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‎Dec 10, 2012
05:44 AM
I agree, David. They are two great and selfless guys, among the countless other contributors on this forum. I don't know where they find the time. I, for one, will surely be buying each of them a beer at the Adobe AI Scripting Christmas Party!
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‎Oct 22, 2012
02:41 PM
you are MOST welcome!
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‎Oct 22, 2012
12:49 PM
Carlos, As a followup to this, you may want to make note of the following: CreateObject("Illustrator.ExportOptionsPNG8") CreateObject("Illustrator.ExportOptionsPNG24") will both open the latest installed version if not open. I suppose most other AI interfaces will as well. The strange part (at least for me) is the syntax that is needed to get around it, also not mentioned in the docs, I don't think. You need: CreateObject("Illustrator.ExportOptionsPNG8.CS5.1") CreateObject("Illustrator.ExportOptionsPNG24.CS5.1") I guess I would have expected the following to follow the hierarchy, but this does NOT work: CreateObject("Illustrator.CS5.1.ExportOptionsPNG8") CreateObject("Illustrator.CS5.1.ExportOptionsPNG24") Anyway -- FWIW. Thanks. -TT
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‎Oct 18, 2012
09:22 PM
Carlos, You remain... "the man". Thank you for your persistence. I can't remember for sure, but I honestly think that I even tried CS5.5 and that didn't work -- never thought of CS5.1. I figured that a minor version change from 5 to 5.1 would be in the same CS5 "family". It would sure be nice if there was even the slightest HINT of that in the documentation!! Before I posted I even downloaded the docs for CS6 to see if there was a syntax change there, but NO mention. Ugh! Well, many thanks to you again, Carlos. TT
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‎Oct 18, 2012
07:05 PM
Carlos, I had tried it both ways (with and without the comma for the blank path field) and still got the same error. After your reply, I decided to leave AI CS5 open, but this time open CS6 as well when calling the script. When I do "that" with the GetObject(), I do NOT get the exception error, however it still only grabs AI CS6 and NOT AI CS5, even though the GetObject string (or CreateObject string as in my original example) is "Illustrator.Application.CS5". TT
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‎Oct 18, 2012
04:58 PM
Howdy Carlos, Changing CreateObject to GetObject yields an exception error "Cannot create ActiveX component.". What I have here is an application that is the backend of a design shop, complete with interactive and real-time pricing of designs and integration into an eComm package. There are many other things that the application does so sometimes the app is being used without AI being launched, and the operator can "pull in" AI automatically which will be launched on command. Similarly, sometimes (often, actually) AI is used by itself and the app is opened later. So it is used both ways. I've not used GetObject before. If the app needs AI, it is just interested in the active document and doesn't know any file names. As I said, I've not used GetObject so I don't know what class name as an alternative to file name to use. TT
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‎Oct 18, 2012
01:53 PM
Could there be a default scripting version (e.g. 16.0) that I am neglecting to change an association that, when called, assumes AI CS6? Just hopelessly thinking out loud...
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‎Oct 18, 2012
01:50 PM
Hi Carlos, Yes, that is the case. Actually, the scenario is that 1) I have AI CS5.1 open. 2) I launch my VB application, which creates the object as described above, and THAT attempts open AI CS6. To double (and quadruple) check, I have double-clicked on an .AI file and it opens with CS5. I've checked program defaults (extension associations) and CS5 is the default. Go figure. I'll continue to trace it... Thanks in advance for your insight. TT
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‎Oct 18, 2012
12:54 PM
Hi Mark, I KNEW I could count on you for a reply -- even if you couldn't help. Thank you! At least I know that my forum subscription is still working! Maybe Carlos will be around soon. On a PC, extension "associations" are similar to what I think you are referring to on the mac as "launch services", but I am not sure. I have made sure that the default application for the .ai extension is set to the CS5 app and not the CS6 app, but still I get the CS6 app anyway. Ho hum... Thank you for your reply, though, Mark! TT
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‎Oct 18, 2012
10:55 AM
Anyone? I hate to think that I have to uninstall CS6 as a workaround for this... Please - if anyone has any info on this please let me know. Thank you!
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‎Oct 17, 2012
02:10 PM
Greetings Illustrator Scripting Gurus, Looks like the scripting forum has been pretty busy lately compared to just a year ago. Kudos to all who have been answering questions. I hope to get some time again soon to participate more than I have been able to lately. So I'm not sure if I nailed the topic correctly in my subject so please allow me to explain. I have written an application in Visual Basic that interects nicely with Illustrator CS5.1, or at least it did until I installed Illustrator CS6 Trial. I will move to that version at some time in the future, but for now I still need to use CS5.1. Previously (prior to CS6 Trial install) I just used -- CreateObject("Illustrator.Application") -- to create an instance of Illustrator. After I installed CS6 Trial, the current version CS6 kept launching. So I figured - easy enough - so my line now reads -- CreateObject(My.Resources.CurrentVersionCS) -- where My.Resources.CurrentVersionCS = "Illustrator.Application.CS5". But still CS6 continues to launch instead of CS5. I have given searching the forums a good "college try" to try to find the answer before porstiong but have come up empty. Could anyone lend some direction to this for me? Thank you very much in advance! TT
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‎Apr 03, 2012
12:15 PM
CarlosCanto wrote: nice avatar Mark!!! ditto, Mark!
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‎Mar 14, 2012
08:09 AM
Erik, I'm not sure ifI totally understand what you are trying to do but I use Visual Basic in Visual Studio to run concurrently with AI. I develop in Visual Studio and just use a run-time debuggers to make the script (and all it's non-AI scripting logic) interact in real-time with the AI files at will. I don't know anything about Delaunay triangulation, but it would possibly seem that if the algorithm can be called from VB and path points have read-write access, as Mark said, then I think that this could possibly (in theory) work for you. Please let us know how you make out. Good luck! TT
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‎Mar 01, 2012
10:15 AM
heh -- well -- you being wrong doesn't happen very often! So I triple-checked, crossed my fingers and donned a new helmet before I hit the send button... you can never be TOO careful when you challange the Jedi Master! LOL! Your contributions here, Mark, are immeasurable.
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‎Mar 01, 2012
08:43 AM
Jesse: Are you in CMYK color mode? Check: File > Document Color Mode > CMYK Color If you are in RGB then the fix is different and ES might be bombing out without giving youan error (see provious post)
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‎Mar 01, 2012
08:30 AM
Sorry for all the one-sided posts, guys... but this works now (at least for me): #target Illustrator var docRef = app.activeDocument; for ( var i = docRef.pageItems.length-1; i >= 0; i-- ) { var pathRef = docRef.pageItems; if ( pathRef.fillColor.black == 100 ) { pathRef.remove(); app.redraw(); } };
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‎Mar 01, 2012
07:56 AM
Just one change to Mark's code (as it was iterating one time less that it should have, I believe)... for ( var i = docRef.pageItems.length-1; i >= 0; i-- ) { Other than that, I sure don't see why it doesn't work for me..
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‎Mar 01, 2012
07:48 AM
Jesse: Add (check) a few more levels of debugging in Edit > Preferences > Debugging and work your way back to where you are now - that should give you an idea of what's going on... I prefer to work in Visual Basic where I can see what's going on better -- FWIW -- (not to throw another curve), but the code below works in Visual Basic: I tried Mark's codce in ES and it didn;t work for me; I'll look into it a little more if you don't find the answer. ======================== Imports AI = Illustrator Module AdobeForum20120301 Public Sub RemoveBlackFilledBoxes() Dim app As AI.Application = CreateObject("Illustrator.Application") Dim aDoc = app.ActiveDocument For Each pi In aDoc.PageItems If pi.pageitemtype = 5 Then Dim pathItem As AI.PathItem = pi If pathItem.FillColor.Black = 100 Then pathItem.Delete() app.Redraw() End If End If Next End Sub End Module
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‎Feb 27, 2012
07:52 AM
SO -- what do you have so far in terms of a script? Do you need some help with syntax or logic or are you just looking for someone to do this for you?
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‎Feb 19, 2012
11:24 AM
Hi Carlos, Yeah, I thought that I would just offer that up as a possibility. I pretty much have VS open all day. SInce I just use my scripts for me, I typically just F5 to run a debug build in VS and it floats a Windows Form which I can minimize, so that when I am working in AI I can just bring the WinForm up and have a type of "control panel" complete with buttons, etc. which run different scripts. It's my way of not having to learn (yet at least) how to write extensions, I guess. So for me it's easier and more flexible. Anyway... FWIW. TT
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‎Feb 19, 2012
08:55 AM
Here's a link that should provide most of the documentation you'll need: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/illustrator/scripting.html I think that the scripting reference files are also included in the installation files somewhere in your install directory, but I don't remember for sure, so the link will help you in case you don't find them. You will need the 1) Scripting Guide of the CS version that you have that gives you an overview and 2) the Scripting Reference for the scripting language of choice.The Object model is mostly the same in all languages; there are some subtle differences in which one language has access to something that another does not, but that is the rare exception. Hope this helps. TT
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‎Feb 14, 2012
03:21 PM
Separation, Just a side thought too -- not to steer you away from the guidance of Carlos and Muppet Mark -- these guys are incredibly talented and SOOO generous with their time to others it's amazing! But if you are comfortable with VB, you could also develop in VB if you use an IDE (like VS2010 I know works and probably most others), and save the project. While I've never compiled for distribution, you could probably do that too. The only thing is that you have to run the VB runtime concurrently with AI. I don't have a problem doing that. The nice thing about developing in VS is that you get the benefit of the full DOM and full code hinting -- great for not-so-smart guys like me. Again - just a thought. Best of luck, TT
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‎Jan 02, 2012
01:01 PM
Yup, makes sense. Thanks, Carlos. I'll submit a bug report.
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‎Jan 02, 2012
07:38 AM
One more thing -- which is definitely a sign of a bug is that upon the deletion/removal of the symbol, when thebroken instances are sent to the top layer, THAT layer then becomes the active layer. If the coder is unaware of this issue, THAT could cause an equal or greater amount of consternation....
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‎Jan 02, 2012
07:28 AM
Hi Carlos! Thanks for your reply. Yeah, looks like a bug to me too. I added about 5 blank layers above the 2nd layer, made the first layer active, deleted the symbol instance and the replacement pathitems were inserted into the 7th layer (top layer). Didn't know if that's what you meant by the "top layer" so I figured I'd test the bug a little more. How do you report bugs to Adobe since they don't seem to hang around here much? Thanks for your assistance. TT
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‎Jan 01, 2012
06:56 PM
Hi Everyone, I've been working on this for a LONG while and just don't understand it. Here's what I am doing (in VB): I duplicate a symbol, add it 4 times to layer1 (with some massaging to each added reference). Variable 'aLayer' is the first layer (trust me, I've checked it 2.742 times ). When I refer to the AI UI and refresh it just before the line in RED executes, everything shows just fine - those little buggers are on layer1, just where they are supposed to be. Then when I execute the 'delete' to break the link, it moves the pathitems to layer 2. If I try the same on Layer2, (there's only 2 layers), the copies go to layer 2. If I add a third layer to diagnose the problem using the layer 2 variables, the copies go to layer3. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thanks so much in advance for your help! TT Here's the code: ... Dim tmpCenterWidget = aDoc.Symbols.GetByName("CenterWidget").Duplicate Dim widgetLeft = DrawCenterWidgets(aDoc, "_WidgetLeft_" & aLayer.Name, tmpCenterWidget, 180, yCenter + 18, x1) Dim widgetRight = DrawCenterWidgets(aDoc, "_WidgetRight_" & aLayer.Name, tmpCenterWidget, 0, yCenter + 18, x2 - 18) Dim widgetTop = DrawCenterWidgets(aDoc, "_WidgetTop_" & aLayer.Name, tmpCenterWidget, 90, y1, xCenter - 18) Dim widgetBottom = DrawCenterWidgets(aDoc, "_WidgetBottom_" & aLayer.Name, tmpCenterWidget, -90, y2 + 18, xCenter - 18) tmpCenterWidget.Delete() ' deletes temp widget symbol duplicate which breaks symbols to paths 'GroupSelectedObjects(app, "_GroupWidgets_") aDoc.Selection = vbEmpty 'deselects all app.Redraw() Return True End Function Private Function DrawCenterWidgets(aDoc As AI.Document, widgetName As String, baseSymbol As Illustrator.Symbol, rotate As Double, top As Double, left As Double) Dim aLayer = aDoc.ActiveLayer Dim newSymbol = aLayer.SymbolItems.Add(baseSymbol) newSymbol.Rotate(rotate) newSymbol.Top = top newSymbol.Left = left newSymbol.Name = widgetName Return newSymbol End Function
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‎Dec 21, 2011
02:11 PM
Dang... I'm sorry that I missed it!!!
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‎Dec 21, 2011
11:37 AM
Hi Carlos, Already in place as I had mentioned in my OP, but thanks for the reply. The question was more to the storage composition of the symbol itself in the document. This thread has been moved to the main Adove Illustrator forum. I don't see any way to have a moderator "officially" move the thread and close this one, and I am supposed to do that I am not sure how to do that. Thanks again, TT NOTE: THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE MAIN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FORUM. http://forums.adobe.com/message/4096846#4096846
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‎Dec 20, 2011
07:00 AM
Hi Mark, Good point about posting this on the main forum - never thought of that since my issue started in scripting. I've checked for current solutions on the subject in all the forums but came up empty. I don't see moderators who could move this post, so I will consider reposting to the main forum. As I said in my OP, I have a work around which includes breaking the instances, but my original intent was to use the symbols for easy update later. Thanks for your help. Thanks again, Mark. TT NOTE: THIS WILL BE REPOSTED IN THE MAIN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FORUM.
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‎Dec 19, 2011
05:44 PM
I am scripting with Illustrator and originally wanted to utilize symbols in a document. My scripting worked just fine, but when output to a plotter driver the symbols would not print. They are recognized just fine when output to another printer, although I know that the two are different. I am told that plotter driver only recognizes vectors (understandable, of course) and that the symbols are raster which is why they are not recognized. I have a workaround that converts the symbols into images, but as this is a little out of my area of expertise, I would like to throw this out there if anyone knows for sure and can shed some further light on the subject. Thank you in advance for your thoughts. TT
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