Hi Tod, please elaborate on your question, a screen shot on what you're trying to do will help. something like this?? ... View more

Hi Ivan, I don't know how to use FM, I don't have it either...so I ignore the scripting capabilities of it, there might be a way to run files, but it is not possible to access Illustrator thru DDE. However, a simple search showed that its DOM is exposed to VB for scripting...So VB can talk to both FM and Illustrator, and can tell Illustrator to run a jsx file after doing somenthing in FM, does it make sense? ... View more

Hi Todd, you're welcome, please explain better, I don't understand the question. are you trying to "move" a textframe (Dim textRef = myDoc.TextFrames.Add) closer to other text frames? or do you want to "zoom" to this textframe? ... View more

what does the script do? ... View more

Filemaker is DDE compliant...is AI? i'm not sure. What are you trying to accomplish thru DDE?, there might be alternatives [Edit] Illustrator does not support DDE ... View more

there's no need to find out the creator version, the active document  coordinate system is based on the application used, for example if you used CS4  to save a document with the ruler origin at bottom/left, when you open the same  document in CS5 the ruler origin will be at top/left (at least artboard rulers,  since previous to CS4 there were no separate artobard/global rulers). if you still need to find out the creator version, Mark made a script for it,  look here http://forums.adobe.com/message/3266819?tstart=0 ... View more

copy and Paste Special...Bitmap yields decent enough results for my needs. ... View more

I get the missing font dialog when I open the file from the GUI. When I open it from the script it just opens, no dialog. var file = new File("yourFullPathFile"); var idoc = app.open(file); ... View more

after uniting the paths, the resulting path is still selected, so you could use myNewUnitedPath = iapp.ActiveDocument.Selection(0) edit: 200 post!!! hurray!! ... View more

here's a script that breaks text Frames into separate characters http://forums.adobe.com/message/3510986#3510986 ... View more

I don't do AS, you could include the saving as pdf within the same action too, if that works for you. ... View more

pathFinder commands are not available to scripting, as Larry said you have to record and action that unites your paths first, then call it from your vbs. in this sample I named the action "pathFinderUnite", it is located in the "Set 2" actions folder. In your script, once you have selected all the paths you need to unite, call the action like this iapp.DoScript "pathFinderUnite","Set 2" iapp is my Illustrator variable ... View more

not exactly a translation #target Illustrator // var script.description = deletes hidden layers //  var script.parent = CarlosCanto; // 3/2/11 //  var script.elegant = false; var idoc = app.activeDocument; for (i = idoc.layers.length-1 ; i>=0 ; i--)      {           var ilayer = idoc.layers;           if (ilayer.visible == false)                {                     ilayer.visible = true;                     ilayer.locked = false;                     ilayer.remove();                }           } ... View more

no direct way that I know of, but it is possible, I would - create a temporary pathItem - apply the desired Graphic Style - copy the temp pathItem and paste in into the destination document - delete the temp item from both source and destination documents - loop thru all graphic styles if I needed all graphic styles imported ... View more

yeah, that does require to type a name. To have a name already preselected we can use the saveDlg() function #target Illustrator var idoc = app.activeDocument; var fileName = idoc.fullName; var thisFile = new File(fileName); var saveFile = thisFile.saveDlg(); if (saveFile)     {         alert("clicked Ok");         idoc.saveAs (saveFile);      }         else         {             alert("clicked Cancel");         } ... View more

Hi Mark, how about.... File.saveDialog (); ... View more

Hi, can you post a screenshot showing the selected line and some other "near" lines that need to be deleted? ... View more

you're welcome ... View more

glad to help, Larry ... View more

this will take care of getting rid off the small paths #target illustrator // deletes pathItems smaller than the supplied length var idoc = app.activeDocument; var howLong = prompt ("Enter the length in points of small paths to be deleted", 10, "Delete Small Paths"); for (i=0 ; i< idoc.pathItems.length; i++)      {           var ipath = idoc.pathItems                if ( ipath.length < howLong)                     {                          ipath.selected = true;                     }      } app.redraw(); if(confirm ("Proceed to delete selected items?", "yes", "Confirm Delete"))      {           app.cut();      } ... View more

it works fine here, I'm on windows too, try downloading again. Or before that try opening any other chm file already in your system to see if it works. ... View more

no problem, what you have so far kind of works, it starts with the second artboard and when it gets deleted, the third artboard becomes the second. So when it loops to the next AB the 3rd is AB # 4, does it makes sense? you need to start with the last AB so when it gets deleted the others don't get their index # messed up. loop backwards For i = idoc.Artboards.Count To 2 Step -1 to move items use a translation matrix Set moveMatrix = iapp.GetTranslationMatrix(deltaX, deltaY) loop thru items (any kind of item) in selection, and apply matrix sel = idoc.Selection         For j = LBound(sel) To UBound(sel)     sel(j).Transform moveMatrix     sel(j).Selected = False //deselect Next it's all VB code, but you get the idea. As Mark said, it could get messy once all is in one artboard, but I guess they are all arranged to coexist into one, right? ... View more

you're welcome ... View more

in the sample totalMatrix = translation + rotation, since you only need scaling you apply the matrix to scaling only artitem.transform(scalematrix) ... View more

go with # 2, no need to move the artboard, just move the pageItems then delete the arboard do you want to learn how to do it? here's how, it's more fun if you do it yourself 1. loop thru the Artboards (from last artboard to second artboard) 2. activate artboard 2. select all with selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard 3. find the distance from active artboard to artboard # 1 (use artboardRect property) 4. loop thru all items in selection 5. move item to first artboard (based on distance found in #3) 6. deselect item 7. delete artboard I'll post the actual script if you get stuck. ... View more

it's doable with a script, but still 3 clicks away...I don't know if it is more productive for you. #target Illustrator /* CS5 Only. Deletes the active artobard     along with the contents. Select something before running. */ var idoc = app.activeDocument; var activeAbIndex = idoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex(); idoc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard(); app.cut(); idoc.artboards.remove (activeAbIndex); ... View more