Unable to retrieve swatch color details

Question

Hi,I have a script which show the color details of the selected swatches. I am able to get the color details of the default swatchesHowever, when I tried to add swatches from library..the color details is blank..Is there a way to retireve those data?Here's my code btw,function getSwatchData(){

femkeblanco · Accepted Answer

The selected Pantone/Focoltone are SpotColors that have different properties to the colors your script is accessing. The properties you are accessing are (an RGB example):

swatch.color.red
swatch.color.green
swatch.color.blue
swatch.color.typename (RGBColor)

For SpotColors, you want:

swatch.color.spot.color.red
swatch.color.spot.color.green
swatch.color.spot.color.blue
swatch.color.spot.color.typename (RGBColor)
swatch.color.typename (SpotColor)

Add a conditional to check if a color.typename is SpotColor and, if it is, go down the above route.

BTW, there's no JSON.stringify in Extendscript. How are you reading the output?

m1b · Answer

Hi Hanna,

As @femkeblanco said, and here is example code:

function getSwatchData() {

    var swatches = []
    var selectedSwatches = app.activeDocument.swatches.getSelected();

    for (var i = 0; i < selectedSwatches.length; i++) {

        var color = selectedSwatches[i].color;

        if (color == undefined)
            continue;
        
        if (color.hasOwnProperty('spot'))
            color = color.spot.color;

        var swatchData = {}
        swatchData.name = selectedSwatches[i].name;
        swatchData.color = {};
        swatchData.color.cyan = color.cyan;
        swatchData.color.magenta = color.magenta;
        swatchData.color.yellow = color.yellow;
        swatchData.color.black = color.black;
        swatchData.color.l = color.l;
        swatchData.color.a = color.a;
        swatchData.color.b = color.b;
        swatchData.color.red = color.red;
        swatchData.color.green = color.green;
        swatchData.color.blue = color.blue;
        swatches.push(swatchData);
    }

    return JSON.stringify(swatches);

};

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