Need a way to hide a layer in a document from UI (Locked — Duplicate Post)

[vinays28491172]

Hi experts,

I have a requirement to add a Text to layer and make it uneditable to user.

I have tried to Lock, hide, diable edit layers as well as textFrame inside the layer via Scripting, however in Illustrator UI, user has the option to make the layer or Frame editable which makes user to make changes.

So, looking for an option to lock, hide the layer from UI.

Here is the code I used:

// Finds the tags associated with the selected art item,

// show names and values in a separate document

if ( app.documents.length > 0 )

{

    doc = app.activeDocument;

    if ( doc.selection.length > 0 )

    {

            for ( i = 0; i < doc.selection.length; i++ )

            {

                        selectedArt = selection[0];

                        tagList = selectedArt.tags;

                        if (tagList.length == 0)

                        {

                                var tempTag = tagList.add();

                                tempTag.name = "OneWord";

                                tempTag.value = "anything you want";

                         }

             }      

        // Create a document and add a line of text per tag

        var reportDocument = app.documents.add();

        top_offset = 400;

        for ( i = 0; i < tagList.length; i++ )

        {

                    tagText = tagList.value;

                    newItem = reportDocument.textFrames.add();

                    newItem.contents = "Tag: (" + tagList.name +

                    " , " + tagText + ")";

                    newItem.position = Array(100, top_offset);

                    newItem.enableAccess = false;

                    newItem.editable = false;

                    newItem.locked = true;

                    newItem.hidden = true;

                    newItem.layer.visible = false;

                    newItem.layer.opacity = 0;

                    newItem.layer.preview = false;

                    newItem.layer.locked = true;

                    newItem.layer.enable=false;

                    newItem.layer.requirePermissionPassword = true;

                    newItem.layer.permissionPassword = "Vinnudear";

                    newItem.textRange.size = 24;

                    top_offset = top_offset - 20;

                   // newItem.layer.parent.save();

        //newItem.layer.parent.saveNoUI("c:\\temp\\LockTest.ai");

        //newItem.layer.parent.requirePermissionPassword = true;

        //newItem.layer.parent.permissionPassword = "teamcenter";

        newItem.note = "USER:VINAY";

        alert(newItem.note);

        } 

    }

}

Regards,

Vinay

Message was edited by: Vinay Seera

[Mike_Gondek · Accepted solution]

You may receive a better response  at the Illustrator Scripting  forum

[jane-e]

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