Can you make a dashed line with alternating colors instead of a gap?

[Maple Stirrup]

I know you can trick it to appear like 2 colors, but I also want to work with transparency, which using something along the lines of 2 lines would interfere with how the transparency works.

Part 2 is I'm trying to add 4 lines around the perimeter of the artboard, which seems like it should be easy enough, but I haven't started yet.  I have the artboard rect already defined as variables so it should be easy enough, it looks like adding 4 path items (I don't want a rectangle, as adding a line for each side of the artboard will be optional)  I just don't want to start wrong and have to start over, it should be easy enough?

[pixxxelschubser]

Please show an example (I do not understand fullfully what you mean)

[Vee Cel · Accepted solution]

Part 1: That's a great idea.
I'm not in front of my home computer so I can't provide a solution with a screenshot but I'm sure that it can work. It can be done with 1 line with two strokes (via Appearance). I believe the key to making it work is to use a gap to create an empty space for the 2nd color.

I'll get home in a couple of hours and upload an example.

I hope that helps answer Part 1. I really don't understand what you're looking for in Part 2. BTW, are you looking for scripting solutions?

[Maple Stirrup]

Hey thanks, part two was just pointing me in the right direction of how to create this line in a script,

I want to create this line around the outside of my artboard, so 4 of these lines, which would be the length of and aligned to the edge of the artboard, and I haven't ever done that before.  I know I've started creating things inefficiently before, maybe even every time, so I was hoping for a clean and easy way, as opposed to a clunky long way, and hopefully I won't have to start this part over.