Illustrator Scripting Memory issues - Catch Pop up errors

Question

I’m working with a batch script that processes and expands plugin items. The problem, is when I have over 100 open, app.executeMenuCommand("expandStyle") throws a popup message “Can’t Ungroup the objects.” I can’t skip this by placing the menu command in a try catch. No matter how much sleep and redraw I add to the document it won’t catch up either.

I think I’m experiencing an illustrator memory issue, is there a way to capture this error when it fails so that I can at least get notified in a more descriptive way?

TySprice · Answer

You could try something like this:app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;var pluginItemCount = app.activeDocument.pluginItems.length;app.executeMenuCommand("expandStyle");if(app.activeDocument.pluginItems.length == pluginItemCount) {alert(String(app.freeMemory));}else {//Continue with whatever you need to do with the expanded plugin items}app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DISPLAYALERTS;

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