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shilpa25
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December 21, 2012
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get document swatches in [arrays]: In loop to Peter kahrel & Jump_over previous thread.

  • December 21, 2012
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Hi forum,

this is reg, getting swatches available inside the document pallette into [arrays], instead of typing the document swatches as i did.

(this is my ongoing UI script related to previous thread, answered by jump_over and peter kahrel).

Im storing manually the swatches names in [arrays] and calling it from dropdown list, instead of automatically getting available swatches inside the document...

    var arrays2 = ["Black", "Red", "Blue"]; // here i want to automatically assign the available swatches inside the "document - swatches pallette".

    myGroup1.add("statictext", undefined, "Color");

    var ddown2= myGroup1.add("dropdownlist", undefined, arrays2);

screen shot is:

also if Im answered to get the available system fonts for fontstyle that would be greatest of great, instead of ["Regular", "Bold", "Italic"] etc.,

thanks.

shil...

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Correct answer Vamitul

Frankly Vamitul,

Not...known about fontStyleNameNative....

and i can see the list of fontstyles inside it. One question is, should I need to delete the duplicates directly or through script.. (im not a great skill set scripter to delete duplicates through script).

thanks vamitul,... greatfull to you...

thanks

shil


ofcourse, throug scriping, before using the array.

removing duplicates from a sorted array is one of the easyest things to do in almost any language. Google and stackoverflow are your friends for this, but for completion's sake:

let's say your array is called myArray:

//first you sort it:

myArray.sort();

//then iterate throug it:

for(var i = 1; i < myArray.length; i++) {

          if(myArray === myArray[i - 1]) {         //check for duplicate value

                    myArray.splice(i--, 1);                      // remove said duplicate

          }

}

ps. please don't use my code "as is", as i can't check it right now, and i have a tendency to misspell, forget closing brackets etc.

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Vamitul
Vamitul
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December 21, 2012

var array2=myDoc.swatches.everyItem().name

and.. if you are feeling truly adventurous, you can check this out:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/780105?tstart=0

beware, understanding Marc's coding is truly an art form.

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shilpa25Author
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December 21, 2012

hi vamitul,

thanks for the reply,

also, if i use: app.fonts.everyItem().name;..

it show like the below screenshot: 

instead i wish to get only the fontStyles, when i click the fontstyles dropdown like;;

Regular,

Condensed Light,

Condensed,

Italic,

Bold,

etc., and not the font family like the above.

very thanks in advance,,

SHIL...



Vamitul
Vamitul
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December 21, 2012

thanks so much vamitul,

sort(), work very well.. for a doubt...== is equals,, ===..?

and what is splice..... where can i get these constructors & references...

other way your sort() out loop, explicits a neat appearance in fontstyles dropdownlist....

thanks so much vam.....

shil...


here you go:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/comparison_operators.shtml

http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/arrays.shtml

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