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matthews63743827
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December 7, 2017
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Script for place item in Illustrator?

  • December 7, 2017
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I am trying to write a script for Illustrator that takes an image from a specific location on my computer and place it on my artboard.  This script should be pretty simple, but I can't seem to find an example of it anywhere?

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Mat

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      Correct answer matthews63743827

      I found the answer to this:

      if ( app.documents.length > 0) {

          doc = app.activeDocument;

      var placedItem = doc.placedItems.add();

      placedItem.file = new File("image.jpg");

      }

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      matthews63743827AuthorCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      December 7, 2017

      I found the answer to this:

      if ( app.documents.length > 0) {

          doc = app.activeDocument;

      var placedItem = doc.placedItems.add();

      placedItem.file = new File("image.jpg");

      }

      Ton Frederiks
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      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 7, 2017

      If the image has always the same name, you could record an Action.

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