Add ink stroke to multiple shapes/objects

[samtnelson]

Is there a way to add an ink stroke to a bunch of shapes/objects at once instead of having to click every part manually? I'm referring to shapes/objects that do not already have an ink outlines.

[kglad]

you can use jsfl for that, but i don't know a way to do that from the animate interface.

[Colin Holgate]

Does JSFL have access to multiple islands in a selected shape?

[kglad]

yes, jsfl can loop through each and every shape/object and apply a stroke of various kinds.

[Colin Holgate]

I don't think so, but using the Ink Bottle tool is quite quick. How many shapes to you want to give a stroke?

[Colin Holgate]

The "I don't think so" was in reply to the original post, not the JSFL idea. My posts arrived out of order!

[samtnelson]

Really? I find that hard to believe. Oh well. I've already manually applied the stroke to all the objects. It took a while. Also, what is JSFL??

[UDESCO · Accepted solution]

The following JSFL should work if you have selected the shapes already:

fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].x+=0; //this line does not have any effect but seems to be required.

fl.getDocumentDOM().setStrokeSize(1);

You can save the JSFL file as a command and assign a keyboard shortcut to it for quick access.

[Colin Holgate]

I tested that and it does work. This time I'll mark Nipun's answer as Correct!

I gave kglad a 'helpful' too.

[samtnelson]

Can someone explain to me what a JSFL is? I'm not familiar with it.

[kglad]

it's a language that lets you run code in the authoring environment, http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flash/cs/extend/flash_cs5_extending.pdf

[UDESCO]

All you need to do is go to File Menu > New > choose JSFL Script File > OK

Copy paste the below code and save the file:

     fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].x+=0; //this line does not have any effect but seems to be required.

     fl.getDocumentDOM().setStrokeSize(1);

Now, simply go back to your Fla document, choose all the shapes you want to add stroke to, goto Commands menu and click on the file name you saved above.

[Colin Holgate]

It can be even easier than that. Copy and paste Nipun's code into a new JSFL document. Select the shapes on the stage, and above the JSFL document there is a play button. Click that. No need to save the JSFL or add it to your commands menu.

Of course, if you're going to be doing a lot of the same action it's handy to have it in the commands menu.