Way in C# to mirror ArtBoard

[bruceh92106820]

I have a need to mirror the Artboard, but I haven't been able to find a way to do this with C# and COM

[Silly-V]

What exactly do you mean by 'mirror' the artboard?

[bruceh92106820]

From the Menu if you select entire artbaord then Select Object from Menu, then Transform then Reflect horizontal will mirror the entire artboard, Mirroring is a graphics term for making a negative of a drawing ... 

[Silly-V]

The reflection operation with the transform doesn't mirror the artboard, it does whatever object you have selected.

You will need to reference a pageItem (it could be a group with all the items of your document nested inside) and use the 'resize' command. Here is the javascript doc:

For C# it is probably:
pageItem.Resize(-1, 1, true, true, true, true, ...  <-- I am not even sure what the C# COM parameters are for the last 2 arguments as in JavaScript we can simply omit them.

As it were, I myself am doing COM lately with Photoshop and will probably do an Illustrator experiment.
However, my standard experience has just always been to pass a javascript through the Application.DoJavaScript or Application.DoJavaScriptFile methods.
What I really like about it in C# is being able to debug it well.

[bruceh92106820]

I'll give that a try and see how it goes ...

[bruceh92106820]

Using the following code ...

// attempt to mirror object by using Javascript
appAI.ActiveDocument.SelectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
string myScript = "var selectedObjects = app.activeDocument.selection;" +
"selectedObjects.resize(-1, 1, true, true, true, true);";
appAI.DoJavaScript(myScript);

Throws the following exception:

Error 24: selectedObjects.resize is not a function.
Line: 1
-> var selectedObjects = app.activeDocument.selection;selectedObjects.resize(-1, 1, true, true, true, true);

[Silly-V]

You should have a selection first.

You can select all selectable items in your document by using the command

app.executeMenuCommand("selectall");