check if the path exists

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February 7, 2025
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I want to check if the path exists
I need this script in javascript no uxp
this is what I tried but it doesn't work.

try { app.activeDocument.paths["TEST"]; 
    alert("ok"); 
    
    } catch(e) { 
    alert("ko"); 
        
        }

Actions and scripting

Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

If it is about a path with a specific name try

try {var thePath = activeDocument.pathItems.getByName("TEST");
    alert ("ok")}
catch (e) {alert ("ko")}

c.pfaffenbichler

Correct answer

Community Expert

If it is about a path with a specific name try

try {var thePath = activeDocument.pathItems.getByName("TEST");
    alert ("ok")}
catch (e) {alert ("ko")}

C

CiccillottoAuthor

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Stephen Marsh

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@Ciccillotto

You need to check the pathItems collection, here it is in a conditional:

if (app.activeDocument.pathItems.length) {
    alert("Paths exist...");
} else {
    alert("No paths exist...");
}

With modified code, you can also check explicitly for various path kinds such as "PathKind.WORKPATH" or "PathKind.NORMALPATH" or a "PathKind.CLIPPINGPATH".

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CiccillottoAuthor

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Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

THANK YOU

By @Ciccillotto

You're welcome, I only answered for a generic test of any path as I didn't read your code properly (when I saw paths instead of pathItems I stopped reading, sorry). The post from @c.pfaffenbichler was better as it was explicitly for a named path.

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