How to speed up the jsx execution in Illustrator?

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December 19, 2023
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I have a jsx script that inserts lots of svg into Illustrator, the task took about seven seconds. It's too slow, I want to speed up my script, so any advice? prevent UI updating while execution or jsx to C++ code?

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CarlosCanto

Community Expert

you're on the right track, hide tools, control bar and panels by pressing TAB key. Or go full screen (F).

Switching to Outline View (Ctrl+Y) also speeds up screen redrawing.

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LoveYou阿逗逼6666Author

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@CarlosCanto How to switch to Outline View by jsx? thks a lot.

Sergey Osokin

Inspiring

There is no specific command for outline view. The following command works as a toggle between Preview and Outline modes. If you were in Preview mode in the UI when you ran the script, the first execution of this command will definitely switch to Outline. For Adobe Illustrator CS6+

app.executeMenuCommand('preview');

m1b

Community Expert

Hi @LoveYou阿逗逼6666, the less you interact with the DOM the faster things will be, generally. So you can try to do more of your code with vanilla ExtendScript objects. Try to avoid anything that "selects" objects, uses menus or actions, or causes window redraw. Otherwise I don't have specific advice without seeing your code.

And yes: if you use C++ code via the SDK that will speed things up a lot.

- Mark

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LoveYou阿逗逼6666Author

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Is there any way to do jsx script without Illustrator UI?

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