Illustrator - Play Action doScript - Play Action

[wckdtall]

I have an action that calls a script menu item, that runs

app.doScript ("RunFP","FP");

If I select it from the menu, it's no problem, but when I run it from actions, my computer spins and I have to crash illustrator. Am I running into an endless loop somehow since I'm running an action that's calling an action? Any way around this?

[Silly-V]

No, that's what happens, so you have to make the script in such a way that all your script stuff is in the script and all your actions are in the actions, but not where a script can call an action that calls a script.

[rcraighead]

As I read your question you have embedded Actions within another Action. I haven't actually tried that so can't say if it should work. Could you call the individual actions, in the appropriate order, from your script and get the desired result?

[wckdtall]

Simply launching 1 action from a script played from actions crashes it, but calling it from the menu it's exponentially faster. The idea was to group a whole bunch of scripts and actions together rather than call things individually.

[rcraighead]

Hmm… I call AI actions routinely in my scripts. I have experienced differences between running directly from AI and from a Script, but have found workarounds.

I'm on Mac and use Keyboard Maestro to "orchestrate" the calling of Scripts and Actions. It allows me to mix them together and assign triggers for their execution.