I need to create a report that lists all color builds used in an Illy document.

[Guest]

Has anybody ever had to do this?

[Larry G. Schneider]

Have all the colors been added to the swatch panel with the Add Used Colors command from the panel flyout?

[Guest]

Yes.

[Guest]

This is what I've got so far:

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"

    activate

    set thisDoc to current document

    set sel to (first path item of thisDoc)

    set theItem to sel

    set theSpot to theItem's fill color as list

    set theFill to {}

    set theFill to theSpot as text

    display dialog theFill as text

end tell

It throws back the error:

error "Can’t make {«class tCSi», 28.000003099442, «class caCC» 3 of document 1 of application \"Adobe Illustrator\"} into type text." number -1700 from {«class tCSi», 28.000003099442, «class caCC» 3 of document 1} to text

Any help would be HUGE!

[subieguy2]

Have you tried the RenderSwatchLegend script on:

wundes.com

Here is a description of the script:

This script will generate a legend of rectangles for every swatch in the main swatches palette.

You can configure spacing and value display by configuring the variables at the top

of the script.

update: v1.1 now tests color brightness and renders a white label if the color is dark.