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Set unit preferences (Javascript)

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August 12, 2014
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I can't find a way to set the unit preferences for Illustrator CS6/CC using JavaScript.

I found that this works (setting units for stroke):

var units = 2; // 0-inches, 1-milllimeters, 2-points

app.preferences.setIntegerPreference("strokeUnits", units)

But I want to set the ruler units ("General" in the interface), and this does not work:

app.preferences.setIntegerPreference("rulerUnits", units)

Any help?

Peter

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Correct answer Ten A

Hi,

We can set ruler unit using "rulerType" key not "rulerUnit".

Check below script:

var units = 0; //(0 to 6)

app.preferences.setIntegerPreference("rulerType", units);

/*Unit list

0 : point

1 : pica

2 : inch

3 : mm

4 : cm

5 : H/Q

6 : px

*/

Ten

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PBossensAuthor

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Ten,

Yes, this works, finally! Thank you very much with this simple but poorly documented feature.

I noticed that the unit mapping is: 0: inches, 1: mm, 2: points, 3: pica, 4: cm, 5: custom, 6: pixels

Regards,

Peter

Ten A

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Oops! Apologies for my mistake.

I'll update my documentation, Thanks.

Ten

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Michael Trim

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Where can I find the documentation for all preference set via the setIntegerPreference and similar methods on app.preferences ?