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Beliakov
Inspiring
January 18, 2014
Question

How to select needed objects [CS6-JSX]

  • January 18, 2014
  • 2 replies
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i try to move all particular objects to new layer

so first i try to select items by strokeWidth.

var mDoc = app.activeDocument;
var allObject = mDoc.pathItems;
for(i=0; i<allObject.length; i++){
    if (allObject.strokeWidth==0.17599999904633) allObject.selected=true;

but receive nothing selected.

i assign stroke to needede objects as 0.176 pt. OK. Then try to see this parameter of one, being selected, through script

$.writeln(mDoc.selection[0].strokeWidth);

and receive this long number 0.1759999....

but when i use this number in codeline (see above), nothing is being selected. Why?

After this i tried to select by color

$.writeln(mDoc.selection[0].strokeColor);

but can't get color, exept "CMYK model". So how can i select objects by stroke color?

thanks!

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pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
pixxxelschubserCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 18, 2014
@Dmitry Beliakov,
IMHO that's a rounding problem.
If you cannot use the menu command select the same stroke, try this instead:

var mDoc = app.activeDocument;
var allObject = mDoc.pathItems;
for(i=0; i<allObject.length; i++){
    if (Math.round(allObject.strokeWidth*1000) == 176) {
    allObject.selected=true;
    }
}

But remember, loop through all items is always slowly.

Have fun

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    BeliakovAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 20, 2014

    "if (Math.round(allObject.strokeWidth*1000) == 176) {"

    Works! Great!

    "if you cannot use the menu command select the same stroke"

    i'd use it with great pleasure (from under the script). But as far as i know, there is not such string for "menuCommandString". Otherwise, i'd create temporary stroke with 0,176pt and select the same strokewidth))

    Thanks for help!

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    W_J_T
    Inspiring
    January 20, 2014

    For CS6 and above there does appear to be a Application.executeMenuCommand with a menuCommandString of "Find Stroke Weight menu item" (and "

    Find Stroke Color menu item") not sure if that's the same as Select (menu) > Same > Stroke Weight , but maybe worth a try.

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    W_J_T
    Inspiring
    January 18, 2014

    Regarding the strokeWidth, I did a quick test and found that you can only seem to conditionally test the following decimal numbers .75 , .5 , .25 by themselves or in conjunction with any whole numbers preceding them. That is pretty odd never noticed that (although those are the 3 listed in the stroke width drop down in the UI). I wonder if this is an actual limitation in AI scripting? However you can return as you stated other decimal numbers via alert(), so perhaps there is a trick or something special needed in such cases via scripting?

    Alternatively you can select a single stroke and use the UI and go:

    Select (menu) > Same > Stroke Weight

    Then once selected do your other requirements, I know its not ideal, maybe someone else will prove otherwise via scripting.

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