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Inspiring
January 26, 2023
Question

how find plugin items

  • January 26, 2023
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Hi, I have some files which open with a message that "some art objects use a plugin that is not available"

However, document.pluginItems is emtpy. How could I detect which art items are affected

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CarlosCanto
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 26, 2023

can you share a sample file? 

docRef.pluginItems should work

Inspiring
January 27, 2023

Hi CarlosCanto,

 

I started with the finding that doc.pluginItems.length was zero.

I will try later how the file behaves on a computer where the plugin is installed

Inspiring
January 28, 2023

Hi, it turns out that neither pluginItems nor the select menu find the effect, on a machine with the plugin, as well as without. Also going to symbol edit mode does not help. The plugin use can be seen inside the attributes panel, as an fx entry.

However, the plugin maker has a tool to locate affected items

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 26, 2023

The (free) plugin SelectMenu can detect Plugin art https://rj-graffix.com/downloads/plugins/#selectmenu

I don't know if that is also possible with scripts.

Inspiring
January 26, 2023

Hi, this seems to be a valuable addition. Unfortunately, it does not seem to find plugin art inside symbols

Met1
Legend
January 26, 2023

I'm guessing "document.pluginItems is emtpy" because "some art objects use a plugin that is not available".

You'll need to go back to the source file/creator and see what was used, assuming it wasn't you that created it.