Path with fill

[StrongBeaver]

PathItems doesn't have the method to find if a path has a fill, which is what I must know ?

[Silly-V]

Yea they do, where do you go to to find these properties? You can see them in the ESTK OMV. The property is "filled".

[StrongBeaver]

I look in the Javascript ref guide (pdf) is it not listed in this guide ? I think it's defaultFilled;

app.document.defaultfilled = true;

[zertle]

Since each path can have its own fill you need to check the "filled" property of the individual path items.

if( app.activeDocument.pathItems[0].filled )
    alert( "the path has a fill applied!" )

You can then get to the actual fill color by using the "fillColor" property. Same thing for strokes, just change it to "stroked" and "StrokeColor"

In the reference guide, look under the PathItem header.

Good luck!

[StrongBeaver]

If the activeDocument is within a variable, why can't I use that variable in the condition;

if(VariableNameForActiveDocument.pathItem[0].filled)

Instead I get undefined is not an object ?

Must I specify the first path in the total paths and rather do;

if(VariableNameForActiveDocument.pathItem.filled)

Same thing as previous error; undefined is not an object ?

[pixxxelschubser]

There is a typo.

The class is pathItems.

"pathItems" first path item is "pathItems[0]"

That's why try

if(VariableNameForActiveDocument.pathItems[0].filled)

or

if(VariableNameForActiveDocument.pathItems[0].filled == true)  

Have fun

[StrongBeaver]

If I have this;

curDoc = app.activeDocument[0];

Why can't I use that in the condition;

if(curDoc.pathItems[0].filled == true)

Must I use an array index for pathItems if the paths are already selected ?

[pixxxelschubser]

wrong syntax again. sorry

//use
var curDoc = app.activeDocument;
// or use
var curDoc = app.documents[0];
// do you really will find out the filled property of pathItems[0] ???
alert(curDoc.pathItems[0].filled);
// or do you need the property of selections item[0] ???
alert(curDoc.selection[0].filled);

Helps this a little?

[StrongBeaver]

I think target specific activeDocument[0] was causing problems.

[StrongBeaver]

Must I know the color of a path fill to apply noColor ?

app.activeDocument.fillColor = noColor;

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Yes. There is never a activeDocument[0]

(like I wrote before)

And last answer by myself:

curDoc.selection[0].filled = false;

or

curDoc.pathItems[0].filled = false;

All of these is a part of basic knowledgebase and you can find hundreds of examples here in forum.

[StrongBeaver]

I did some searching although I appear to be doing everything correct, and there are no errors in my code.

fillColor = false doesn't actually remove the fill color on the path it's still visible ? Then again NoColor is the same as fillColor=false so I'll ignore NoColor.

[pixxxelschubser]

Please, read my post again – carefully!

[StrongBeaver]

Arghh I forgot the index, I have to do something else to that code

[Disposition_Dev]

No, it's not the index that's the problem.

the property "fillColor" is the name of the color. you can't use "curDoc.pathItems[0].fillColor = false". fillColor is not a boolean, it's the name of a swatch.

use curDoc.pathItems[0].filled = false;

"filled" is the getable/setable boolean property that determines whether or not an item is filled.

[StrongBeaver]

I forgot to mention that in my post.