Error 1200 on app.paste()

[WIDSnonamer]

Good day, 
I recently ran into a problem with Illustrator on one of my machines. I am pasting files into one document and on one of three workstations  Illustrator throws the Error 1200 ( See attached screenshot) while pasting the second file. I already tried some workaround like placing a delay before pasting, closing the SourceDocument after the app.paste() or doing app.redraw(), none of them worked. The only thing that prevents the errror is an allert() before the paste command - which is halting the automatic process. I can't find troubleshootings on this particular issue in google, maybe one of you ran into this or a related issue before and knows a solution. Thanks in advance! 

[Mylenium]

Perhaps there's something running on the machine that messes with the clipboard completely unrelated to AI... I'd check that.

Mylenium

[WIDSnonamer]

I already did, and also refreshed drivers on the machine. I doubt that it is a problem with the clipboard hence it working with the alert() before pasting.

[Charu Rajput]

Hi,

Could you please share your code, that will help us to debug and see?

[WIDSnonamer]

Cant post the whole Code, but here is the function i am using. It is working on two different machines. On the third machine it throws the error BUT only on the second file. The first file is pasted and positioned as it should. 

/**
 *  Copy all Items in file to destination document and position it with positionPasted();
 *  
 *  @Param File file - file to be copied
 *  @Param String pos - position on the file
 *  @Param String size - dimensions of the file
 *  @Param Document destDoc - destination document
 *  @Return 
 */
function placeLaserfiles(file, pos, size, destDoc) {
    var singleFile = app.open(file);

    var orientation = null;
    if (singleFile.width > singleFile.height) {
        orientation = "landscape";
    } else {
        orientation = "portrait";
    }

    for(var i = 0; i < singleFile.pageItems.length; i++) {
        singleFile.pageItems[i].selected = true;
    }

    app.copy();
    destDoc.activate();
    //alert("test");
    app.paste();

    positionPasted(pos, size, orientation, destDoc);
    singleFile.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    return;
}

[Charu Rajput]

It works well. It may be not getting enough time to get document activated on the machine where you see an error. 

Could you please try by writing?

destDoc.activate();
destDoc.activate();
destDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.paste(); 

[WIDSnonamer]

Unfortunately it didnt work. I also already tried a time Delay for a few seconds and app.redraw() commands, but that didn't work either.

[CarlosCanto]

does the error happen when destDoc is a new blank document?

[WIDSnonamer · Accepted solution]

Destdoc ist a new blank document, but the Error occurs only in the second time Paste is executed - so there ist already content in the document. 

But i already got a workaround - before pasting i add a temp pathitem and remove it aber eben the Paste doesn't throw the Error.

[CarlosCanto]

glad to hear you find a workaround, copy/paste is troublesome, I avoid it at most times. I use duplicate() instead, it is more reliable.

[WIDSnonamer]

Unfortunately i am bound to app.copy because i work with layers an duplicate doesnt work for doc.selection or a layer object. The only way is to write a function that groups everything in a layer, creates a corrisponding layer in the new doc and duplicates the group into the coresponding layer. But in this case you have to work with app.executeCommand("group") or with a nested for-loop to move every pageItem to the new group. In each case it seems like a lot of extra steps for a simple copy/paste.  Everything would be better if placedItem simply would import the layers 😞