Unable to retrieve swatch color details

[maria hannad92609693]

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 swatches

However, 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(){

	var swatches = []
	var selectedSwatches = app.activeDocument.swatches.getSelected();
	for (var i = 0; i < selectedSwatches.length; i++) {
		var swatchData = {}
		swatchData.name = selectedSwatches[i].name;
		swatchData.color = {};
		if(selectedSwatches[i].color){
			swatchData.color.black = selectedSwatches[i].color.black;
			swatchData.color.cyan = selectedSwatches[i].color.cyan;
			swatchData.color.magenta = selectedSwatches[i].color.magenta;
			swatchData.color.yellow = selectedSwatches[i].color.yellow;
			swatchData.color.l = selectedSwatches[i].color.l;
			swatchData.color.a = selectedSwatches[i].color.a;
			swatchData.color.b = selectedSwatches[i].color.b;
			swatchData.color.red = selectedSwatches[i].color.red;
			swatchData.color.green = selectedSwatches[i].color.green;
			swatchData.color.blue = selectedSwatches[i].color.blue;
			
		}
		swatches.push(swatchData);
	}
	return JSON.stringify(swatches);
}

TIA,

Hanna

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

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]

Hi @femkeblanco, you can access JSON.stringify using an external library, eg. see this post.

- Mark

[m1b]

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);

};