Duplicate object until artboard boundary is reached

Its not pretty, but it works!

Not sure this will help anyone as the task is very specific.

I am using this to prepare labels for print on a paper roll. The artboard width is limited by the roll width.

The height limit is not important, as the setup document usually has only 2 rows.

Below is the code:

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if (app.selection[0] != null) {

    //move object to start position

    app.activeDocument.pageItems[0].position = [28.347,-11.338]

    //Make duplicates horizontally

  var myDoc = app.activeDocument,

        selectedArt = myDoc.selection[0],

  limit = Math.floor ((app.activeDocument.width-56.688)/(app.activeDocument.selection[0].width+34.016)-1) ,

  horOffset = app.activeDocument.selection[0].width+34.016,  // set horizontal offset: selection width+12mm

  myDuplicate,

  i = 0;

  for (i;i < limit; i++){

  myDuplicate = selectedArt.duplicate();

  myDuplicate.position = [selectedArt.position[0] + horOffset * (i + 1), selectedArt.position[1]];

        }

  }

// Duplicates one row down

if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {

docSelection = app.activeDocument.selection;

if ( docSelection.length > 0 ) {

newGroup = app.activeDocument.groupItems.add();

for ( i = 0; i < docSelection.length; i++ ) {

newItem = docSelection.duplicate();

newItem.moveToBeginning( newGroup );

newItem.top = newItem.top - newItem.height - 17.008;

}

}

}

else {

  alert("You must have the object you want to duplicate selected.");

  }

The funny thing is I am not sure why the duplication of one row down works

Also if the art is on the wrong layer, the object will not be moved to the correct start point.