep going you can obtain a certification that you can also add to your portfolio. codecademy is good as well if you need extra training you can take specific courses to languages and frameworks. If you get far in freecodecamp you will need to create projects using React. They have yet to create training for React in freecodecamp, so I went to codecademy to take a free course in React to help with my project. There is a pro version in codecademy that I never tried because you have to pay (I haven't spent a dime on any of my training lol) so that might be good as well but I prefer not to pay. I also took CS50: Introduction to Computer Science | edX This is a bit more broad approach which doesn't focus specifically on web development but I found it helpful. You will learn how everything works starting with the zeros and ones. There was a section on algorithms that I found very helpful. This is free as well though there is an option to pay like 50 bucks to obtain a certification, which I didn't do but could be helpful. Great place for creative ideas http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ If you don't have a lot of time I would recommend just focusing on freecodecamp because you can build your portfolio as you go. I recommend to apply for jobs as soon as your portfolio is set up. Even if you don't have lots of projects to show, you can still be contacted by recruiters and maybe even get an interview or two. Never turn down an interview, even if you feel you are under qualified you never know. I had several interviews before I got my job. Some of them I am sure I looked very dumb, but it was great experience for later interviews down the road. Indeed.com and dice.com are where I applied the most, you will become familiar with tech staffing companies in your area. I am sure lots of people on here have a background in design, that will help you because your portfolio will look awesome and stick out. I will add more to this thread if I can think of other things that helped me. Learning this stuff can be very frustrating, but it will be worth it and enjoyable once you get an understanding. ... View more

CarlosCanto wrote: from the guide Scripts that create, save, and close many Illustrator files should periodically quit and relaunch Illustrator. The recommended maximum number of files to process before quitting and relaunching Illustrator is:  Windows 500 files  Mac OS 1000 files if you get the error in a fresh Illustrator session, then I have no idea. Creative Cloud also has autosave every two minutes set by default! To change this go to Edit < Preferences < File Handling & Clipboard Uncheck the first box. I turned that off as well, not sure if that made a difference but can't hurt. ... View more

OK, I am pretty sure I found out what was causing the issue. A lot of my coworkers are signed into online libraries. I tried signing into one and I started getting the error more frequently. I then signed out of the library and the errors went away for the most part. I got one of my coworkers to leave his online libraries and he stopped getting the errors. I hope this helps someone! Be sure to actually leave the libraries, if you just exit out of your library panel you will still be signed in. ... View more

Just figured out the culprit has 2gb's less of ram on his computer. Would that possibly be causing the issue? ... View more

Well this problem is getting weird, more people upgraded and some people are not getting the errors at all, while others are getting them frequently. They are using the same scripts, so maybe there is nothing wrong with my scripts and it is some other issue going on. Trevor, that is awesome thanks for sharing. Seeing stuff like that is great motivation to keep learning so one day I can figure out how the hell you did that and really streamline some things haha. I'm currently taking a CS class online and learning a lot about C and command line programs. ... View more

Weird, I had an Illustrator cs6 script that used session for a bridgetalk. Now I am getting an error as well. Looks like transient is working however, did session just change to transient for CC 2017? #targetengine "transient" ... View more

Has anyone messed with not using the "main" engine? I assume the main engine is what Illustrator defaults to if not specified. Would just using the "session" or "transient" engine make a difference when it comes to freeing memory assuming that is the issue? Having trouble finding documentation about how the engines all work. I have wrapped my scripts in functions and I am still getting errors. ... View more

I recently "upgraded" to creative cloud so I am going through these issues currently. So far as possible solutions other than having to restart Illustrator I got from reading threads: Wrap script in a function to get rid of global variables. Try hitting tab to get rid of panels before executing script. Make all variables null (but doesn't wrapping the script in a function take care of this?) Please let me know if I am missing other solutions and I will come back here if I have any success. Thanks everyone! ... View more

Just upgraded from CS6 to creative cloud a few weeks ago, and now some of my scripts that worked fine with CS6 are getting random "parm" errors. I see other people are having the same problem, I will try the "tab" solution next chance I get because restarting Illustrator takes so long. ... View more

Thanks Guys!! All solutions work but illustrator.reveal(); seems the least clunky so I will go with that, I added it right after where I use the print functions and it seems to work really well. I appreciate the help as always, and I would have never known about illustrator.reveal(); without it because it is nowhere in the documentation I was looking at lol. Thanks again and I may be back, I am having trouble with the UI click handlers I used in CS6 to deselect children in one panel when something from another panel is selected. I will make another post here soon if I can't figure it out on my own haha but I will give it a shot first.  ... View more

Cool thanks for all of the information, I really appreciate all of the help. ... View more

haha yea sometimes we switch orders to heat press transfers though so that is good to know. I think our printer profiles have their own values they assign to pms colors so it should be good. ... View more

haha no problem. Thanks again! ... View more

Awesome, seems to work well. var docRef = app.activeDocument; function convertAppColor(src,dest,clrArr){     return app.convertSampleColor(ImageColorSpace[src], clrArr, ImageColorSpace[dest], ColorConvertPurpose.defaultpurpose); } var mySpot = docRef.spots.getByName ('PANTONE Yellow 012 C'); var myColorArr = convertAppColor("LAB","CMYK", mySpot.getInternalColor()); newCMYKColor = new CMYKColor(); newCMYKColor.black = myColorArr[3]; newCMYKColor.cyan = myColorArr[0] newCMYKColor.magenta = myColorArr[1]; newCMYKColor.yellow = myColorArr[2]; mySpot.color = newCMYKColor; Looks like this will solve that problem. Thank you so much! ... View more

Ah, ok you have to give it values. So I take it there is no way to auto convert colors like you can through UI? ... View more

Yea I can't find out why the script doesn't like the lab colors because it has no problem when I do it manually. I guess the next step is to figure out if it's possible to change a spot color from lab to cmyk via script. It is easy to do manually, you just double click on the swatch and the color mode drop down is right there. var docRef = app.activeDocument; for (i = 0; i < docRef.swatches.length; i++) {        if (docRef.swatches.color == '[SpotColor]') { if (docRef.swatches.color.spot.colorType == ColorModel.SPOT && docRef.swatches.color.spot.spotKind == SpotColorKind.SPOTLAB) { docRef.swatches.color.spot.spotKind = SpotColorKind.SPOTCMYK;        } } } This won't work of course haha. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks everyone! ... View more

example file.ai - Google Drive Sure thing, The problem is knowing which inks are enabled so you know everything you are going to print beforehand. Above is an example file, I am not sure how to upload files on here so I just used google drive. If you run this script below with that file, it will show you the enabled inks before and after it prints. You can see, as long as the default print settings dont change on your computer, it goes by that 8.5 11 print area even though I set the print bounds as artboard bounds before in the script. It will not change until after something prints. The alert messages should first have RED and BLACK (the colors within that area), and then after it prints, the print area will change causing the C M Y K colors that were outside of the area to be shown as well as the RED and BLACK. var jobOpts = new PrintJobOptions();      jobOpts.printArea = PrintingBounds.ARTBOARDBOUNDS;       var opts = new PrintOptions();    //opts.printPreset = 'Print Preset 1';            opts.jobOptions =  jobOpts;        opts.PPDName = 'AdobePdf';        opts.printerName= 'Adobe PostScript File';       var sepOpts = new PrintColorSeparationOptions();       sepOpts.colorSeparationMode = PrintColorSeparationMode.HOSTBASEDSEPARATION;       opts.colorSeparationOptions = sepOpts;          for (i=0; i < docRef.inkList.length; i++)   {               if (docRef.inkList.inkInfo.printingStatus == InkPrintStatus.ENABLEINK) {                       // RED BLACK            alert(docRef.inkList.name)                       }               }       docPath3 = decodeURI( '~/Desktop/' + 'dud' + '.ps' );               jobOpts.file = File( docPath3 );          app.activeDocument.print( opts );                                      for (i=0; i < docRef.inkList.length; i++)   {               if (docRef.inkList.inkInfo.printingStatus == InkPrintStatus.ENABLEINK) {                       //C M Y K RED BLACK            alert(docRef.inkList.name)                       }               } The way I am doing it now is just like in the script, I will just print an extra file once to the desktop before hand to get the correct print area, and then later in the script print the actual files that get used. I was just wondering if there was a better way than having to print that extra file but if not it is not the end of the world, it prints it off pretty fast so it doesn't lag down the script that much. ... View more

Yea haha. It doesn't slow me down too much at least since post scripts are so small anyway. Still a lot quicker than not using a script. ... View more

Thanks for looking at this, it still goes by the print area for me even without the print options. docRef = app.activeDocument; var inks = docRef.inkList; for (i=0; i < inks.length; i++) {     alert(inks.name + inks.inkInfo.printingStatus)     } Anything outside of the red dash area is showing up as disabled. I'm using cs6 maybe it goes by the artboard in other versions. ... View more

Thanks for looking at it. I know that all the colors are going to be printed, the problem is trying to catch colors that aren't supposed to be there before it prints. By the time artwork gets to me it is supposed to be converted entirely to spot colors that are specified. Unfortunately though, people make a lot of mistakes and there will be extra spot colors or even worse, cmyk colors still in the art. So I need to know what is all going to be printed before hand so I know if I need to fix something and I don't have extra screens in the postscript file.  Whenever you open a new document in Illustrator, it automatically has it set up for a 8.5 11 print area. Even though I tell it to use the artboard as the printing bounds at the beginning of the script, that doesn't take into effect until it actually prints. So anything outside of the 8.5 11 print area will not get detected. The red dotted line is the 8.5 11 area it is looking at. I put a random cmyk square at the top right to test it, and it went through without being detected. I added a dud print (a print I just save to my desktop that serves no purpose) at the beginning of the script with the correct print area before the cmyk detection, and then it was detected. So I guess I could use that as a solution if I have to, it just slows down the script a little bit. ... View more

This works, thanks so much for taking the time to figure it out. It marks ellipse down in Illustrator after I print, and my Rip can also read the postscript file so that was exactly the string it was looking for, I would have never guessed that in a million years ha. Thanks for explaining how you figured it out as well, what program do you use to look at the post script file as text? ... View more

Here's my code in case this gives a better understanding of my problem. In line 22 I thought I would be getting the correct print area from that point on because the artboard is always the correct size, but I am not. I made sure to define the inklist afterwards as well. I have alert messages to test which colors it can sense and I have learned that colors outside of the 8.5 by 11 area and within the correct 17 20 print area are not enabled on the ink list.  /*     IDEAS:        IF INK LIST CANT BE FIXED, COMPARE LIST BEFORE AND AFTER PRINTED. IF DIFFERENT, ALERT THE USER.        */ app.coordinateSystem = CoordinateSystem.ARTBOARDCOORDINATESYSTEM; printPostScript(); function printPostScript() {       app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;          var docPath, docRef, inFolder, opts, psPath;        jobOpts = new PrintJobOptions();   //Should work right? Not till it prints, doh!!!!   jobOpts.printArea = PrintingBounds.ARTBOARDBOUNDS;   opts = new PrintOptions();   //opts.printPreset = 'Print Preset 1';        opts.jobOptions =  jobOpts;   opts.PPDName = 'AdobePdf';      opts.printerName= 'Adobe PostScript File';   sepOpts = new PrintColorSeparationOptions();   sepOpts.colorSeparationMode = PrintColorSeparationMode.HOSTBASEDSEPARATION;   opts.colorSeparationOptions = sepOpts;              var cmyk = false; docRef = app.activeDocument; //hoping the doc would be reading 17 by 20 print area at this point....not successful yet. sepOpts.inkList = docRef.inkList;                 for (i = 0; i < 4; i ++) {                  if (sepOpts.inkList.inkInfo.printingStatus == InkPrintStatus.ENABLEINK) {                        cmyk = true;                    }                 } if (cmyk == false) {       var numbers = ' '; var colorsOnScreen = []; var x = 0; for (j= docRef.groupItems.length-1; j > -1; j--) {     if (docRef.groupItems .name == 'numGroup' && Math.round(docRef.groupItems .left) == 639 && Math.round(docRef.groupItems .top) ==  -21) {        var numGroup = docRef.groupItems ;            for (k = numGroup.textFrames.length - 1; k > -1; k --) {                                if (numGroup.textFrames .textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor == '[SpotColor]'){                    //put numbers at end of file name               numbers = numbers + ' ' + String(numGroup.textFrames .contents)                            //cross reference this with enabled colors, disable colors that don't match....background color for one of them               colorsOnScreen = numGroup.textFrames .textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor.spot.name;                            x++                                                }                                }     } }    var docName = docRef.name.replace( /.ai$/, '' ); psPath = docName.replace(/\./g , "_" ); // on garnment color and number screens // file name preview //gets rid of content between paranthesis var updatedPath = psPath.replace(/ *\([^)]*\) */g, ""); var myWindow = new Window ("dialog", "Post Script Generator"); myWindow.orientation = "column"; myWindow.alignChildren = "left"; var colorGroup = myWindow.add("group"); colorGroup.orientation = "column"; colorGroup.alignChildren = "left"; var colorPanels= []; u=0; var inkEn = []; c=0; var gc = 'white'; for (t = 4; t < sepOpts.inkList.length; t ++) {     alert(sepOpts.inkList .name)     alert(sepOpts.inkList .inkInfo.printingStatus)                  if (sepOpts.inkList .inkInfo.printingStatus == InkPrintStatus.ENABLEINK) {                                inkEn = sepOpts.inkList ;                 c++;       colorPanels = colorGroup.add("group");       colorPanels.alignChildren = "left";        colorPanels.add ("statictext", [0, 0, 100, 12], sepOpts.inkList .name);     var yes = colorPanels.add("checkbox", undefined, 'Print');     colorPanels.add("checkbox", undefined, 'Halftone');        for (l=0; l < colorsOnScreen.length; l++) {             if (sepOpts.inkList .name == colorsOnScreen ) {             yes.value = true;         }           }         u++;       if (yes.value != true) {            // the garment color is the one we are not outputting. In rare instances of not outputting more than one color, it's a guess.       gc = sepOpts.inkList .name;           }              } } var colorCheck = gc.indexOf ('PMS'); var spotCheck = gc.substr (0, 4); if (colorCheck > 1) {        gc = gc.substr(0,colorCheck - 1);        } else if (spotCheck == 'SPOT') {        gc = gc.substr(5,gc.length);     } var nameGroup = myWindow.add("group"); nameGroup.orientation = "row"; nameGroup.add ("statictext", undefined, "File:"); // put file name preview here var myText = nameGroup.add ("edittext", undefined, updatedPath); myText.characters = 80; myText.active = false; nameGroup.add ("statictext", undefined, "Garment:"); var myText2 = nameGroup.add ("edittext", undefined, gc); myText2.characters = 20; myText2.active = true; var okButton = nameGroup.add ("button", undefined, "OK"); nameGroup.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel"); if (myWindow.show () == 1) { for(v=0; v < colorPanels.length; v ++) {                   if (colorPanels .children[1].value == false) {             //turn off print                         for (m = 0; m < inkEn.length; m ++) {                                    if (inkEn .name == colorPanels .children[0].text) {                                            inkEn .inkInfo.printingStatus = InkPrintStatus.DISABLEINK;                                                }                                        }                     }         else {             //check half tones             if (colorPanels .children[2].value == true) {                                for (m = 0; m < inkEn.length; m ++) {                                          if (inkEn .name == colorPanels .children[0].text) {                                        inkEn .inkInfo.angle = 30;                       inkEn .inkInfo.frequency = 42;                                          }                                            }                                }                        }        };   // add garment color to the end of file name, delete everything after parenthesis, turn periods to hyphens or underscore              docPath = decodeURI( '//fileserver/SpoolFolder/' + myText.text + ' on ' + myText2.text + ' ' + numbers + '.ps' );                docPath2 = decodeURI( '//fileserver/ImageFolder/' + myText.text + ' on ' + myText2.text + ' ' + numbers + '.ps' );                // inkEn           jobOpts.file = File( docPath );         app.activeDocument.print( opts );                  jobOpts.file = File( docPath2 );         app.activeDocument.print( opts );     }      } else {        alert('CMYK COLOR DETECTED','Crap');        } }; So yea, for this to work correctly I would need to have the right print area before it prints. Through UI you can select a print preset and hit 'done' instead of print, been trying to find a way to do that through script, have not yet. Send Keys is always an option but that leaves room for error. Tried looking for a way that Illustrator always has a print preset active no matter what file you open, haven't found that either. An alternative would be to compare the inklist before and after print has taken place and then alert the user if it's different, but that would still create some work by having to go and delete files, and I want as little work as possible lol. Guess I could randomly print something at the beginning and then define the inklist but that would be poopy having to print extra files. So close yet so far. I'm done for the day, take care everyone! ... View more