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January 17, 2019
Question

adding/loading a script in an action

  • January 17, 2019
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hi all

i'm not familiar with scripts at all and a quick search didnt result much in similar question except one from 8yrs ago which said it cant, but maybe since then there were some changes.

is it possible to include a script in the action?

i've tried recording an action and loaded the script but didnt show up. i'm afraid it still can't but maybe theres a work around?

the script im using basically searches for paths smaller than x length, which takes ages to run for complex images, and i need to do it on way too many images to do one by one, so i was hoping for some automation.

cheers

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Participant
March 17, 2020

Hi Lee8x,

 

I've just had the same problem that, when recording my action, he doesn't seem to add the script I selected.

 

I found a fix that works for me so and I hope it works for you aswell.

Under the "Actions" tab press the 3 horizontal lines in the upper right corner. Click on "Insert Menu Item...". Now load the script like you would do for the Action recording. This should add the script to your Action. Hope it's clear to you and hope it works for you as it works for me.

 

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 17, 2019

It's possible to include a script into an action since years. The only issue was: after restart Illustrator - the script was no longer in the action.

This issue was fixed with Illustrator version CC 2018

Lee_SKAuthor
Known Participant
January 17, 2019

on my desktop i have cc2015 (v.19) and i cant seem to do make it work. should it be located in the default script folder maybe? cause i load it from a custom folder of mine.

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 17, 2019

?

Please describe a bit more in detail what do you do and furthermore what exactly do you want.