How to apply swatches into document via script?

[arop16461101]

Every day i have to do this steps many times:

1. Window -> Swatches -> Other Libraries -> "Select MySwatches.ai from Computer".

2. Then i click on swatches to apply them into swatch list

Can u tell me please, how to apply swatches into document via script, if it possible?

[Silly-V]

Yea it's possible, a script can open your swatch file and copy all the swatches over. However, if your issue is putting them into a new document, you could alter one of the new document profiles to include the swatches so that your new default documents will already have them.

[arop16461101]

Hello, dear Silly-V!

Unfortunately, all the documents I work with are not new. Please, tell me how to do this for already created documents.

[arop16461101]

I found how to open swatches, but can't find how to copy them. Please take a look.

#target Illustrator

//  insert your path here, or a file picker prompt

var theFile = new File('path/to/file/file_name.ai');

var openOpt = new OpenOptions();

//  get swatches

openOpt.openAs=LibraryType.SWATCHES;

open(theFile,null,openOpt);

[Silly-V]

They will not do what you want when you're opening as library. What you want to do is open the document and duplicate the swatches from one document to another.

[Silly-V]

Here is an example of basic process swatches, assuming you have two documents open, both having the same color space.

#target illustrator

function test(){

  var doc = app.activeDocument, doc2 = app.documents[1];

  alert(doc.name + " , " + doc2.name);

  var thisSw, newSw;

  for(var i=0; i<doc2.swatches.length; i++){

    thisSw = doc2.swatches;

    if(thisSw.name == "[Registration]" || thisSw.name == "[None]"){

      continue;

    }

    newSw = doc.swatches.add();

    newSw.name = thisSw.name;

    newSw.color = thisSw.color;

  }

};

test();

[arop16461101]

Thanks, but it's actually not that i want to.

I need copy swatches not from another document, i need to copy them from library into document swatches.

[Silly-V]

Your library is just another .ai document, so are all the other libraries such as graphic styles or symbols. You'd have to open such a file with your script and copy the items over.

[arop16461101]

Silly-V, can u please correct code to open, work with and close document with swatches file by name, not by documents index?

[arop16461101]

Now i understand, thanks a lot Silly-V!

I am not strong in coding, by this one is works right.

#target Illustrator
//  insert your path here, or a file picker prompt
var theFile = new File('C:/mySwatch.ai');
// var openOpt = new OpenOptions();
//  get swatches
// openOpt.openAs=LibraryType.SWATCHES;
open(theFile,null/*,*openOpt*/);
  var doc2 = app.activeDocument, doc = app.documents[1];
  var thisSw, newSw;
  for(var i=0; i<doc2.swatches.length; i++){
    thisSw = doc2.swatches;
    if(thisSw.name == "[Registration]" || thisSw.name == "[None]"){
      continue;
    }
    newSw = doc.swatches.add();
    newSw.name = thisSw.name;
    newSw.color = thisSw.color;
  };
doc2.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);