Storing a persistent variable with scripting?

[Patrick Jean]

Hello --

is it possible to store the value of a variable via scripting after a script has been executed or does it only exist during runtime? The use case here would be to store a user entry between multiple executions of a script, e.g. the name of an artboard.

thanks in advance,

patrick.

[CarlosCanto]

you "could" use global variables, they survive until you close illustrator...or more properly, write your persistent data to a text file.

[Patrick Jean]

hello carlos --

thank you for your note and i will experiment with that. somehow i had expected that there is a way to create some data structure that would be saved with the document automatically, but couldn't find any documentation on it.

thanks,

patrick.

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[Silly-V]

You talkin' 'bout the ol' XMP?

[CarlosCanto]

That's right, forgot about the XML string

[Patrick Jean]

hi there --

i am not familiar with that at all, could you elaborate how this is used?

thanks in advance.

[Ten A]

Hi,

Below link is sample code of manipulate XMP packets:

https://github.com/ten-A/Extend_Script_experimentals/blob/master/metaMemo.jsx

maby this help…

Ten

[bob138]

You could also use tags.  Nice and persistent along with being easily searchable on a document level.

[Qwertyfly___]

You could have a look at the script I have linked to below.

I have not used it in a while but it reads and writes to a text file.

Store as many variables as you like and would be persistent on a system restart.

qwertyfly.com/QQT.zip