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February 28, 2012
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Get swatch name for character

  • February 28, 2012
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Hello,

I'm needing to loop through each character of a text frame and check the color of each character.  Is it possible to get the swatch name of each character?  Or can you only get the red, green, blue values?

I've been experimenting with:

app.activeDocument.textFrames[0].characters[3].characterAttributes.fillColor.typename;

// Returns SpotColor

But I can't figure out how to get the swatch name of the character this way?

Thanks.

Jay

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Correct answer CarlosCanto

spot colors have a property to get the name

alert(app.activeDocument.textFrames[0].characters[3].characterAttributes.fillColor.spot.name);

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CarlosCanto
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CarlosCantoCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 28, 2012

spot colors have a property to get the name

alert(app.activeDocument.textFrames[0].characters[3].characterAttributes.fillColor.spot.name);
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j2112jAuthor
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February 29, 2012

Thank you, CarlosCanto!  This was exactly what I needed!  :-)

Jay

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