Illustrator 2015 changes?

[jsavage77]

I don't see any new docs available on adobe's scripting page for AI. Does anyone know if there were any changes to the scripting engine?

[Qwertyfly___]

Not had a chance to have a good look yet.

but take a look at:

Dimensions, EmbedItem, EmbeddedItems

post back if you find more...

[CarlosCanto]

I haven't upgraded yet, reading the what's new didn't help getting exited about it

[Qwertyfly___]

the creative cloud charts look interesting, not that I have any use for them.

The 64000% zoom (up from 6400%) is the main sell for me.

I'm always dealing with very detailed small artwork.

Sick of having to scale it up to edit then reduce again.

the recover feature is a plus too.

[Ten A]

There are no new documentation for scripting.

Here is some new Preference Keys for 2015 edition I ever found.

CrashRecovery/IdleLoopTimeInterval [int] default=2(min)

CrashRecovery/AutomaticallySave [bool] default=1

CrashRecovery/RecoveryFolderLocation [string]

Performance/EnableThinFilledPaths [bool] default=0

Performance/AnimZoom [bool] default=1

Performance/EnableGPU [bool] default=1

Performance/GPUSupported [bool] default=1

We can use these keys like below:

app.preferences.setBooleanPreference("CrashRecovery/AutomaticallySave", 1);

Ten

[CarlosCanto]

I finally upgraded, I see a couple of interesting ones in this bunch

	Application Object
CC2014	Application.pasteRemembersLayers
	Data Type: Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Does paste operation remember layers structure?
CC2014	Application.userAdobeID  (Read Only)
	Data Type: string
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	The current users adobe id.
CC2014	Application.userGUID  (Read Only)
	Data Type: string
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	The current user's GUID.
CC2014	Application.deleteWorkspace (workspaceName: string 😞 Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Deletes an existing workspace.
	workspaceName: Data Type: string
	Workspace Name.
CC2015	Application.getHelloJSONData (): string
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Returns the JSON Data required by Hello.
CC2015	Application.isFillActive (): Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Checks if fill is active or not.
CC2015	Application.isStrokeActive (): Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Checks if stroke is active or not.
CC2015	Application.isTouchWorkspace (): Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Is In Touch Workspace.
CC2015	Application.isUserSharingAppUsageData (): Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Is user sharing the application usage data.
CC2015	Application.launchExtension (extensionID: string 😞 Int32
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Launch cep Extension given its ID.
	extensionID: Data Type: string
	Arguments for Launching Extension - ID of extension in manifest.xml of corresponding extension.
CC2015	Application.openCloudLibraryAssetForEditing (assetURL: File , thumbnailURL: File , options:any): Document
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	For Internal Use.
	assetURL: Data Type: File
	For Internal use.
	thumbnailURL: Data Type: File
	For Internal use.
	options (optional): Data Type: any
	For internal use.
CC2014	Application.resetWorkspace (): Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Resets the current workspace.
CC2014	Application.saveWorkspace (workspaceName: string 😞 Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Saves a new workspace.
	workspaceName: Data Type: string
	Workspace Name.
CC2015	Application.setThumbnailOptionsForCloudLibrary (options:any)
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	For Internal Use.
	options: Data Type: any
	Options for the PNG24 export.
CC2015	Application.showColorPicker (color: Color 😞 Color
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Invokes application's color picker.
	color: Data Type: Color
	The color to load in the color picker initially.
CC2014	Application.switchWorkspace (workspaceName: string 😞 Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Switches between workspaces.
	workspaceName: Data Type: string
	Workspace Name.
CC2015	Dimensions
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Dimensions (height and width) (numbers)
	Document Object
CC2015	Document.colorProfileName  (Read Only)
	Data Type: string
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	The name of the color profile of the document.
CC2015	Document.embeddedItems  (Read Only)
	Data Type: EmbeddedItems
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	The embedded art items in this layer.
CC2015	Document.exportSelectionAsAi (exportFile: File )
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Export the selection as Ai file.
	exportFile: Data Type: File
	The file to export the selection to.
CC2015	Document.exportSelectionAsPNG (exportFile: File , options:any)
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Export the selection as PNG file.
	exportFile: Data Type: File
	The file to export the selection to.
	options (optional): Data Type: any
	Options for the PNG24 export.
CC2015	Document.importFile (importFile: File )
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Import the file into current Ai document.
	importFile: Data Type: File
	The file to import in the current document.
	New Enumaration
CC2014	DocumentLayoutStyle
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Document layout style types.
	CASCADE, CONSOLIDATEALL, FLOATALL, HORIZONTALTILE, VERTICALTILE
	New Documents Method
CC2014	Documents.arrange (layoutStyle: DocumentLayoutStyle 😞 Boolean
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Arranges the documents in the specified style.
	layoutStyle: Data Type: DocumentLayoutStyle
	The document layout style.
	New Class
CC2015	EmbedItem
	Base Class: PageItem
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Embedded artwork item.
	New Class
CC2015	EmbeddedItems
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	EmbeddedItems Collection.
	ExportOptionsPNG24 Object
CC2015	ExportOptionsPNG24.dimensions
	Data Type: Dimensions
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Dimensions in which to contain the resulting raster.
	ExportOptionsSVG Object
CC2014	ExportOptionsSVG.artboardRange
	Data Type: string
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	If SaveMultipleArtboards is true,this will be considered for multi-asset extraction
	which specifies artboard range.Empty string will extracts all the artboards.Default is empty string.
CC2014	ExportOptionsSVG.saveMultipleArtboards
	Data Type: Boolean , Default Value: false
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	All the artboards or range of the artboards will be saved.
	Layer Object
CC2014	Layer.absoluteZOrderPosition  (Read Only)
	Data Type: Int32
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	The absolute drawing order of the layer.
	OpenOptions Object
CC2015	OpenOptions.addToRecentFiles
	Data Type: Boolean , Default Value: true
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Add this file to the list of recently opened files.
	PageItem Object
CC2014	PageItem.absoluteZOrderPosition  (Read Only)
	Data Type: Int32
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	The absolute drawing order of the layer.
	TextFrameItem Object
CC2014	TextFrameItem.convertAreaObjectToPointObject (): TextFrameItem
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Convert Area Type Text Object To Point Type Object.
CC2014	TextFrameItem.convertPointObjectToAreaObject (): TextFrameItem
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Convert Point Type Text Object To Area Type Object.
CC2015	TextFrameItem.generateThumbnailWithTextFrameProperties (textString: string , fontSize: number , textColor: Color , destinationPath: File )
	Adobe Illustrator 19 Type Library
	Generates the thumbnail with the properties of first character in the text frame.
	textString: Data Type: string
	The text string which is to be used in the thumbnail generation.
	fontSize: Data Type: number
	The size in points of the text string.
	textColor: Data Type: Color
	The color of the text string.
	destinationPath: Data Type: File
	The location at which the thumbnail is to be stored.