that guy downloaded a html file (1200KB) instead of js (97KB). That's how "Save link as " works on Github. ... View more

The context is quite simple: that guy has issues with effects and transparencies. He can fix effects issues with the plugin. But obviously he can't fix transparencies issues with the plugin. ... View more

Huh? ... View more

Huh?     ... View more

I don't have mac. ... View more

Kind of?   ... View more

Another options is to make a plugin which handles new layer creation event. But unfortunately I have only a Win platform.   ... View more

Yeah, I made  a quick prototype. I can upload an aip file for Win platform a bit later. ... View more

Do you need something like this?   ... View more

100 files will take 100 seconds to copy/paste from excel and place into Illustrator. Or you can write a script which would read a text file previously exported from Excel, make a text array from text lines and add placedItems with PlacedItem.file property. ... View more

WIn32: https://goo.gl/tFRNDu app.sendScriptMessage ("My_plugin_name", "Bleed", 15); //some test selectors app.sendScriptMessage ("My_plugin_name", "ifMasked", 0); // checks selected object for opacity mask; returns string "is masked"    or "is NOT masked" app.sendScriptMessage ("My_plugin_name", "countSelection", 0); // returns num of all selected objects ... View more

The problem is sendscriptmessage cant directly pass arthandle to plugin. So the only workaround is to pass selection, then plugin catches selection and checks for needed conditions. ... View more

Win64, CC-CC2015. https://goo.gl/YE1Vah Usage: app.sendScriptMessage ("My_plugin_name", "mySelector",  15); // where 15  is bleedoffset in points. ... View more

View - preview on CPU. ... View more

Switch from gpu to cpu preview ... View more

From the theoretical point of view, circles and real arcs (as well as sine curves) can not be drawn using cubic bezier curves (Michael Goldapp, "Approximation of circular arcs by cubic polynomials"). The radial error in this approximation by bezier curves will be about 0.0273% of the circle's radius. So the answer could be: circles and arcs can not be "distinguished" as it's not possible to draw them in illustrator. But we live in the real world. So the keyword here is tolerance. ... View more

Cumon, mister President Patterson, it's as easy as 1 2 3 🙂 Line - 2 points, zero area; circle - check the relation between length and area(you know, 2pi*r, pi*r*r); arc - 2 points, the same, boring. I'm playing now with sine curves,this is a real pain in the back fun. ... View more

LOL I think it's a better option. I'd like to be a good coder rather than a good illustrator. ... View more

2moluaple: Seems it's possible (with native limitations of SDK). The code in C++ is simple: if (strcmp(selector, "Selector1") == 0){ //do one function } else if (strcmp(selector, "Selector2") ==0) { //do 2nd } etc. So one can just send different selectors to plugin to run different functions. ... View more

Good news is that it's possible to implement for scripting any feature, offered by SDK(pixel calculation, dividing bezier curves, finding duplicates etc). For example, you can write pixel calculation in plugin, make it available for scriptmessage. Then you just run, say, such a string: colorTextString = app.sendScriptMessage ("PluginName", "Calculate_average", ""); and get average color for gradient object or rasterimage (in text string, but it's no problem to parse it). Keep in mind, that sendscriptmessage can not only send information to plugin, but also receive. Bad news: plugins are platform-dependent and currently I can compile for Win only. ... View more

"Make Javascript great again!" That was hard, but once made, always can be made. ... View more

Never used sendScriptMessage, need to take a look. ... View more

The other option is to install Xcode in virtual machine or Hackintosh. ... View more

The difference is I can compile for Windows only But the C++ code for Mac should be the same. The meaningful part of code is below. int bleedOffset; //let the bleed be integer, why not     ifstream infile ("C:\\Tom_Subscriber\\data.txt"); //read the number from txt file. It's presumed that JS script has already written  the number into it;     infile >> bleedOffset;        AIRealRect myRect; //lets make bleeds symmetrical     myRect.right = bleedOffset;     myRect.left = bleedOffset;     myRect.top = bleedOffset;     myRect.bottom = bleedOffset;     error = sAIDocument->SetDocumentBleeds (myRect); // command to set bleeds. As you can see, there's no dialog, input from txt file. The plugin adds a command to the Objects menu. ... View more