Reaching Appearance with javascript

[MikaelDufresne]

Hi,

My main issue right now is that I am making an automation using code only to create a design. I need to change the text appearance but can't seem to access it from the javascript.

here's what I got so far :

var Text = docRef.textFrames.getByName('someText').textRange;
Text.fillColor = docRef.swatches.getByName('aColor').color;
Text.strokeColor = docRef.swatches.getByName('anotherColor').color;

and it works if I don't use the appearance pannel but doesn't if I use it to modify the appearance.

Thing is that my fill color need to be over the outline. I can solve that by creating two text overlaying but I was wondering if it was something that can be done without that.

as always, thanks for your time and help.

[CarlosCanto]

is this what you need? this script will add an extra Sroke and Fill to the text Frame and color those, not the characters.

var docRef = app.activeDocument;
docRef.selection = null;

var Text = docRef.textFrames.getByName('someText');
Text.selected = true;

app.executeMenuCommand("Adobe New Fill Shortcut");

docRef.defaultFillColor = docRef.swatches.getByName('aColor').color;

app.executeMenuCommand("Adobe New Stroke Shortcut");

docRef.defaultStrokeColor = docRef.swatches.getByName('anotherColor').color;

[MikaelDufresne]

unfortunately no
The script I made already add a stroke to the text if there's none (but in my situation I just need to change its color). Thing is that I am using the appearance panel to put the stroke under the fill. But when I do that the script change an object that appear under the text for some reason.

For now I simply make a text that is the outline and one over it that is the fill. Not ideal but I guess thats what appearance does in the background anyway?

Image for reference only (aspect = appearance, fond = fill, contour = outline)

[femkeblanco]

You can also apply appearance attributes by applying a graphic style:

var Text = app.activeDocument.textFrames["someText"];
app.activeDocument.graphicStyles["graphicStyleName"].applyTo(Text);

[MikaelDufresne]

But can I change the order of the outline and fill to make the fill appear over the outline?

[femkeblanco]

I am unsure what you are trying to achieve, but you can manually create a graphic style where the fill is above the stroke, save it and apply it through a script. 

[MikaelDufresne]

The plan was to access the information I can edit manually from the appearance panel which I cannot do with the script I made. If I avoid the appearance panel I can achieve a similar effect by simply duplicating the object and using the top one for the fill and lower object for the outline.
here's a sample of what I want to achieve (middle result) with script to automate that process.
My solution is the third one but I wanted to know if there's a way to get to change colors in the appearance panel as if I use the appearance the script won't change the colors but change a version that... doesn't exist until I delete the appearance in the panel.