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‎May 04, 2021
03:51 PM
1 Upvote
Works! Thanks F for the help. Sometimes after looking at the same thing for an hour it takes another set of eyes.
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‎May 04, 2021
03:11 PM
Figured out! The text can not be grouped with another object. Otherwise it can not find it. Still not sure why it works when specing a specific artboard, but I have it working now.
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‎May 04, 2021
02:52 PM
Yes. I get alerts for each artboard as well as each TextFrame. Just reset my machine as well to make sure its not a cache issue. Still no go. Looks like its totally jumping over the if statement to change by textFrame.
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‎May 04, 2021
01:06 PM
Hey All. Its been a while but I am really struggling with this function. This seems to work when I give the ActiveArtboardIndex a specific number, but when using a loop the text object will not change. Can anyone give me some insite as to why this will only work with a specific number and not the loop input? var idoc = activeDocument; var artbs = idoc.artboards; for (var i = artbs.length-1 ; i >= 0; i--) { idoc.selection = null; artbs.setActiveArtboardIndex(i); idoc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard(); for(var j = 0; j < idoc.selection.length; j++){ if ( idoc.selection[j].typename == "TextFrame" && idoc.selection[j].contents == 'ABR'){ idoc.selection[j].contents = artbs[i].name; } } }
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‎Feb 08, 2019
11:06 AM
What am I doing wrong here? This works with simple xml files (bookstore example) but not with the variables used from Illustrator. Please Help! xmlFile = File('~/Desktop/singles program/xmlDrop/testSimple.xml'); xmlFile.open(); var myString = xmlFile.read(); xmlFile.close(); myXml = new XML(); myXml = XML(myString); media_block = myXml.xpath('//v:sampleDataSets/v:sampleDataSet' ); alert( media_block.child("OrderNumber").toString() ); <v:sampleDataSets xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/GenericCustomNamespace/1.0/" xmlns:v="http://ns.adobe.com/Variables/1.0/"> <v:sampleDataSet dataSetName="sampleDataset"> <OrderNumber> <p>108033</p> </OrderNumber> <Name> <p>BACK NAME</p> </Name> <FrontNumber> <p>0</p> </FrontNumber> <BackNumber> <p>0</p> </BackNumber> <IDNumber></IDNumber> <XS-Cut>true</XS-Cut> <XS-Accent>true</XS-Accent> <S-Cut>false</S-Cut> <S-Accent>true</S-Accent> <M-Cut>true</M-Cut> <M-Accent>true</M-Accent> <L-Cut>false</L-Cut> <L-Accent>true</L-Accent> <XL-Cut>false</XL-Cut> <XL-Accent>true</XL-Accent> <XXL-Cut>false</XXL-Cut> <XXL-Accent>true</XXL-Accent> <XXXL-Cut>false</XXXL-Cut> <XXXL-Accent>true</XXXL-Accent> <XXXXL-Cut>false</XXXXL-Cut> <XXXXL-Accent>true</XXXXL-Accent> <designID> <p>designID</p> </designID> <fontName> <p>fontName</p> </fontName> </v:sampleDataSet> </v:sampleDataSets> Message was edited by: Jeremy DeBoer
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‎Jan 01, 2019
11:23 AM
I think I just needed a refresher. The selection needed to be made a second time before applying. Thanks for your help.
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‎Dec 28, 2018
07:53 AM
This selects the text needed to apply the characterStyle. This is what I worked on today. The selection of the text item happens but it looks like the characterStyles are being applied before the selection takes place. Any help would be greatly appreciated. function findAndApply( textName , toApply ){ var idoc = app.activeDocument; var sel = selection[0]; for (var i = 0; i < idoc.pageItems.length; i++) { pageItemNote = idoc.pageItems.note; if (pageItemNote == textName) { idoc.pageItems[textName].selected = true; idoc.characterStyles.getByName(toApply).applyTo( sel.textRange, true ); } } }; findAndApply("Front Text" , "Ftext");
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‎Dec 27, 2018
09:49 AM
function findNote( note , toApply ){ var idoc = app.activeDocument; var text = selection[0]; for (var i = 0; i < idoc.pageItems.length; i++) { pageItemNote = idoc.pageItems; if(pageItemNote.note == note){ idoc.selection = pageItemNote; alert(note + " " + toApply); idoc.characterStyles.getByName(toApply).applyTo( text.textRange, true ); activeDocument.selection = null; } } }; var LnFront = 'Front Text'; var LnBack = 'Back Text'; var PnFront = 'FText'; var PnBack = 'BText'; findNote(LnFront , PnFront); findNote(LnBack , PnBack); Can someone tell me what I am missing here. The runs only the first function "findNote(LnFront, PnFront)", then when run again "findNote(LnBack, PnBack)" tells me the selected is not an object. But is selected as well the correct characterStyle name ??
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‎Dec 22, 2018
01:23 PM
One more question. What am I doing wrong here?? Trying to apply style to selected text. For some reason this works sometimes but not every time. var idoc = app.activeDocument; var text = selection[0]; idoc.characterStyles.getByName( 'BNumber' ).applyTo( text.textRange );
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‎Dec 22, 2018
10:20 AM
Thanks Carlos. I figured, after scouring the internet and finding the original post. It would be nice to have but I get the restrictions.
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‎Dec 21, 2018
03:04 PM
Thanks Pixxxel. Not totally what I was looking for but I'm glad it helped RC. I have been using actions instead of scripting for some things. I have noticed that a few things run faster through actions than scripts. For instance the find note is much faster in actions. I was looking for a solution to use the actions file as almost an include to access and run as needed. This also will bypass any features you can't use in scripting like graphics styles. Have you run across anything like this? It looks like it can be done in Photoshop from the original post.
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‎Dec 17, 2018
03:26 PM
I'm looking for a way to record (add) a characterStyle from one textItem and apply it to another. I haven't done much with character scripting so I'm really not sure where to start. var idoc = app.activeDocument; //loop through characterAttributes to get and add current selected style? doc.characterStyles.add("MyStyle"); selected = idoc.selection; //Select and Apply to selected text idoc.characterStyles.getByName("MyStyle").applyTo( selected );
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‎Dec 15, 2018
02:20 PM
Not to open an old thread but. Is there a way of doing this in illustrator as well? I have a large library of actions and it takes quite some time to load. [ moved from Photoshop Scripting nach Illustrator Scripting by moderator ] [ previous discussion: Javascript to run .atn file? ]
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‎Apr 10, 2018
08:20 PM
Carlos. Your great! Thanks for the help. With a little work I was able to check the specific variable see if it had been bound. As well I am working on a loop though all variables to make sure they are correctly linked. Thanks A bunch.
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‎Apr 06, 2018
08:00 AM
Update on trueVariables. This works but am having an issue. When the variable is found to have no contents, the script will add and link an extra variable of the same name? Any ideas? function trueVariable() { var idoc = app.activeDocument; var mainLayer = idoc.layers; var orderVar = idoc.variables.getByName('textVariable1'); var mainText= mainLayer["Text Layer"]; var ftext = mainText.textFrames["Text Sub Layer"]; if (ftext.name = "Text Sub Layer") { ftext.selected = true; } var sel = idoc.selection; try { for (i=0; i<sel.length; i++) { var itext = sel; if (itext.typename=="TextFrame") { itext.contentVariable = orderVar; } } } catch (e) { } };
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‎Mar 14, 2018
04:07 PM
Thanks for pointing out I was missing part of my operator = ha. Works!!
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‎Mar 14, 2018
09:41 AM
So I made some progress on this. I can't get it to pass if not linked though. If linked it will alert LINKED but won't pass to else if not linked. Any input would be helpful. var idoc = app.activeDocument; var linkedVariable = idoc.variables.getByName('subText').pageItems; var layers = idoc.layers; var textLayer = layers["Text Layer"]; var subText = textLayer.textFrames["Text Frame"]; for (var i = linkedVariable.length-1 ; i >= 0; i--) { if (linkedVariable.name = "Text Frame") { alert ("Variable Linked") ; } else { subText.selected = true ; alert ("Selected"); } }
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‎Mar 14, 2018
07:23 AM
This is correct and does work (tested) but when I write the exception for a specific swatch ES gives me "can't find name". Although I get the name with an alert? var myColor = app.activeDocument.swatches; var len = myColor.length - 1; for( i=len; i>0; i-- ){ if (myColor.name = "My Swatch" ){ } else { myColor.remove(); } }
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‎Mar 13, 2018
04:55 PM
Why does this half work?? removeAll works but I need to delete specifics through a loop. var myColor = app.activeDocument.swatches; for( i=0; i<myColor.length; i++ ){ var currentItem = myColor; currentItem.remove(); }
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‎Mar 08, 2018
07:39 PM
Thanks V. maybe I asked this question wrong. How do you check to see if the variable is bound to an object? Or more specifically a textFrame?
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‎Mar 08, 2018
01:27 PM
Hey All, Since there is not allot of information on variable content out there, how can you check if the variable has any content? Do you have to first have it linked to textObject or can it be checked via if or try? This does the job but duplicates the variable when not found. Easier solution?? function relinkvariable(){ var idoc = app.activeDocument; var mainLayer = idoc.layers; var textLayer= mainLayer["text layer"]; var ftext = textLayer.textFrames["Front"]; if (ftext.name = "Front") { ftext.selected = true; } var sel = idoc.selection; for (i=0; i<sel.length; i++) { var itext = sel; if (itext.typename =="TextFrame") { var frontText = activeDocument.variables.getByName('variable1'); itext.contentVariable = frontText; } } }; try { relinkvariable(); } catch (e) { } }
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‎Feb 26, 2018
03:48 PM
Thanks V. Again. Got it figured out. Replacing all placedItems with a link now. var idoc = app.activeDocument; idoc.selection = null; var server = "/Users/Desktop"; var myFile = File ( server + "/" + "graphic.psd" ); for(var a=0; a<idoc.placedItems.length; a++){ var currentItem = idoc.placedItems; currentItem.selected = true; } selected = idoc.selection; if ( selected.length > 0 ) { for ( i = 2 ; i<selected.length ; i++ ) { var placedGraphic = selected; placedGraphic.file = myFile; } };
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‎Feb 26, 2018
07:18 AM
Then using the name would be a better idea for relinking. But when I use the name property it comes back blank? Am I forgetting something? alert(placedGraphic.name);
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‎Feb 25, 2018
11:16 AM
Hey All, Trying to write a script that can replace placedItems by URL but having trouble with getting the loop to return the url to me. This is what I have so far. Can someone please show me what I am doing wrong. function replaceByURL(){ var idoc = app.activeDocument; var server = "/Users/Desktop"; var file = File (server + "/" + "graphic.pdf"); placedGraphic = idoc.placedItems; for (i=0 ; i<placedGraphic.length ; i++ ) { alert(placedGraphic.url); // This will eventually replace placedItem by url } }; replaceByURL()
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‎Feb 21, 2018
06:45 AM
At most its only 2 files and both stay open until the process is complete. Batch processing gets tricky with illustrator. I do most of my processing via javascript loop and hot folder not using the batch tool that illustrator has.
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‎Feb 20, 2018
03:20 PM
Thanks V. It is happening when I open document. This snip runs to change text on all parts of my product. About 50 different text fields. I try to make a point of including activeDoc variables in most functions as it doesn't always pull it from outside of the function if processing or the doc being closed.
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‎Feb 20, 2018
11:43 AM
1 Upvote
Thanks for the snippit Will. I tried your solution and it works just fine. I think like V said, walking on eggshells. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. For the time being before your reply I put a small line in there that unlocks everything before the operation starts. Solved the problem so far. app.executeMenuCommand('unlockAll'); I'm not sure how reliable these MenuCommands are, but they have proven to work well for global things.
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