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You want to open the file outside of the loop, so I think this might work:
var s = app.activeDocument.selection;
var f = File.openDialog("Select the file", "")
if (f != null) {
for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++){
if (s[i].constructor.name == "Group") {
s[i].pageItems[0].addPath(s[i].allPageItems);
s[i].pageItems[0].convertShape(ConvertShapeOptions.CONVERT_TO_RECTANGLE);
s[i].pageItems[0].place(f)
s[i].pageItems[0].fit(FitOptions.FIL
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Hi Eugene, I don’t think you need to resort to the menu invoke() method— there is the the selection’s ungroup() method. The question might be which item in the group do you want to convert to a rectangle?
//the first item in a selection–a selected group would have 1 item
var s = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
//check if your selection is a group
if (s.constructor.name == "Group") {
//converts the first page item in the group to a rectangle
s.pageItems[0].convertShape(ConvertShapeOptions.CONVERT_TO_RECTANGLE)
}
//ungroups the group
s.ungroup()
Before and after
For example
Grouped object
Ungroup
Pathfinder Add
Result
Convert to Rectangle
Result
Then I place the image in as a link
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Ideally
If this could be converted to a link then I just replace the link
Try this:
//the first item in a selection–a selected group would have 1 item
var s = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
//check if your selection is a group
if (s.constructor.name == "Group") {
//combines the groups items into one path
s.pageItems[0].addPath(s.allPageItems)
//converts the shape into a rectangle
s.pageItems[0].convertShape(ConvertShapeOptions.CONVERT_TO_RECTANGLE)
}
//ungroups the group
s.ungroup()
Also, if you are going to add a new rectangle, what page is it on and are there other properties for the new rectangle you care about, e.g. what layer is it in etc?
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By @rob day
Yeah, all valid points - but I was replying on the phone and I'm not JS guy.
This should work:
var r = s.parentPage.rectangles.add();
r.itemLayer = s.itemLayer;
It's the only way it worked after about 20 attempts
By @Eugene Tyson
But I thought that you want to replace whole Group - with a single new Rectangle?
the rotation was important and something I neglected to mention earlier
Rather than trying to place the logo, you could cut it then paste it into the combined rectangle—that would preserve all of the graphic’s properties. So, assuming it’s the graphic that is rotated:
//the first item in a selection–a selected group would have 1 item
var s = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
if (s.constructor.name == "Group") {
//select and cut the group’s graphic—can be a pasted or linked image, AI, PDF...
app.select(s.allGraphics[0])
app.cut()
//convert the group’s page items into a single rectangle
s.pageItems[0].addPath(s.allPageItems)
s.pageItems[0].convertShape(ConvertShapeOptions.CONVERT_TO_RECTANGLE);
//select the rectangle and paste into
app.select(s.pageItems[0])
app.pasteInto();
s.ungroup()
}
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