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bornmodern
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April 2, 2013
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fill color using a script.

  • April 2, 2013
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I'm trying to create a script in CS5 mac os10.6.8 that will change the fill color of selected pathItems. I need a simple script that will change a selected pathItem to cmyk values 2,3,15,0. I will then select this script and implement the action in a batch of 600 files.

I wish this process could be recorded as an action but when I record the action "add new swatch" I have to manually input the cmyk values, which will take forever for a batch of over 600 files.

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Correct answer pixxxelschubser

It's really better, to work with swatches.

If you work without swatches, then try it e.g. like this:

var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var col = new CMYKColor();
col.cyan = 100;
col.magenta = 0;
col.yellow = 0;
col.black = 0;
var FirstPath = aDoc.selection[0]; // a pathItem must be selected before running the script
//FirstPath.filled = true;
FirstPath.fillColor = col;
redraw();

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bornmodernAuthor
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April 2, 2013

This is what I came up with by pulling from different sources but without any knowledge of javascript, it does not work at all

function colorDoc( file ) {

          var  col;

          col = cmykColor( 2, 3,15,0 );

          doc.pathItems.fillColor = col;

          };

Larry G. Schneider
Community Expert
Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 2, 2013

This works in CS6.

var docRef = app.activeDocument;

var  col;

var col = new CMYKColor();

col.cyan = 2;

col.magenta = 3;

col.yellow = 15;

col.black = 0;

// Create the new swatch using the above color

var swatch = docRef.swatches.add();

swatch.color = col;

swatch.name = "col";

// Apply the swatch to a new path item

var pathRef = docRef.pathItems[0];

pathRef.filled = true;

pathRef.fillColor = swatch.color;

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bornmodernAuthor
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April 3, 2013

Thank you Larry for your fast response!!

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