Hi Pedro, sorry for the confusion, I’d love to be able to script – however that is beyond me for now. That being said, I am vicariously attempting to follow along. The OP asked if it was possible to apply a script referencing an action to selected files in Bridge. I came across a different post, where a method to run an action via scripting was offered. I am oblivious to the issues that you mention. :] ... View more

I can’t help with the scripting, however take a look at the GUI: Notice the effective resolution of the images scaled 50%. This works for both linked or embedded images. Not sure if this info is available via scripting or not to throw up an onscreen report. It is possible to use the save command from the options menu to write this data to a text file, perhaps this can be scripted for a basic report… 288 pt wide (1200 px) ÷ 72 pt = 4 in wide, so 1200 px ÷ 4 in = 300 ppi effective resolution (I’m sure there is a better way to explain that) 192 pt depth (800 px) ÷ 72 pt = 2.667 in depth, so 800 ÷ 2.667 in = 299.96 in effective resolution (close enough to 300 ppi) Another method would be to save the AI file as PDF and use Acrobat Pro Preflight and or third party PDF preflight such as Enfocus PitStop Pro/Server. ... View more

Thank you Pedro, I have tried to follow your suggestions, however I am still getting an error with the script when I run Bridge: “The test-actionAction is not available in the test-set Set.” The action is installed in: Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS6/Adobe Bridge The script is visible and ticked/active in Bridge/Preferences/Startup Scripts The script works fine when it is run from say Illustrator/File/Scripts/Browse The action set is loaded in Illustrator and the action is in the set. The working code for referencing an action via JS follows: // https://forums.adobe.com/message/8101549#8101549 // Set your action name and the set name that it belongs to here var myAction = "test-action"; var mySet = "test-set"; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- try {     app.doScript(myAction, mySet); } catch(e) {     alert("The " + myAction + "Action is not available in the " + mySet +" Set."); } ... View more

I previously mentioned Enfocus Switch to help automate this process, such a workflow would make use of the Command Line Utility (CLI) “ImageMagick” (this is not a cheap or out of the box solution, even though ImageMagick is open source). Of course, one does not need Switch to use ImageMagick and this CLI could potentially be automated using other methods. Here is the page on combining channels from the ImageMagick site: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/color_basics/#combine_other http://imagemagick.org ... View more

Chris, if using an action, I would use the channels/merge channels command rather than copy/paste etc. The main issue is that an action will record the explicit file names used for the channels, so actions can be very limited when one is dealing with variable names. One viable work around could be to dupe/rename/close the original file names to a standard fixed name that would be used to merge the channels via an action. I have made this work via an action on a single set of four opened files, however I am not sure if this could work via a batch action on multiples sets. I can’t get the following script to work, however somebody else may be able to find out why there are errors (I am using CS6, also tried in CS5): https://gist.github.com/moluapple/1333451 PS_Merge Multiple Single-Channel-Files to One Multi-Channels File (function (){ var f = Folder.selectDialog ('选择文件夹'), fA = f.getFiles ('*.tif'), fs = f.fsName, op = new TiffSaveOptions, i = 0; op.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW; // 设置LZW压缩 for (; i < fA.length; i += 5){ process (fA); } function process (base) { var fn = base.name.split('_')[0], PMS = unescape(f.getFiles (fn + '*.tif').toString().match(/(Pantone.+?)\.tif/)[1]), F = function (str){return File(fs + '/' + fn + '_' + str +'.tif')}, _C = F('Cyan'), _M = F('Magenta'), _Y = F('Yellow'), _K = F('Black'), _S = F(PMS), loop = [_M, _Y, _K, _S], mDoc = app.open(_C), i = 0, doc; mDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.MULTICHANNEL); for (; i < 4; i++){ doc = app.open(loop); doc.channels[0].duplicate (mDoc); doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); } mDoc.channels[4].name = PMS.toUpperCase(); mDoc.channels[4].kind = ChannelType.SPOTCOLOR; setPMSColor(PMS); mDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.CMYK); mDoc.saveAs(F('合并'), op); mDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); } // ScriptingListenerJS Code function setPMSColor(str) { var idsetd = charIDToTypeID("setd"); var desc20 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null"); var ref12 = new ActionReference(); var idChnl = charIDToTypeID("Chnl"); var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID("Ordn"); var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID("Trgt"); ref12.putEnumerated(idChnl, idOrdn, idTrgt); desc20.putReference(idnull, ref12); var idT = charIDToTypeID("T "); var desc21 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idClr = charIDToTypeID("Clr "); var desc22 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idBk = charIDToTypeID("Bk "); desc22.putString(idBk, "PANTONE? solid coated"); var idNm = charIDToTypeID("Nm "); desc22.putString(idNm, str); var idbookID = stringIDToTypeID("bookID"); desc22.putInteger(idbookID, 3002); var idbookKey = stringIDToTypeID("bookKey"); desc22.putData(idbookKey, ' ' + str.replace(/\s/g, '').replace(/pantone/i, '')); var idBkCl = charIDToTypeID("BkCl"); desc21.putObject(idClr, idBkCl, desc22); var idSCch = charIDToTypeID("SCch"); desc20.putObject(idT, idSCch, desc21); executeAction(idsetd, desc20, DialogModes.NO); } })(); This script appears to be merging channels to multichannel mode and assigning a CMYK spot colour to each separation and possibly a 5th plate spot colour. In your case this is just a direct merge to CMYK mode rather than multichannel. ... View more

Thanks Qwertyfly, one character can make all the difference, even more so when one does not know what to look for! :] I was trying to take this one step further, by adding BridgeTalk code in order to make this accessible from Adobe Bridge, however I am not having any luck randomly copying and pasting code. Would be good to be able to select a bunch of AI files in Bridge and then run an script on them all using the Tools/Illustrator menu (yes, I know that there are batch actions and that actions can reference an inserted script). ... View more

Chris, doing this in a RIP or via PDF workflow software would be preferred over Photoshop, have you explored this option? Another productive method would be using Enfocus Switch. You mention “Action script”, which are two different things. As you have posted in the scripting forum, can I presume that you are looking for a true script and not an action/macro? Can you provide real examples of the file names for two different jobs? Or do you mean that even if the original job name is unique, the separated files are always the same exact names saved into different named output locations? Depending on the above, this may or may not be easily accomplished via an action rather than a script… ... View more

Thank you UpendraSengarr and ThinkingThings – all good now, glad to see that this also works via JavaScript too! ... View more

Hi Qwertyfly, I was trying to use your script from post #3 to play an action, however I receive the following error: Error 25: Expected: ). Line: 8 alert("The " + myAction + "Action is not available in the " + mySet " Set."); I tried removing “extra” lines of code, however the action does not play. CS6 Mac. Looking at the following thread, it may not be possible with JS, only AS and VBS: JavaScript to Play Illustrator Action ... View more

It is possible to hard code an Illustrator action into a script. You then need to get the script into Bridge’s Tools/Illustrator menu and to then get it work correctly from Bridge (easier said than done, you may need to add specific Bridge code). ... View more

An old thread, however some of what you wish to achieve is possible with Bridge’s FIND command, setting up multiple criteria. One can save the search as a Smart Collection and easily apply multiple searches from the Collection panel. For further automation you can look into command line tools such as ExifTool or ImageMagick, or various “janitorware” programs that can search for various criteria in a file and then perform an action. ... View more

Sadly, my CS6 Mac crashes with that script alteration… Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00000001178d04f8 ... View more

Thank you for the clarification Qwertyfly… Perhaps this is a CS6 thing, however I have found that: Post #2 from Ten A – “Convert and apply overprint sample” only converts solid 100% fills of grayscale to CMYK, lesser “tints” and or solid strokes are not converted. From the same post “More simple…” single line of code method does not change any value. I have just tried Post #4 from Ten A – “More simple:” which does work on all selected fills or strokes! Thanks Ten A and Qwertyfly! ... View more

I am guessing that it will never be this simple, the value could be a stroke or a fill and stroke at the same time, not just a fill only. Then there are tints of gray and not just solids… ... View more

Beautiful Vasily, that did it! ... View more

Hi Vasily, sure, the yellow header bleeds off the left/right/top of each of these pages, it should be retained. Think of it like an all over background bleed – except that it only overshoots three edges of the artboard, not four. I notice in your sample that you have not included a test object such as this one that bleeds three edges. P.S. I am using CS6, so this could perhaps be a version issue? ... View more

Thanks Vasily great work! It is important that elements that bleed or span a two page spread are not deleted as these elements are not garbage requiring cleanup. I appreciate the slippery slope, just simple objects are enough I think. An object such as a full page background bleed on all four sides is not deleted, which is as things should be, but… That final script in post #6 still deletes elements such as a header that sits on the artboard and bleeds on the left/top/right. So close! ... View more

Vasily, for an extra big virtual hug, is there a way to restrict the deleting of elements to those fully outside of the artboard – rather than those that may begin on the artboard and then extend “out of bounds”? ... View more

The following is a very full featured script, it allows additional controls such as rotation and scaling… However the most notable feature is an “increment” feature, which allows each stepped and repeated object to contain a number that is automatically incremented, such as used in a raffle ticket for example (with optional zero padding and prefix/suffix). /* * @Description: Increment number featured explained by http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=512fpc&s=8 * @Description: Increment summary: Name the textframe containing the value you wish to increment as "increment" - the textframe must contain only the value that needs increment * @Description: Works by selecting a group item / clipping mask - does not support multiple selections atm but can be extended to do that too * @Tip: The script should be easier to use with a script panel (google for "script panel illustrator" - there should be an extension by script bay that does that that) * @Tip: If you're on a Mac, the excellent FastScripts app can be used to assign a shortcut to the script * @Version: 0.4 * @Supported: CS3/CS4 * @Author: culori.media@gmail.com */ #target illustrator if(app.activeDocument.selection.length == 0) {   alert("No selection!"); } else {   var Utils = {   _frames: [],   getFrames: function(e) {   if(!e.hasOwnProperty('pageItems') && e.typename == 'TextFrame') Utils._frames.push(e);   if(e.hasOwnProperty('pageItems')) {   for(var i=0;i<e.pageItems.length;i++) {   if(e.typename == 'TextFrame') Utils._frames.push(e);   else Utils.getFrames(e.pageItems);   }   }   return Utils._frames;   },   init: function() {   Utils._frames = [];   },   getParentLayer: function(e) {   if(e.parent.typename != 'Layer') return Utils.getParent(e.parent);   }   }   var dlg = new Window('dialog', 'Step and Repeat (and maybe increment ;))');   var selFrames = Utils.getFrames(app.activeDocument.selection[0]);   dlg.alignChildren = ['fill', 'center'];   dlg.measPnl = dlg.add('panel', undefined, 'Measurement unit');   dlg.measPnl.grpLabel = dlg.measPnl.add('group');   dlg.measPnl.grpLabel.orientation = 'row';   dlg.measPnl.grpLabel.titleMeas = dlg.measPnl.grpLabel.add('statictext', undefined, 'Used to express values below:');   dlg.measPnl.grpSel = dlg.measPnl.add('group');   dlg.measPnl.grpSel.orientation = 'row';   dlg.measPnl.grpSel.valueMeas = dlg.measPnl.grpSel.add('DropDownList', undefined, ['Inches','Feet','Yards','Millimeters','Centimeters','Meters','Points','Picas','Pixels']);   dlg.measPnl.grpSel.valueMeas.selection = dlg.measPnl.grpSel.valueMeas.items[3];   dlg.copyPnl = dlg.add('panel', undefined, 'Grid settings');   dlg.copyPnl.orientation = 'column';   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.titleDirX = dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.add('statictext', undefined,'Move X:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirX = dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.add('dropdownlist', undefined,['Left', 'Right']);   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirX.selection = dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirX.items[1];   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.titleDirY = dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.add('statictext', undefined,'Move Y:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirY = dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.add('dropdownlist', undefined,['Up', 'Down']);   dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirY.selection = dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirY.items[1];   dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.titleDirWhere = dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.add('statictext', undefined,'Strategy:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.textboxDirWhere = dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.add('dropdownlist', undefined,['Horizontal', 'Vertical']);   dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.textboxDirWhere.selection = dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.textboxDirWhere.items[0];   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.titleCopiesX = dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.add('statictext', undefined,'Copies X:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.textboxCopiesX = dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.add('edittext', undefined,'2');   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.textboxCopiesX.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.titleCopiesY = dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.add('statictext', undefined,'Copies Y:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.textboxCopiesY = dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.add('edittext', undefined,'2');   dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.textboxCopiesY.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.titleoffsetX = dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.add('statictext', undefined,'Offset X(unit):');   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.textboxOffsetX = dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.add('edittext', undefined,'10');   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.textboxOffsetX.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.titleoffsetY = dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.add('statictext', undefined,'Offset Y(unit):');   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.textboxOffsetY = dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.add('edittext', undefined,'10');   dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.textboxOffsetY.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.titleScaleX = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.add('statictext', undefined,'Scale X(%):');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.textboxScaleX = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.add('edittext', undefined,'100');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.textboxScaleX.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.titleScaleY = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.add('statictext', undefined,'Scale Y(%):');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.textboxScaleY = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.add('edittext', undefined,'100');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.textboxScaleY.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.titleScaleHow = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.add('statictext', undefined,'Scale from:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.textboxScaleHow = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.add('DropDownList', undefined, ['BOTTOM','LEFT','BOTTOMLEFT','RIGHT','BOTTOMRIGHT','TOP','CENTER','TOPLEFT','DOCUMENTORIGIN','TOPRIGHT']);   dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.textboxScaleHow.selection = dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.textboxScaleHow.items[7];   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.titleRotate = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.add('statictext', undefined,'Rotate(angle):');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.textboxRotate = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.add('edittext', undefined,'15');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.textboxRotate.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.titleRotateEvery = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.add('statictext', undefined,'Rotate every(0 to ignore):');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.textboxRotateEvery = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.add('edittext', undefined,'1');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.textboxRotateEvery.characters = 12;   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.titleRotOrig = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.add('statictext', undefined,'Rotation origin:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.rotOrigin = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.add('DropDownList', undefined, ['BOTTOM','LEFT','BOTTOMLEFT','RIGHT','BOTTOMRIGHT','TOP','CENTER','TOPLEFT','DOCUMENTORIGIN','TOPRIGHT']);   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.rotOrigin.selection = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.rotOrigin.items[6];   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection = dlg.copyPnl.add('group');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.orientation = 'row';   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.titleRotDir = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.add('statictext', undefined,'Rotation direction:');   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.rotDir = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.add('DropDownList', undefined, ['CLOCKWISE', 'COUNTERCLOCKWISE']);   dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.rotDir.selection = dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.rotDir.items[0];   dlg.incPnl = dlg.add('panel', undefined, 'Increment settings');   dlg.incPnl.orientation = 'column';   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom = dlg.incPnl.add('group');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom.titleIncrementFrom = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom.add('statictext', undefined,'Increment start:');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom.textboxIncrementFrom = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom.add('edittext', undefined,'100');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom.textboxIncrementFrom.characters = 12;   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep = dlg.incPnl.add('group');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep.titleIncrementStep = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep.add('statictext', undefined,'Increment step:');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep.textboxIncrementStep = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep.add('edittext', undefined,'1');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep.textboxIncrementStep.characters = 12;   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend = dlg.incPnl.add('group');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend.titleIncrementPrepend = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend.add('statictext', undefined,'Prepend:');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend.textboxIncrementPrepend = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend.add('edittext', undefined,'');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend.textboxIncrementPrepend.characters = 12;   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend = dlg.incPnl.add('group');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend.titleIncrementAppend = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend.add('statictext', undefined,'Append:');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend.textboxIncrementAppend = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend.add('edittext', undefined,'');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend.textboxIncrementAppend.characters = 12;   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter = dlg.incPnl.add('group');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.titleIncrementFilter = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.add('statictext', undefined,'Pad number to (0 for no padding):');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.textboxIncrementFilter = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.add('edittext', undefined,'4');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.textboxIncrementFilter.characters = 12;   dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal = dlg.incPnl.add('group');   dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.titleIncVal = dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.add('statictext', undefined,'Target frame:');   //get values for box   var incValues = ['default (increment)'];   for(var j =0; j<selFrames.length;j++){   if(selFrames .name == "") selFrames .name = "<TextFrame " + j.toString() + ">";   incValues.push(selFrames .name);   }   dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.textboxIncVal = dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.add('dropdownlist', undefined, incValues);   dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.textboxIncVal.selection = dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.textboxIncVal.items[0];   dlg.btnPnl = dlg.add('panel', undefined, '');   dlg.btnPnl.orientation = 'row';   dlg.btnPnl.okBtn = dlg.btnPnl.add('button', undefined, 'Generate', {name:'ok'});   dlg.btnPnl.cancelBtn = dlg.btnPnl.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel', {name:'cancel'});   var x = dlg.show();   var IncHelper = {   _keep: null,   find: function(e,n) {   if(!e.hasOwnProperty('pageItems') && e.name == n && e.typename == 'TextFrame') IncHelper._keep = e;   if(e.hasOwnProperty('pageItems')) {   for(var i=0;i<e.pageItems.length;i++) {   if(e.name == n && e.typename == 'TextFrame') IncHelper._keep=e;   else IncHelper.find(e.pageItems,n);   }   }   },   update: function(dupItem, from, step, loop, prepPad, appendPad, incPadding) {   IncHelper._keep = null;   var findNm = (dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.textboxIncVal.selection.toString()!='default (increment)') ? dlg.incPnl.grpIncVal.textboxIncVal.selection.toString() : 'increment';   IncHelper.find(dupItem, findNm);   if(IncHelper._keep != null && typeof IncHelper._keep == 'object') {   IncHelper._keep.contents = prepPad + IncHelper.padder(from + step * loop, incPadding) + appendPad;   }   },   padder: function(s,n,d) {      d = d || '0';   s = s.toString();   if(n==0) return s;   var l = s.length;   return n.length >= n ? n : new Array(n-s.length+1).join(d) + s;   }   }   var UnitHelper = {   _nm: ['Inches','Feet','Yards','Millimeters','Centimeters','Meters','Points','Picas','Pixels'],   _nmv: ['in',  'ft', 'yd', 'mm', 'cm', 'm', 'pt', 'pc', 'px'],   getUnitByName: function(n) {   if(n==undefined) n = '';   for(var i=0; i < UnitHelper._nm.length; i++) {   if(UnitHelper._nm.toLowerCase() == n.toLowerCase()) return UnitHelper._nmv;   }   return 'pt';   }   }   if(x==1 && app.activeDocument.selection.length > 0) {   var doc = app.activeDocument;   var docUnit = UnitHelper.getUnitByName(doc.rulerUnits.toString().substr(doc.rulerUnits.toString().indexOf(".")+1));   var unitOfChoice = UnitHelper.getUnitByName(dlg.measPnl.grpSel.valueMeas.selection.toString());   var item = doc.selection[0];   var itemResizeX = parseFloat(dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleX.textboxScaleX.text);   var itemResizeY = parseFloat(dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleY.textboxScaleY.text);   var isClockWise = (dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationDirection.rotDir.selection.toString() == 'CLOCKWISE') ? true : false;   var strategyToLeft = (dlg.copyPnl.grpDirWhere.textboxDirWhere.selection.toString() == 'Horizontal') ? true : false;   var strategyXToLeft = (dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirX.selection.toString() == 'Left') ? true : false;   var strategyYUpwards = (dlg.copyPnl.grpXDir.textboxDirY.selection.toString() == 'Up') ? true : false;   var incPadding = (dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.textboxIncrementFilter.text == '0') ? 0 : parseInt(dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFilter.textboxIncrementFilter.text);   var appendPad = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementAppend.textboxIncrementAppend.text;   var prepPad = dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementPrepend.textboxIncrementPrepend.text;   if(itemResizeX != 100 || itemResizeY != 100) {   item.resize(itemResizeX, itemResizeY, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, eval('Transformation.' + dlg.copyPnl.grpScaleHow.textboxScaleHow.selection.toString()));   }   var itemStartLeft = item.position[0];   var itemStartTop = item.position[1];   var copiesX = parseInt(dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesX.textboxCopiesX.text);   var copiesY = parseInt(dlg.copyPnl.grpCopiesY.textboxCopiesY.text);   var rotate = parseInt(dlg.copyPnl.grpRotation.textboxRotate.text);   var rotateEvery = parseInt(dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationEvery.textboxRotateEvery.text);   var offsetX = new UnitValue(parseInt(dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetX.textboxOffsetX.text), unitOfChoice);   var offsetY = new UnitValue(parseInt(dlg.copyPnl.grpOffsetY.textboxOffsetY.text), unitOfChoice);   var incFrom = parseInt(dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementFrom.textboxIncrementFrom.text);   var incStep = parseInt(dlg.incPnl.grpIncrementStep.textboxIncrementStep.text);   var loop = 0;   var rotCount = 0;   var lastRotAmm = 0;   for(var j=0;j<copiesY;j++) {   for(var i=0;i<copiesX;i++) {   if(i==0 && j==0) { loop++; IncHelper.update(item, incFrom, 0, 0, prepPad, appendPad, incPadding); continue; }   var theNewItem = item.duplicate(doc,ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);   var transX = (strategyToLeft) ? i * item.width + offsetX.as("pt") * i : j * item.width + offsetX.as("pt") * j;   var transY = (strategyToLeft) ? -(j * item.height + offsetY.as("pt") * j) : -(i * item.height + offsetY.as("pt") * i);   transX = (!strategyXToLeft) ? transX : -transX;   transY = (!strategyYUpwards ) ? transY : -transY;   theNewItem.translate(transX, transY);   if(rotateEvery > 0) {   if((loop + 1) % rotateEvery == 0) {   var rotAmm = (lastRotAmm + rotate > 360) ? lastRotAmm + rotate - 360 : lastRotAmm + rotate;   theNewItem.rotate(((isClockWise) ? -rotAmm : rotAmm), undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, eval('Transformation.' + dlg.copyPnl.grpRotationOrigin.rotOrigin.selection.toString()));   lastRotAmm = rotAmm;   rotCount++;   }   }   IncHelper.update(theNewItem, incFrom, incStep, loop, prepPad, appendPad, incPadding);   loop++;   }   }   } } ... 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A different script, I personally prefer the previous script. This script will create the step & repeat on a new document. Keep in mind that the “Steps” is the total final array (not number of copies), so Horizontal=2 and Vertical=2 would result in 4 objects from the single original source object. The “offset” is the actual distance to move the original object, so a 5cm square that was offset 6cm would have a 1cm gap/gutter. // Illustrator Step & Repeat // http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Array-Tool-Please-121555%2ES%2E5945478352470097924?view=&gid=121555&type=member&item=5945478352470097924 // Step and Repeat selected and grouped object // from // the active document into a new document var myWindow = new Window ("dialog"); var myMessage = myWindow.add ("statictext"); myMessage.text = "Units"; var radio_group = myWindow.add ("panel") ; radio_group.alignChildren = "left" ; radio_group.add ("radiobutton" , undefined, "mm") ; radio_group.add ("radiobutton" , undefined, "cm") ; radio_group.add ("radiobutton" , undefined, "inches") ; radio_group.add ("radiobutton" , undefined, "points") ; myWindow.add("button",undefined, "OK"); radio_group.children[ 0] .value = true ; function selectedrbutton(rbuttons){ for (var i=0; i < rbuttons.children.length; i++){ if (rbuttons.children.value == true) { return rbuttons.children.text; } } } myWindow.show ( ); var conversionFactor = 1.0; if (selectedrbutton(radio_group) == "inches") { conversionFactor = 72.0; } else if (selectedrbutton(radio_group) == "mm") { conversionFactor = 2.834645669; } else if (selectedrbutton(radio_group) == "cm") { conversionFactor = 28.34645669; } var newItem; var docSelected = app.activeDocument.selection; var title = "Step and Repeat"; //var xsteps = 10; //var ysteps = 10; var xsteps = Number(prompt ("Horizontal Steps:", 10, title)); var ysteps = Number(prompt ("Vertical Steps:", 10, title)); //var xoffset = 60.0; //var yoffset = 80.0; var xoffset = Number(prompt ("Horizontal Offset:", 60.0, title)); var yoffset = Number(prompt ("Vertical Offset:", 80.0, title)); xoffset = xoffset * conversionFactor; yoffset = yoffset * conversionFactor; if ( docSelected.length > 0 ) { // Create a new document and move the selected items to it. var newDoc = app.documents.add(); if ( docSelected.length > 0 ) { for (xcount = 1; xcount <= xsteps; xcount++){ for (ycount = 1; ycount <= ysteps; ycount++){ for ( i = 0; i < docSelected.length; i++ ) { docSelected.selected = false; newItem = docSelected.duplicate( newDoc, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND ); newItem.left = (xcount - 1) * xoffset; newItem.top = (ycount - 1) * yoffset; } } } } else { docSelected.selected = false; newItem = docSelected.parent.duplicate( newDoc, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND); } } else { alert( "Please select one or more art objects" ); } ... View more

This topic thread is old, however as it has just been bumped… This came up over on LinkedIn and Vasily Hall made the following contribution: //Vasily Hall // http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=121555&type=member&item=5945478352470097924&commentID=-1&trk=groups_item_detail-b-jump_last#lastComment function StepAndRepeat(){var Units = {mm : 2.83464567,inch : 72,point: 1};function UIWindow(){function selectAll(elem){elem.active = false;elem.active = true;}var resultObj = {};var w = new Window("dialog", "Step and Repeat");var unitSelection = w.add('dropdownlist', undefined, Units.toSource().match(/(?!(\{|\s))[a-z]+(?=(:))/g));if(typeof ___step_and_repeat_unitName == 'undefined'){unitSelection.selection = unitSelection.items[0];} else {unitSelection.selection = unitSelection.find(___step_and_repeat_unitName);}var p1 = w.add('panel', undefined, "Steps");p1.size = [120, 76];var p1_g1 = p1.add('group');var t = p1_g1.add('statictext', undefined, "Step X");var thisVal = (typeof ___step_and_repeat_stepX == 'undefined') ? 10 : ___step_and_repeat_stepX;var stepX = p1_g1.add('edittext', undefined, thisVal); stepX.characters = 5;t.addEventListener('mousedown', function(){selectAll(this.parent.children[1])});var p1_g2 = p1.add('group');var t = p1_g2.add('statictext', undefined, "Step Y");var thisVal = (typeof ___step_and_repeat_stepY == 'undefined') ? 10 : ___step_and_repeat_stepY;var stepY = p1_g2.add('edittext', undefined, thisVal); stepY.characters = 5;t.addEventListener('mousedown', function(){selectAll(this.parent.children[1])}); var p2 = w.add('panel', undefined, "Offsets");p2.size = [120, 76];var p2_g1 = p2.add('group');var t = p2_g1.add('statictext', undefined, "Offset X");var thisVal = (typeof ___step_and_repeat_offsetX == 'undefined') ? 1 : ___step_and_repeat_offsetX;var offsetX = p2_g1.add('edittext', undefined, thisVal); offsetX.characters = 5;t.addEventListener('mousedown', function(){selectAll(this.parent.children[1])});var p2_g2 = p2.add('group');var t = p2_g2.add('statictext', undefined, "Offset Y");var thisVal = (typeof ___step_and_repeat_offsetY == 'undefined') ? 1 : ___step_and_repeat_offsetY;var offsetY = p2_g2.add('edittext', undefined, thisVal); offsetY.characters = 5;t.addEventListener('mousedown', function(){selectAll(this.parent.children[1])});var btnOk = w.add('button', undefined, "OK");var btnCcl = w.add('button', undefined, "Cancel");if(w.show() == 2){alert("Cancelled");return null;} else {___step_and_repeat_unitName = resultObj.unitName = unitSelection.selection.text;resultObj.unitRatio = Units[unitSelection.selection.text];___step_and_repeat_stepX = resultObj.stepX = stepX.text;___step_and_repeat_stepY = resultObj.stepY = stepY.text;___step_and_repeat_offsetX = resultObj.offsetX = offsetX.text;___step_and_repeat_offsetY = resultObj.offsetY = offsetY.text;return resultObj;}}if(app.documents.length > 0){var doc = app.activeDocument;var sel = doc.selection;if(sel.length > 0){var userInput = UIWindow();try{if(userInput != null){var offsetX = userInput.offsetX * userInput.unitRatio;var offsetY = userInput.offsetY * userInput.unitRatio;var x = sel[0].position[0];var y = sel[0].position[1];var w = sel[0].width;var h = sel[0].height;for(var i = 0; i < userInput.stepY; i++){for(var j = 0; j < userInput.stepX; j++){var dupe = sel[0].duplicate(sel[0].parent, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);var xPos = (j == 0) ? x : x += (w + offsetX);dupe.position = [xPos, y];}y -= (h + offsetY);x = sel[0].position[0];}sel[0].remove();}} catch(e){alert(e);}} else {alert("Please make a selection first.");}}} #target illustrator StepAndRepeat(); Keep in mind that the “Steps” is the total final array (not number of copies), so X=2 and Y=2 would result in 4 objects (1 original and 3 copied from the original source). The “offset” is the size of the gaps/gutters between the step/repeat elements. Notable is the unit selector, so that one is not forced to use points! ... View more

Yes Vasily, it is hard to market bug fixing though, so the cynical side of me thinks that this will fall on deaf ears. The Illustrator development team seem to be far behind Photoshop and InDesign! Stephen ... View more

This new one correctly handled the simple gradient test, which only used a start and end stop. Well done! ... View more

Thanks Qwertyfly, please don’t expend too much energy on my behalf, I am grateful for the work that you have put in so far! Thanks again. ... View more

Thanks Qwertyfly, of course another thing to watch out for is opacity applied through the appearance panel, as it is not a “true” object until it is expanded, it too is not picked up by the script. Again, not a big deal however I thought it worth mentioning while we are discussing items that are not handled by the script. ... View more

Thanks Qwertyfly, I have tested this and I am happy, the only place where I see a problem is with gradients, however I imagine that it is hard to deal with this as it would involve having to figure out and adjust the specific gradient slider stop opacity. Thank you again for your experience, time and willingness to freely help the script challenged out there! ... View more

Qwertyfly, I have not performed exhaustive tests, however this latest script appears to be a thing of beauty! Thank you so much. I’ll let you know how things go and I’ll mark your latest post as the correct answer once I have tested the script more. Thank you! ... View more

Thank you Qwertyfly, I really do appreciate your time and knowledge! I managed to create a second version that targets strokes. I can’t combine a selection of fills apply script, select strokes apply script in a script… so I have had to tie the two scripts together in an action that references a selection script. Talk about a hack! Problem is with CS6 that inserted scripts are lost from the action when Illustrator is restarted. Thanks again! ... View more

That is great Qwertyfly, thank you so much! Even six lines of code is beyond my abilities… Although this script produces the desired change in objects with opacity below 100%, the sript adversely affects spot colour objects that do not have opacity applied. I have tried only selecting the desired objects to change, inverse selection and locking or hiding the objects that don’t use opacity – however they are still affected by the script. Is there an easy way to limit this script change to only objects that are less than 100% opacity? Flattening transparency preserving spots sort of works, however it faithfully preserves overlapping regions and attempts to visually represent the interaction of opacity in the flattened document. Opacity applied to spot and tint applied to spot are similar, but subtly different – so I prefer your script results. ... View more