I have found the error... First of all, the filepath was wrong. I found this while exporting as png with a script. It created a png with Filename+undifined.png on top level in the folderstructure. With fixing this and calling the function, it works just fine. // Exports current document to dest as a JPEG file with specified options, // dest contains the full path including the file name var jpg_dest = "C:/Users/fvo/Desktop/AR-Nummern Ablage/" + Artikelnummer.text + "/" +Artikelnummer.text + '.jpg'; function exportFileToJPEG(jpg_dest) { if (app.documents.length > 0) { var jpgexportOptions = new ExportOptionsJPEG(); jpgexportOptions.antiAliasing = false; jpgexportOptions.qualitySetting = 70; jpgexportOptions.artBoardClipping = true; jpgexportOptions.optimization = true; jpgexportOptions.ver var jpgtype = ExportType.JPEG; var fileSpec = new File(jpg_dest); app.activeDocument.exportFile(fileSpec, jpgtype, jpgexportOptions); } } exportFileToJPEG(jpg_dest);   ... View more

Sorry for spamming this thread but I believe that I finally found a solution to my issue. I wanted to share it in case someone else has a similar problem.   I began tinking about the process when you're not scripting. You always select the items you want to apply an effect to. I therefore used the loop from before to make three selections, I then group the selections one by one and ultimately I apply the warp effect to these groupItem objects.   Here is the code: // Open a file using these preferences var fileRef = new File(myPath + "mug_canvas_3.pdf"); if (fileRef != null) { var docRef = open(fileRef, DocumentColorSpace.RGB, ); } var docH = docRef.height; var docW = docRef.width; var ref1 = docH/3, ref2 = 2*docH/3; var numGroupItems = docRef.groupItems.length; //Print some relevant information about the document $.writeln('docH: ' + docH + " docW: " + docW + " ref1: " + ref1 + " ref2: " + ref2 + " num group items: " + numGroupItems); var i, j, docGI = docRef.groupItems; //Document is divided into three equally large areas which contain designs //there might not be a design there, so this variable checks if there is var designCheck = []; //Loop three times for the three areas for(j = 0; j < 3; j++) { designCheck[j] = false; docRef.selection = null; //Loop through all groupItem elements in the document for(i = 0; i < numGroupItems; i++) { var gi = docGI[i]; //For the first area, check if groupItem contained within first third if(gi.controlBounds[3] < (ref1 - 10) && j == 0) { gi.selected = true; designCheck[0] = true; //For the second area, check if groupItem contained within second third } else if(gi.controlBounds[3] < (ref2 - 10) && gi.controlBounds[3] > (ref1 + 10) && j == 1) { gi.selected = true; designCheck[1] = true; //For the last area, check if groupItem contained within third third } else if(j == 2 && gi.controlBounds[3] > (ref2 + 10)) { gi.selected = true; designCheck[2] = true; } } //Group all the items selected to create one groupItem app.executeMenuCommand("group"); } app.redraw(); $.writeln('Num layers: ' + docRef.layers.length); $.writeln('groups in layer: ' + docRef.layers[0].groupItems.length); //Apply warp effect to all the groupItem elements in the layer for(j = 0; j < docRef.layers[0].groupItems.length; j++) { if(designCheck[j] === true) { var placed = docRef.layers[0].groupItems[j]; var effectStr = '<LiveEffect name="Adobe Deform"><Dict data="R DeformValue -0.115 R DeformVert 0 B Rotate 0 I DeformStyle 1 R DeformHoriz 0 "/></LiveEffect>'; placed.applyEffect(effectStr); //This applies an envelope effect to the warped object //Useful if you want specific dimensions app.redraw(); app.executeMenuCommand('expandStyle'); } } Thank you again @Silly-V and @femkeblanco for the help. If you have any insights or comments on the solution please let me know 🙂 ... View more

You can use the hasSelectedArtwork property of a layer.   var list = ""; for (var i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.layers.length; i++) { if (app.activeDocument.layers[i].hasSelectedArtwork) { list = list + app.activeDocument.layers[i].name + "\r"; } } alert( list );    Or the layer property of a pathItem.   var list = ""; for (var i = 0; i < app.selection.length; i++) { list = list + app.selection[i].name + " - " + app.selection[i].layer.name + "\r"; } alert( list );   ... View more

Further to what @CarlosCanto said ... // referencing items on artboard var list = ""; for (var i = 0; i < activeDocument.artboards.length; i++) { activeDocument.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i); activeDocument.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard(); for (var j = 0; j < selection.length; j++) { list = list + activeDocument.artboards[i].name + " - " + selection[j].name + "\r"; } } alert( list );   ... View more

Hi femkeblanco, thank you for your reply! I tried to automatically convert my (nested) paths to compound paths using the "Pathfinder Tool" but I couldn’t find a convenient method (some of the paths disappear when converting, which is expected behavior). And to answer your question: No, my existing script doesn’t work on compound paths (I didn’t really investigate why…). Anyway, your reply inspired me to adapt my existing script, unfortunately I encountered a new problem: “How to check if a shape is inside another curved shape?” I’ll post a new ticket. Thanks again, kind regards! ... View more

// place a specific Artboard from an ai doc var idoc = app.activeDocument; var pdfOptions = app.preferences.PDFFileOptions; pdfOptions.pageToOpen = 4; // it works for Artboards since placing an ai file places the pdf version var iplaced = idoc.placedItems.add(); iplaced.file = File( '/c/...full path.../your file.ai'); ... View more

Yes. The script should work.   For pathItems!   try this part of your script with an opened document with a few PATHITEMS var fillRGBColor = function (pathItems, r, g, b){ for (var i=0; i < pathItems.length; i++) { pathItems[i].fillColor.red = r; pathItems[i].fillColor.green = g; pathItems[i].fillColor.blue = b; } } //fillRGBColor(app.activeDocument.pathItems, 50, 50, 50); // dark grey fillRGBColor(app.activeDocument.pathItems, 255, 255, 0); // yellow ... View more