Reverse the coordinate system for scripting

[BartGoor]

In the office, we're setting up a workflow using the illustrator coordinate system and coordinates from a database to generate graphics by means of (Java)scripting. On the other hand, we will be processing lots of pdf's, based on the same database-driven coordinates.

Now, with Illustrator (CS5.1) using a coordinate system with (0,0) on the top-left and pdf's having its zero at the bottom-left, things are getting unnessesarily complex. Is this Adobe's intention or just ill development?

Already numerous people complained about this coordinate-shift to the 4th quadrant... Why doesn't Adobe respond in a clear and uniform voice? What's up ahead with pdf coordinate system? Anymore surprises coming up?

see...

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3859580#3859580?tstart=30%233859580

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/890507?tstart=30 (solves the negative Y in the visual page / Not in scripting)

Please Adobe, read these yearsold comments once more and learn from the real world:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/637015?tstart=1

Best regards,

Bart

[Muppet Mark]

I doubt very much anybody from Adobe will look here… We kind of muddle though stuff amongst ourselves with no help from those above… Some other forums get employee interaction but not here…

[CarlosCanto]

this is a user to user forum, so don't expect any kind of answer from Adobe, the change was intentional and it won't be changed back (it seems). In order to get your objects where you want them, you'll have to do the math yourself...one more thing that might help you get what you need...if your script create new documents, the origin is at bottom left, if your script works on existing documents, the origin is at top left.

[BartGoor]

Thank you guys for pointing this out to me, I'm a bit of a newcomer here 😉

More hands on sollutions and thought-sharing on the earlier thread http://forums.adobe.com/message/5026495#5026495