How to get Links scaling in illustrator using JavaScript

[Balaji Murugesan]

Hi,

How to get links scaling X-value and Y-Value in illustator using javascript.

Thanks

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Hi, here's an example of getting scale and rotation of linked (or embedded) item:

var item = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
if (item.typename == 'PlacedItem' || item.typename == 'RasterItem') {
    var m = item.matrix;
    var rotatedAmount = asDegrees(Math.atan2(m.mValueB, m.mValueA));
    //rotation goes the other way for placed items!
    if (item.typename == 'PlacedItem') rotatedAmount = -rotatedAmount;
    var scaledAmount = [m.mValueA * 100, m.mValueD * 100];
    alert(item.typename
        + '\nscaleX = ' + scaledAmount[0]
        + '\nscaleY = ' + scaledAmount[1]
        + '\nrotation = ' + rotatedAmount
    );
}
function asDegrees(radians) { return radians * 57.2957795 }

[莫小91371145]

Hello! m1b Check if there is a zoom in the connection diagram, and if there is a zoomed-in or enlarged link diagram, select it. How to script this? Thank you

[m1b]

No quite sure yet what you mean. You want script to select a linked image (PlacedItem) that has a scale greater than 100?