Illustrator 2023 - Javascript documentation

[SpaghettiSam]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a little script to setup certain preferences in Illustrator as I have done with Indesign and Photoshop. For some reason, I'm really struggling to find any javascript documentation anywhere for Illustrator, and when I do, it doesn't contain the specific properties I'm trying to manipulate... Any help would be hugely appreciated!

Cheers,

Sam

[m1b]

Hi @SpaghettiSam, here's some documentation. You could also have a look at this script by @Ten A.

- Mark

[SpaghettiSam]

Thanks for the response @m1b !

So, the particular property I'm looking for is regarding the display of the colour black as shown in the attached screenshot. I couldn't seem to find this property within the documentation you supplied, however, managed to pinpoint this in the script you supplied...

"blackPreservation/Onscreen",
"blackPreservation/Export"

The InDesign equivalent I've setup for this particular property is:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

	app.colorSettings.idealizedBlackToScreen = false;
	app.colorSettings.idealizedBlackToExport = false;

Is there anyway I could mimic what I've setup in InDesign, keeping it nice and simple?

Cheers,

Sam

[Sergey Osokin · Accepted solution]

Use these methods to change boolean settings.

// true - Rich Black, false - All Blacks Accurately
app.preferences.setBooleanPreference('blackPreservation/Onscreen', false);
app.preferences.setBooleanPreference('blackPreservation/Export', false);

[SpaghettiSam]

Thanks very much@Sergey Osokin, works as intended, and this information is enough to get me away on applying the other Illustrator preferences as well! 🙂

Cheers,

Sam