how find plugin items

[birnerseff]

Hi, I have some files which open with a message that "some art objects use a plugin that is not available"

However, document.pluginItems is emtpy. How could I detect which art items are affected

[Met1]

I'm guessing "document.pluginItems is emtpy" because "some art objects use a plugin that is not available".

You'll need to go back to the source file/creator and see what was used, assuming it wasn't you that created it.

[Monika Gause]

The (free) plugin SelectMenu can detect Plugin art https://rj-graffix.com/downloads/plugins/#selectmenu

I don't know if that is also possible with scripts.

[birnerseff]

Hi, this seems to be a valuable addition. Unfortunately, it does not seem to find plugin art inside symbols

[CarlosCanto]

can you share a sample file? 

docRef.pluginItems should work

[birnerseff]

Hi CarlosCanto,

I started with the finding that doc.pluginItems.length was zero.

I will try later how the file behaves on a computer where the plugin is installed

[birnerseff]

Hi, it turns out that neither pluginItems nor the select menu find the effect, on a machine with the plugin, as well as without. Also going to symbol edit mode does not help. The plugin use can be seen inside the attributes panel, as an fx entry.

However, the plugin maker has a tool to locate affected items

[CarlosCanto]

can you somehow tell if the object is a plugin item? if so, select it manually and run this snippet to see what kind of object illustrator thinks it is.

alert(selection[0].typename)

[birnerseff]

Hi,

sorry for late reply. I had a look at one of the objects in debug panel. It is a simple path or compound path which has an appearance. I did not see anything in debug panel actually naming the plugin.

BTW, the plugin is phantasm from astutegraphics