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CarlosCanto
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October 22, 2017
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What's New in Illustrator Scripting CC2018

  • October 22, 2017
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    CarlosCanto
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    CarlosCantoCommunity ExpertAutor
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    January 31, 2020

    data comes from the Object Model Viewer, you can open it from the ESTK's help menu. There's is an xml document the actual data gets pulled.

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    January 31, 2020

    Sorry for asking, what is the "Object Model Viewer" and ESTK?

    Do you have any idea why Adobe did not update their documentation?

     

    EDIT

    Ahh you mean ExtendedScript ToolKit... duhhh 😉

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    January 31, 2020

    Bizar they drop Flash, yet these tools are still flash builds.... hahaha rediculous!!

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2020

    Call me crazy but why doesnt have antiAliasing any effect? i changed it to ARTOPTIMZED or NONE, makes no difference. Also checked SCALEBYRESOLUTION. its still looking jagged?

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2020

    setting it to Type does work, but when we use the export screen function Art simple works and is smooth. But it is now when using it with scripting

     

     

     

    jpegParam.antiAliasing = AntiAliasingMethod.TYPEOPTIMIZED;

     

     
    See below the 3 versions both None and ArtOptimized look exactly same
    CarlosCanto
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    January 30, 2020

    it's a bug, fortunately TYPEOPTIMIZED works.

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2020

    Really great, how did you found this data?

     

    its 2020 and they still have their official docs at 2017?!?!?

    scottr12917177
    scottr12917177
    Inspiring
    October 26, 2017

    Thanks for posting this Carlos!!

    Looks like they changed the interface for "TextFrame.textRange.justification.CENTER" enumeration? My scripts are throwing an error when trying to " myDoc.textFrames.textRange.justification = Justification.CENTER;"?

    Cheers,

    Scott

    CarlosCanto
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    October 27, 2017

    Hi Scott, it works fine here with Win10, CC2018.

    change this

    myDoc.textFrames.textRange.justification = Justification.CENTER

    you're missing the index, perhaps that's the problem?

    myDoc.textFrames[0].textRange.justification = Justification.CENTER

    scottr12917177
    scottr12917177
    Inspiring
    October 27, 2017

    *** Sharing the solution in case anyone sees this problem. ***

    Hey Carlos, thanks for the reply and I found the issue!

    So, you were able to create a textFrame object, and set the parameters WITHOUT assigning any content:

        // create number textFrame

        var artBoardNum = myDoc.textFrames.add();

        // sets style on number textFrame

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = fontColor;

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.size = fontSize;

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.strokeWeight = 0;

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = fontStyle;

       

        // BELOW LINE WILL NOT WORK!!!

        artBoardNum.textRange.justification = Justification.LEFT;

       

        // assign number to textFrame object

        artBoardNum.contents = artboardNum.toString();

       

    Solution: You have to assign content to the textFrame BEFORE changing the justification property!?!?

        // create number textFrame

        var artBoardNum = myDoc.textFrames.add();

        // sets style on number textFrame

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = fontColor;  

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.size = fontSize;

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.strokeWeight = 0;

        artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = fontStyle;

       

        // assign number to textFrame object

        artBoardNum.contents = artboardNum.toString();

      

        // MOVE AFTER CONTENT HAS BEEN ADDED?

        artBoardNum.textRange.justification = Justification.LEFT;

      daneJ
      daneJ
      Inspiring
      October 26, 2017

      CarlosCanto​

      Do you know if the asset class and collection at the top for manipulating cloud libraries?

      Thanks.

      daneJ
      daneJ
      Inspiring
      October 24, 2017

      Hey CarlosCanto,

      Thanks alot for posting this.

      Is the asset class and collection at the top for cloud libraries?

      Thanks,

      Dane

      CarlosCanto
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      October 27, 2017

      Hi daneJ, no, the new Assets collection refers to the assets in the Asset Export Panel.

      daneJ
      daneJ
      Inspiring
      October 27, 2017

      Too bad. I'd sure like some methods to work with and modify the cloud libraries. When you have thousands of Library elements and much of your work involves these libraries, some scripting could really make a difference. Maybe CC 2019.

      michaelk97081953
      Known Participant
      October 23, 2017

      Thank you CarlosCanto.

      MichaelK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
        Ten A
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        Ten ACommunity Expert
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        October 22, 2017

        Thanks, Its very helpful. (^-^)/

          Silly-V
          Silly-V
          Legend
          October 22, 2017

          Thank you for posting this, Carlos.

            Silly-V
            Silly-V
            Legend
            October 24, 2017

            I wonder what possibilites and uses are for this:

            JavaScriptExecutionMode

            When should a JavaScript debugger be shown.

            JavaScriptExecutionMode.BeforeRunning  (Read Only)

            Data Type: int, Value: 3

            Show the JavaScript debugger at the first line of the JavaScript.

            JavaScriptExecutionMode.OnRuntimeError  (Read Only)

            Data Type: int, Value: 2

            Show the JavaScript debugger is a runtime error occurs.

            JavaScriptExecutionMode.never  (Read Only)

            Data Type: int, Value: 1

            Never show the JavaScript debugger. Treat runtime errors by throwing a JavaScript exceptions.

              CarlosCanto
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              October 27, 2017

              Hi Silly-V,

              JavaScriptExecutionMode has been around since at least CS4, it seems to be used for testing purposes, their testing purposes.

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