is there way to Place artboard name at respective text layer by script?

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
September 5, 2023
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Hello Friends,

I am into makeing many ID cards, and I renamed all Artobards based on Placed pictures on it. all the Artbords name I want to place at repective text layer(which have its own text style) on each resepective artboard

Scripting

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Correct answer Sergey Osokin

Then you need to give the text frame a unique name so that the script can find it.

main();

function main() {
  var tfName = 'name'; // Your text frame name
  if (!documents.length) return;
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  for (var i = 0, len = doc.artboards.length; i < len; i++) {
    doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
    replaceTextFrame(doc.artboards[i], tfName);
  }
}

function replaceTextFrame(ab, tfName) {
  app.activeDocument.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
  for (var i = 0, len = app.selection.length; i < len; i++) {
    var item = app.selection[i];
    if (item.name === tfName && item.typename === 'TextFrame') {
      item.contents = ab.name;
    }
  }
  app.selection = null;
}

Sergey Osokin

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This is a thread about Adobe Illustrator. OP is working with artboards in AI.

j.khakaseAuthor

Inspiring

Perfect!, Thank you so much @Sergey Osokin I was looking the same. you saved my many clicks.

Sergey Osokin

Inspiring

Not all the details are clear from the screenshot. You have artboards that already have names and you want to replace Name Surname with the name of the artboard? Does the artboard have other text frames, or does the artboard contain a single text frame that needs to be replaced?

j.khakaseAuthor

Inspiring

Each artboards can have multiple text frames, but I want showcase artboard names at only selected resepective text field, where I can apply my custom text style to define their look

Sergey OsokinCorrect answer

Inspiring

Then you need to give the text frame a unique name so that the script can find it.

main();

function main() {
  var tfName = 'name'; // Your text frame name
  if (!documents.length) return;
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  for (var i = 0, len = doc.artboards.length; i < len; i++) {
    doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
    replaceTextFrame(doc.artboards[i], tfName);
  }
}

function replaceTextFrame(ab, tfName) {
  app.activeDocument.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
  for (var i = 0, len = app.selection.length; i < len; i++) {
    var item = app.selection[i];
    if (item.name === tfName && item.typename === 'TextFrame') {
      item.contents = ab.name;
    }
  }
  app.selection = null;
}

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