Set visibility and select sublayers via CSV

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Hey All,  I've previously asked this with objects and it works, but I have since realized that layers & sublayers are the better way for me to do this as I need to create clipping masks using the selections. I'm using Illustrator CS6 and a mac.I need to figure out how to load and select a specific column from the CSV to set visibility of and select specific sublayers. CSV File: printfile.csvFor artboard Front:-Show only the sublayers found in the csv column “frontVisible” , each of the sublayers are listed in a cell  separated by a comma ,-Once visibility is set, I need to select 1st & 2nd array items. I will run a resize script below from Jduncan and then I would like to select all of the visible layers in the artboard so I can create a clipping mask. I've tried a few different ways to load the data from the csv and I am doing something wrong because it does not work. here is one that I have tried. function select () {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var outlinesFrame = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("frontVisible");
var outlinesArray = outlinesFrame.contents.split(/,/g);
for(i=0;i<len;i++)
{
   lay= app.activeDocument.layers.getByName("frontVisible");
   lay.hasSelectedArtwork=true;  
    }
}
select(); Any help would be appreciated.Thanks!

sttk3 · Accepted Answer

This is the whole thing I want to do, but I have the harder ones sorted now, its just the initial selection that I'm trying to determine if it can be done with layers & an array or not.

So there are four different artboards but the process is close the the same for each.  As an example, here is the process I was thinking of:
CSV File: printfile . csv
For artboard Front:
-Show only the sublayers found in the csv column “frontVisible” , an array separated by a “;”

-Select all active layers

-Run resize & align script on specific layers ---DONE
-Create a clipping mask with the top object ---DONE
-for Sidepanels layer, use csv data from columns sidepanelColour, sidepanelStrokeWeight, sidepanelStrokeColour to adjust the layer if not blank (not that big of a deal to be scripted, I can just do this before running the variables)
-use variables from the csv to assign font colour and stroke to the variable text (not that big of a deal to be scripted, I can just do this before running the variables)
-rescale artboard to fit art --done
-rotate everything 90 degrees -- done
-save a copy as a pdf, rbg 1998 colour, preserve spot colours --- done

Thank you for your response. Now I will provide you with a part that may be useful. This is not a script that will directly generate the result you expect after execution, but it will work as an example of the operation you want to do.

// unlock all locked object
app.executeMenuCommand('unlockAll') ;

// show all hidden object
app.executeMenuCommand('showAll') ;

// select all editable object
app.executeMenuCommand('selectall') ;


// get sublayers and make them editable
var doc = app.activeDocument ;
var frontVisibleLayer = doc.layers.getByName('frontVisible') ;

var frontVisibleContents = 'layer 1;layer 2' ;
var frontVisibleSublayerNames = frontVisibleContents.split(';') ;
for(var i = 0, len = frontVisibleSublayerNames.length ; i < len ; i++) {
  var currentSublayer = frontVisibleLayer.layers.getByName(frontVisibleSublayerNames[i]) ;

  // make a sublayer editable
  currentSublayer.locked = false ;
  currentSublayer.visible = true ;
}

JustMeTrying5564 · Answer

Is this something that just isn't possible via CSV & sublayers?

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