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pixxxel schubser

active since 2009 | 6100+ posts

pixxxelschubser

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pixxxel schubser

active since 2009 | 6100+ posts

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Hmmh? You have not spoken of use in a panel previously. Some conjectures: Is "Transform" the correct adobe configurator syntax for "resize"? (I only have CS3 and that's why no configurator) And have you implemented a selection? Copy and paste are working in your panel (standalone)?

No, that's not possible. Define one or more empty (global) var before you go into a function. You can use them later (also in a function and give back to others). IMHO a (local) var, which was created in a function is always undefined outside of this function.

Does this works for you? (I hope, I understand you right) // CopyPasteResize.jsx // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1230010?tstart=0 // copy, paste and resize to 110% // a selection is necessary and the layer can not be blank var aDoc = app.activeDocument; var Sel = aDoc.selection; Sel.copy (); aDoc.paste(); aDoc.activeLayer.resize(110,110, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER) Have fun.

My pleasure, and thanks for the help.

I hope you'll forgive me the little joke. There are several ways to (call) special characters about their unicode. This linked thread has reminded me. decodeURI() unescape() String.fromCharCode() and so on … I use the unescape-method.

CarlosCanto wrote: … do you mind sharing how you solved it? thanks No problem: ...check this thread to find the solution http://forums.adobe.com/message/3577867#3577867

Really fine or amusing? CarlosCanto wrote: … Deutsch? Woah! 100% perfect grammar and orthography. Certainly there are not so much people are able to imitate this result. back to topic In your link I have found what I was looking for. Even if the subject matter was a completely different - probably is the "Backslash-BUG" also the cause. Now I use an alternative syntax for the special characters and everything works perfect. Thanx

Do you mean something like this? var itemsearchcount = null; previewdata(); nextviewdata(); function previewdata(){ // do something itemsearchcount = 1; return itemsearchcount; }; function nextviewdata(){ // do something more alert(itemsearchcount); };

Und so hast du z.B. Zugriff auf die Fundstellen: // CarlosCantos search var data = '<str>000033<str>testvorm4.ai<str>daniel van Willigen<str>Daniel van Willigen<str>Ronald van de Putte'; var searchword = /daniel/gi; var count = data.match(searchword); alert('Search data was found '+count.length+'- times'); // addition var found = count.join('\r'); alert (found) P.S. What's happend with your other search? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1219229

Hello CarlosCanto, thank you for sharing the link. (Oh god, so much to read - and this with my English)

Why is this so and what can I do? I use several scripts in Illustrator. Some of them I use in this way: http://www.davidebarranca.com/2012/11/scriptui-bridgetalk-persistent-window-examples/ Now I tried to built in two other scripts in the palette. In this scripts it is required to use special characters in variables. Standalone these scripts are work correct. Here is an simple example: // exampleScript.jsx var a = '\u201d'+" example "+'\u201d'; alert(a) I get this (correct) result: But when I call this example script with bridge talk: var scriptToLoad = new File(pathToScript + "/exampleScript.jsx"); var win = new Window('palette', 'own palette'); var btnSelect = win.add('button', undefined, 'example'); btnSelect.onClick = function() {scriptToLoad.open("r"); var bt = new BridgeTalk; bt.target = "illustrator"; var script = scriptToLoad.read(); scriptToLoad.close(); bt.body = script; bt.send();} win.center(); win.show(); Here is the same script and the wrong result: What can I do to fix this?

It's time for the next step. // Find645_NumberInDoc.jsx // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1221811 // regards pixxxelschubser var aDoc = app.activeDocument; var DocName = aDoc.name; var aDocPath = aDoc.path.fsName; var aTFrame = aDoc.textFrames; var searchString = /^645\d{4}/; var searchString2 = /^645\d{4}_/; for (i=aTFrame.length-1; i>=0; i--) { contentString = aTFrame.textRange.contents; result = contentString.match (searchString); DocName = DocName.replace (searchString2,''); if (result) { var SaveName = aDocPath + "/" + result + "_" + DocName; i=0; // find now only the first result! } } var saveOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions(); saveOptions.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR13; // or your version saveOptions.fontSubsetThreshold = 0.0; app.activeDocument.saveAs( new File(SaveName), saveOptions ); Ask, if you have questions.

My pleasure. You are on the right way. But there is still much to be done.

I can't help you with AppleScript. But this JavaScript works. // FindStringInLayersName.jsx // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1227665?tstart=0 // find layers which have "-changeMe" in the name var theLayers = app.activeDocument.layers; var LayersName, result; var searchString = /[-]changeMe/; for (i=0; i<theLayers.length; i++) { LayersName = theLayers.name; result = LayersName.search(searchString); if (result != -1) { alert("Found in layer: "+LayersName); // or do something else } } Perhaps someone else can translate this. Good luck

@StanStill, you can start your script in many places accelerate and optimize. for example change this: yText.paragraphs[0].paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.CENTER; for (i=0;i<yText.textRange.characters.length;i++) { yText.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = textSwatch.color; } to: yText.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.CENTER; yText.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = textSwatch.color; also you can this: var swatchesLength = origSwatches.length; for (i=0;i<swatchesLength;i++) { if (origSwatches.name == "text" || origSwatches.name == "text") { var textSwatch = origSwatches; } } // Check if text swatch is defined if (textSwatch == undefined) { alert("Please create a text swatch"); } else { makeDimensions(); releaseLayer(); } change to: try { var swatchName = "text"; var textSwatch = myDocument.swatches.getByName (swatchName); makeDimensions(); releaseLayer(); } catch (myError) { alert("Please create a text swatch"); // better as an alert: you can define your text swatch here } There is still much more to optimize. Good luck

Not exactly, what you looking for, but … http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1222258?tstart=0

As I said, my English ... Thank you for your explanation. Michael L Hale wrote: … You can change the ruler units to use percent but then you are not using UnitValue objects. The TO can decide if this fact is relevant for him.

Michael L Hale wrote: To use percentage with UnitValues you need to set the baseUnit property to whatever value 100% would be. Unless your doc is square you will need two UnitValue objects. It really is a lot eaiser to just use a distanc unit such as in or cm and do the math in the value side of the argument. doc.resizeImage(UnitValue((doc.width.as('in')*.5),"in"),UnitValue((doc .height.as('in')*.5),"in"),null,ResampleMethod.BICUBIC); Hmmh? I'm confused. Perhaps my English is to bad or I missunderstood your post. Working with percent is easy in my opinion: // ResizeDocByPercent.jsx // resize a document in percent // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1226639?tstart=0 // regards pixxxelschubser var aDoc = app.activeDocument; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PERCENT; aDoc.resizeImage(50,undefined,undefined,ResampleMethod.BICUBIC); Does this works for you correct?

The topmost layer is always layers[0] getByName() get the next layer which is having the correct name. There is normally no need to search, if there any other layers with the same name exists. Why do you have layers with the same name? In this case you should check for unique names before you use this method. One way to do this: check your layers with REGEX like search() or match() whether the same name is used in the document multiple.

There are two different Folders (for 32 Bit and for 64 Bit) Perhaps it should be something like this? var PSD = new File("/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 (64 Bit)/Presets/Scripts/Script_Resources/moreLengthsOverlayTemplate.psd") ;

Did you have tested this "update" with files from different Illustrator versions? Sometimes (when open an older file in a newer version) the textlines are broken and Regex doesn't find a result. Please test it exactly with more files before the next step is coming. You always have PDF with PO-number and you will save the new-named PDF in the same folder or in another place? I hope so you won't save directly in network. By the way – you can mark helpful or correct answers as such, you know?

Step by step! At first you should say, if this "update" works better for you: // Find645_NumberInDoc.jsx // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1221811 // regards pixxxelschubser var aDoc = app.activeDocument; var aTFrame = aDoc.textFrames; //var searchString = /^345\d/; //how many digits has your PO-number? var searchString = /^645\d{4}/; // update var count = 0; for (i=aTFrame.length-1; i>=0; i--) { contentString = aTFrame.textRange.contents; result = contentString.match (searchString); if (result) { alert (contentString.slice (0, 7) + "_" + aDoc.name); //update count++; } } if (count == 0) { alert ("Nothing found"); } else { if (count > 1) { alert ("found too much"); } }

regardless of this you can try: // Find345_NumberInDoc.jsx // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1221811 // regards pixxxelschubser var aDoc = app.activeDocument; var aTFrame = aDoc.textFrames; var searchString = /^345\d/; //how many digits has your PO-number? var count = 0; for (i=aTFrame.length-1; i>=0; i--) { contentString = aTFrame.textRange.contents; result = contentString.match (searchString); if (result) { alert (contentString + "_" + aDoc.name); count++; } } if (count == 0) { alert ("Nothing found"); } else { if (count > 1) { alert ("found too much"); } }

Show (or give) us an example, please. Some questions: - The documents were created with different versions of Illustrator? - With which? - Is the text always text (and not paths)?

How is the selection made? Has the width and height of the selection always been an integral multiple of the fixed ratio? Regardless - try something like this: // Sel_ratioCheck.jsx // http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1221655?tstart=0 // regards pixxxelschubser var w = 336; var h = 596; var aDoc = app.activeDocument; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; var aSel = aDoc.selection.bounds; var W_factor = (aSel[2]-aSel[0])/w*1000; var H_factor = (aSel[3]-aSel[1])/h*1000; W_factor = Math.round(W_factor); H_factor = Math.round(H_factor); if (W_factor == H_factor) { alert ("fixed ratio of 336x596"); } else { alert("The ratio is wrong:\n"+W_factor+" : "+H_factor); } However, if the existing selection is much too small, then the calculation will be incorrect. Have fun

You're welcome. abjelly wrote: … but I have changed moveToBeginning to moveToEnd because the order was not correct … Strange. Are you sure? The (last) selected item is moved to the top position. The (penultimate) selected item is moved to the top position … and so on ... … the (first) selected item is moved to the top position. The order should be all right. Like this:

Which Illustrator version do you use?

Try this: // GroupFromSel.jsx // regards pixxxelschubser if ( app.documents.length > 0 && app.activeDocument.selection.length > 0) { var aDoc = app.activeDocument; var Sel = aDoc.selection; var GroupFromSel = aDoc.groupItems.add(); for ( i = Sel.length-1; i >= 0; i--) { Sel.moveToBeginning( GroupFromSel ) } } Have fun

Perhaps this helps a little bit. It is language-independent and shows the path (or the name) to the corresponding scripts folder completly. #target Illustrator // at first save this script and than run var fo = File($.fileName).parent.fsName; //path to scripts folder //var fo = File($.fileName).parent.name; // the name of scripts folder alert (fo) The result should always display the folder where the script is stored.

CarlosCanto wrote: … because I was using "positon" instead of "position" … … like the TO @pkrk? Perhaps this is the reason for this thread?