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Doug Habben
Doug Habben
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August 17, 2015
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sAIDictionary->MoveEntryToArt & DeleteEntry do not delete entries from dictionary

  • August 17, 2015
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I am working on a plug-in for Mac CS6 and CC that swaps art objects into and out of the document dictionary. I am finding that MoveEntryToArt and DeleteEntry are not removing the dictionary entries and so the document size continues to increase with the added but not removed entries. Any insights appreciated.

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L
LeoTaro
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August 27, 2015

Are you releasing all your dictionary references?

Doug Habben
Doug HabbenAuthor
Known Participant
August 27, 2015

Yes

L
LeoTaro
Inspiring
August 27, 2015

I just tried the following code

  AIDictionaryRef dict = NULL;

  err = sAIDocument->GetDictionary(&dict);

  AIDictKey key = sAIDictionary->Key("My key");

  err = sAIDictionary->SetIntegerEntry(dict,key,99);

  AIDictKey otherkey = sAIDictionary->Key("My other key");

  err = sAIDictionary->SetIntegerEntry(dict,otherkey,33);

  AIDictKey extrakey = sAIDictionary->Key("My extra key");

  err = sAIDictionary->SetIntegerEntry(dict,extrakey,77);

  sAIDictionary->DeleteEntry(dict,otherkey);

  err = sAIDictionary->Release(dict);

I then saved the document as an uncompressed AI file (turn off Use Compression in Illustrator Options when saving). In the ai file, I can find "My key" and "My extra key", but not "My other key" so the delete seems to work for me.

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