need to write a script to count objects/brush-objects on a layer

[wideEyedPupil]

I've forgotten how to script AI and all my old scripts are not retrievable ATM.

in Pseudo code what I need is:

determine current active AI layer

reference all the objects in that layer as stuff

iterate stuff as item

    if item is a brushed path then count++

return count

bonus points for returning info on all visible layers and totalling the layer counts

I'd settle for even just counting selected objects whatever they are. thx.

if I can find out the references for layers and layer objects and selected objects I could get started. User Guide to Illustrator CC 2015 Scripting is not great, I need a proper manual.

my script so far. I'm not referencing the objects on the target layer correctly to count them so I get undefined as the value.

           

var msg = "List of visbile layers\r"

// If a docuement is open

if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {

    sourceDoc = activeDocument;

    if(sourceDoc.pageItems.length > 0 ) {

        var layerCount = sourceDoc.layers.length;

        for (var i = 0; i < layerCount; i++ ) {

            targetLayer = sourceDoc.layers ;  

            if (targetLayer.visible ) {

                msg += targetLayer.name + '  ';

            }

            msg += targetLayer.length + '\r';

     }

alert (msg +"\r i =" + i, -1)

}

}

Message was edited by: Alastair Leith script so far. just need to do counting and do filtering for brushes

[Stephen Marsh]

This info is available in the GUI, can a script access this info?

[Disposition_Dev]

unfortunately no. Adobe is quite far behind on giving all of us scripters access to GUI components.. Here's a list of the available properties and methods for the pathItem object,