John, forgive me for knowing nothing of xml… but if you need edit/fix for use in ID then there is a javascript xml object… about a dozen pages cover it in the tool kit guide. Its just that I don't see you using it although I wouldn't know how… Just an observation in case it had been overlooked… ... View more

Both Ben's scripts work fine here so I don't think the issue is with either the language or the given syntax but his install… There are no script options within the app that are going to update this list for you… ... View more

Carlos, that 'begone' fade out made me laugh… didn't think it would actually work… looked fun, capturing images to use looked pretty funky too. Im new to using scriptUI so it looked like a good learning subject… Now sticking a white box of 50ish% may be an option… Hadn't thought of that one, could be a useable alternative thanks… I will have to play some more. Do you know where you would store a text file preference on a windows box? ... View more

Don't you just need to cancat the folder that you have as target and the thumbs name in a new file object? #target bridge var thisFolder = Folder.desktop; var thisFile = app.document.selections[0]; if (thisFile.type == 'file') {      if (thisFile.copyTo(thisFolder)) {           var newFile = File(thisFolder.fsName + '/' + thisFile.name);           newFile.rename('SomeNewName');            } } ... View more

Carlos, that was a thought but I think it may be too slow for what I had in mind… only wanted a little snap shot as png. A layer has 'dimPlacedImages' but that is images only… Changing all the possible layers opacity and restoring could turn out to be a big ask… depending on the art in question… Here is what I have at the moment the XY stuff is correct in CS5 I don't have CS4 to test with…? It should get you the co-ords relative to the active artboard. These are in edit boxes so you could cut and paste from them. The measures at present are based on the open doc's and it needs to be saved… I may change this to just script preference. Was also going to give an option on snapping the selected object or its parent artboard… Needs a bit more tinkering with yet… #target illustrator #targetengine main /*////////////////////////////////////////////////                   *///////////////////////////////////////////////// selectionCoOrds(); function selectionCoOrds() {            if (app.documents.length > 0) {                           var doc = app.activeDocument;           var sel = doc.selection;                      if (sel.length == 1) {                                var aiFile = doc.fullName;                                var units = aiRulerUnits(aiFile);                                var ab = doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();                                ab++;                                sel = sel[0];                                //sel.isIsolated = true; No bloody working…                                var xy = doc.convertCoordinate(sel.position,                     CoordinateSystem.DOCUMENTCOORDINATESYSTEM,                     CoordinateSystem.ARTBOARDCOORDINATESYSTEM);                                     if (parseFloat(app.version) == 15) {xy[1] = -xy[1];}                                var x,y,w,h;                                switch (units) {                                     case 'cm' :                          x = roundToDP(xy[0]/28.346,4) + ' cm';                          y = roundToDP(xy[1]/28.346,4) + ' cm';                          w = roundToDP(sel.width/28.346,4) + ' cm';                          h = roundToDP(sel.height/28.346,4) + ' cm';                          break;                                               case 'mm' :                          x = roundToDP(xy[0]/2.834645,3) + ' mm';                          y = roundToDP(xy[1]/2.834645,3) + ' mm';                          w = roundToDP(sel.width/2.834645,3) + ' mm';                          h = roundToDP(sel.height/2.834645,3) + ' mm';                          break;                                               case 'in' :                          x = roundToDP(xy[0]/72,4) + ' in';                          y = roundToDP(xy[1]/72,4) + ' in';                          w = roundToDP(sel.width/72,4) + ' in';                          h = roundToDP(sel.height/72,4) + ' in';                          break;                                               case 'pi' :                          // Need to fix these strings yet…                          x = roundToDP(xy[0]/12,3) + ' pi';                          y = roundToDP(xy[1]/12,3) + ' pi';                          w = roundToDP(sel.width/12,3) + ' pi';                          h = roundToDP(sel.height/12,3) + ' pi';                          break;                                               case 'pt' :                          x = roundToDP(xy[0],4) + ' pt';                          y = roundToDP(xy[1],4) + ' pt';                          w = roundToDP(sel.width,4) + ' pt';                          h = roundToDP(sel.height,4) + ' pt';                          break;                                               case 'px' :                          x = roundToDP(xy[0],3) + ' px';                          y = roundToDP(xy[1],3) + ' px';                          w = roundToDP(sel.width,3) + ' px';                          h = roundToDP(sel.height,3) + ' px';                          break;                                     }                      var pic = File('~/Desktop/aiSelection.png');                doc.imageCapture(pic,sel.visibleBounds,undefined);                                     paletteCoOrds(pic,ab,x,y,w,h);                           }                 } }; function roundToDP(n,dP) {            return Math.round(n*Math.pow(10,dP))/Math.pow(10,dP);            }; // Find ruler units in file data function aiRulerUnits(f) {            var rulerUnits = undefined;            f.open('r');            while (!f.eof) {                      var line = f.readln();                 if (/^%AI\d_RulerUnits:/.test(line)) {                                var d = line.match(/\d$/);                                switch (Number(d)) {                                          case 0 : rulerUnits = 'in'; break; // Inches                     case 1 : rulerUnits = 'mm'; break; // MM                     case 2 : rulerUnits = 'pt'; break; // Points                     case 3 : rulerUnits = 'pi'; break; // Picas                     case 4 : rulerUnits = 'cm'; break; // CM                     case 6 : rulerUnits = 'px'; // Pixels                                     }                           f.close();                           return rulerUnits;                                          }            } // EOF      f.close();            return rulerUnits; }; // The palette function paletteCoOrds(selPng,selab,selX,selY,selW,selH) {      var palWin = new Window('palette');      palWin.preferredSize = [150,200];      palWin.opacity = 0.9;      var red = (1/256)*204, green = (1/256)*102, blue = 0;      palWin.graphics.backgroundColor = palWin.graphics.newBrush      (palWin.graphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,[red, green, blue]);      var header = palWin.add('statictext');      header.text = 'Selection Info…';      header.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont('Helvetica', 'Bold', 14);      header.graphics.foregroundColor = header.graphics.newPen      (header.graphics.PenType.SOLID_COLOR, [1.0, 1.0, 1.0], 1);            // Written by Marc Autret      Image.prototype.onDraw = function() {           if( !this.image ) return;           var WH = this.size,           wh = this.image.size,           k = Math.min(WH[0]/wh[0], WH[1]/wh[1]),           xy;           wh = [k*wh[0],k*wh[1]];           xy = [ (WH[0]-wh[0])/2, (WH[1]-wh[1])/2 ];           this.graphics.drawImage(this.image,xy[0],xy[1],wh[0],wh[1]);           WH = wh = xy = null;      }      var pic = palWin.add('image', undefined, selPng);            pic.size = [100,100]; // How big you want the image here…            selPng.remove(); // Dump the image we've used it…            var abText = palWin.add('statictext');      abText.text = 'Artboard: ' + selab;      abText.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont('Helvetica', 'Bold', 12);            var xGroup = palWin.add('group');      var x = xGroup.add('statictext');      x.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont('Helvetica', 'Bold', 12);      x.text = 'X:';      var xEdit = xGroup.add('edittext');      xEdit.characters = 10;      xEdit.text = selX;            var yGroup = palWin.add('group');      var y = yGroup.add('statictext');      y.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont('Helvetica', 'Bold', 12);      y.text = 'Y:';      var yEdit = yGroup.add('edittext');      yEdit.characters = 10;      yEdit.text = selY;            var wGroup = palWin.add('group');      var w = wGroup.add('statictext');      w.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont('Helvetica', 'Bold', 12);      w.text = 'W:';      var wEdit = wGroup.add('edittext');      wEdit.characters = 10;      wEdit.text = selW;            var hGroup = palWin.add('group');      var h = hGroup.add('statictext');      h.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont('Helvetica', 'Bold', 12);      h.text = 'H:';      var hEdit = hGroup.add('edittext');      hEdit.characters = 10;      hEdit.text = selH;      var beGone = palWin.add('button',undefined,'Be Gone…');      palWin.center();      palWin.show();      beGone.onClick = function() {                      // Fadeout locks focus for a short while…           for (var i = 90; i > 10; i--) {                $.sleep(10);                palWin.opacity = i/100;           }           palWin.close(); // Be gone…      }; }; ... 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Larry, this is in relation to a script posted by Carlos in the main Illustrator forum only last week or so… I had done a little work on this idea too although didn't get about to posting it… What I was trying to do was 'screen grab' well image capture actually a selection from within AI and use it as part of the scriptUI. I have asked before about 'isIsolated' and got no real answer… When you put an object in isolation in the GUI all other art gets dimmed and this captures with image capture too plus exporting… It would have been nicer if I could have done this in script too, placing the emphasis on the object in question. Then letting the focus go back to normal… Here are a couple of pics that may explain better what I mean… Some junk and an isolated object… Normal mode… But is this what 'isIsolated' is even referring too? It's a property of all page items and I can set & get without errors yet nothing happens? I can post the script too if you need see what I was monkeying about with…? It works in my CS5 but this would be nice to know how to do if its possible? ... View more

This seems to be a very straight forward request… Just about all of this has been covered in previous posts… The forum searches are pretty rubbish thou… ... View more

If this was a pdf that you had just created with script in ID then there is also an option to veiwPDF in the export options… ... View more

Im not sure why you need a script at all? Is there anything else that you have missed out or that I have overlooked? The app has a find/replace built-in…? ... View more

Any reason why you want to do this in 'resource string style'…? ... View more

Kasyan, has a script that does this posted on his site… I think it used to only be possible via AppleScript but the newer versions of OSX have shell too. Handier for use with Bridge & Photoshop… ... View more

The PDF by Peter is meant to work alongside the Tool Kit Guide PDF produced by Adobe. That also contains a section on the 'window' class and scriptUI. Peter's just has better working examples… to get you started… The Tool Kit guide also covers all the stuff that is available suite wide and not specific to any app… ... View more

If you found this thread via a web/forum search and are new to scripting… Then consider your choice of language… On your OS you can go with AppleScript or use Adobe's ESTK (javascript based) language. There are pros and cons to each. You will certainly get more help in this forum with the latter. Either way have fun… Glad you got it working anyhow… ... View more

You don't mention which scripting language you are using with Illustrator…? In JavaScript there are standard window types alert(), confirm() & prompt() for everything that requires more you use scriptUI and there is a very good starters guide PDF by Peter Kahrel that can be found in the ID scripting forum… ... View more

I think that's the first time I've tried use AppleScript with CS5. A couple of things I noticed. I could not reduce the text of the name until I'd first set it to a variable can't see why should just be a string… When I first ran on a bunch of files including older CS2 ones it stopped at the second claiming that the 'user had canceled' which I ain't touched nothing… Tested with just new CS5 files and no problems… I have not had the time to check but there may be some opening options required for use with older files… In one or two places I did include 'log' so you can see the values of variables displayed in the event log… you can remove these they are not needed… What is the last report in your event log…? ... View more

This did what you wanted with the briefest of tests… set InputFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select an input folder" tell application "Finder" set IDFileList to every file of InputFolder whose name ends with ".indd" set IDcount to count of IDFileList end tell log IDcount if IDcount > 0 then set OuputFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select an output folder" tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5" activate set user interaction level of script preferences to never interact repeat with i from 1 to IDcount open (item i of IDFileList) set DocRef to the active document tell DocRef set DocName to name set DocName to text 1 thru -6 of DocName log DocName set SaveName to DocName & ".trykk.pdf" set SavePath to (OuputFolder as text) & SaveName export format PDF type to SavePath ¬ using "[Smallest File Size]" without showing options close saving yes end tell end repeat set user interaction level of script preferences to interact with all beep 3 display alert "Finished!" giving up after 3 end tell else display dialog "Nothing to process?" giving up after 3 end if ... View more

Larry, what Phil was asking for was a method where you could change a property of the color 'global' with scripting but this does not exist like it does in the GUI. What is posted copies the values to new swatches then removes the spots which kinda results in the same thing all be it a work about… At least you can read the values now… ... View more

Sorry, I don't see any property that lets you do that… This was about the closest to that I could find… ... View more

Phil, Im just about to set off for work now… but I ran a quick test on my home box and to my surprise this appears to work… #target illustrator var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var spotcnt = myDoc.spots.length; for (var i = 0; i <= spotcnt-1; i++) {           if (myDoc.spots.name!="[Registration]") {                var spotname = myDoc.spots.name;                     var spotvalue = myDoc.spots.getInternalColor();                     var mycolor = myDoc.swatches.add();                     mycolor.name = spotname;           var myCMYK = new CMYKColor();                     myCMYK.cyan = spotvalue[0];           myCMYK.magenta = spotvalue[1];           myCMYK.yellow = spotvalue[2];           myCMYK.black = spotvalue[3];                     mycolor.color = myCMYK;                      } } if (spotcnt > 0) {app.activeDocument.spots.removeAll();} I've not been able to do this before so do check and let me know the result at your end… Does make things a little easier when you can read the values… ... View more

Related to this anybody got an example of how to set 'hidePanelForThumbnail' so that the panel only shows for certain file types… It says a script defined function but Im not sure how to pass the thumbnail… ... View more

I try to use both but AppleScript's biggest disappointment is it's lack of a native regular expressions… Hated JavaScript at first but I am starting to warm to it now… ... View more

I think what John has said is correct… I only had a quick look in the dictionary terms. Without find/change the closest you may get is line or paragraph after that you would need to manipulate the line/para contents further… Word by definition I would think can't contain space but is encapsulated in space bar first/last… tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5" tell active document tell story 1 set myfind to object reference of every word whose contents = "Example" end tell show text first item of myfind end tell end tell This would show the line you can then break down further… tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5" tell active document tell story 1 set myfind to object reference of every line whose contents contains "For Example" end tell show text first item of myfind end tell end tell ... View more

Larry, I have recently built myself a couple of panels for Bridge… Want to build my workflows with this being the central point. Im still playing but I just use this inside of each buttons onclick handler to a different script AI, PS ID… Appears to work OK… Glad you like it but don't thank me Adobe put it there… If it were my doing the thing would… ¡$.work(); ... View more

You may be able to… $.evalFile(File('~/Desktop/AlertMeNow.jsx')); ... View more

Mike, batch action also has an option to log errors… Which I guess means it also continues with the rest… I never did check that out either to see how its done… Although I think 'validate' could mean just about anything… ... View more

Phil, you catch me again where Im at work and stuck at a CS2 box… I do most scripting from home where I keep my snippets… Your method of 'getInternalColor()' was only brought in with CS4 I jumped to CS5 only a short while ago and missed that one… Even so the older method I recall was looping all the art to find and swap out. Then remove the spots… Best I to go see if anything else has changed too before I say your preferred route can't be done… ... View more

Phil, Im not taking about colored links to images… I will have to check but Im fairly sure that when you change a swatches type from spot to process it just breaks it. No colored art is changed, pathItems the lot… ... View more

If app.redraw() actually worked as you would want it to… you could possibly take an on screen tour of your art in some animated fashion… ... View more