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‎Feb 17, 2022
02:40 AM
3 Upvotes
Unfortunately, Illustrator's powerful and pioneered SVG feature has very poor code/text support unlike InkScape. In InkScape there's an XML editor where you can put text to your shapes. In Illustrator, the ancient SVG Interactivity palette is useless and secondly, also very useless. But it had or still has a lot of potential if they were to make it great again, which it I'm not sure ever was and I'm not sure who in the world ever put it to use. I digress, but I am also curious about world users of the web slice feature.
Anyway, anything you could put on with the SVG Interactivity palette could only be preserved when using Illustrator's old SVG 'Save-As' format. In the modern age, Illustrator's new web-optimized SVG (WOSVG) format is what they recommend as the way to go. This format makes a smaller SVG size with more elegant output. In the old save-as method, some characters in your id attributes (the names in the layer panel) would be changed to strange encodings. In the new format this isn't an issue! But what is the issue is that the new format totally ignores anything you might have placed using the SVG Interactivity palette. So here is the 'normal' way they expect your workflow to go: you output your WOSVG and use all good layer names which give you a predictable, expected, standardized id or data-id attributes on your SVG shapes. Knowing these 'ids' either ahead of time or though a quick SVG code scan in the consuming software can help programmers write their code such that whatever their attributes are, they are in charge of adding them. You just provide these ids and they add all the extra and it's their problem.
But maybe they are unable or unwilling to do this for themselves and for you. Next, you can try this complex way, you can export the SVG text, then use string-replacement to splice in your attributes based on string-matching. If you have '<path id="the-path"/>' you can look for 'id="the-path"' and replace it with 'id="the-path" attr_1="some attribute"'. This can be done any number of ways, but you have to already be a programmer. For example, text-replacing is error-prone and tedious, might as well create a quick HTML page application that can use browser power to climb through the shape data and assign attributes in appropriate places. This is actually an alternative to creating an InkScape python plugin to do the same, except it is more ubiquitous and easy to do a browser HTML app compared to the more specialized InkScape method. Ok, well there is one last way that we could actually help you with here through Illustrator scripting but it is a workaround potentially worse than the 2 options above: insert meta-art into your SVG! There may be a chance that neither the programmers nor designers would like this method for any reason, but here goes. Say you need 3 more attributes. Create 3 blank rectangles and use their 'id', the name in the layers panel, to set your arbitrary text. Make sure things are grouped together how you want and there you go! The programmers could then write their program to scan through your shapes and turn the shapes everyone agrees on are 'meta art' into the attributes.
So there you go, you asked and you came to the right place, you get not just one but THREE potentially useless answers, and a brief history lesson! 😉
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‎Feb 14, 2022
03:38 PM
Ok the indexOf is there now, give it another go with the edited answer snippet.
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‎Feb 14, 2022
07:27 AM
oOh some code didn't make it to the snippet, I have now fixed the posting, please copy it again, it may work!
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‎Feb 13, 2022
05:25 PM
Here is an updated version.
//@target illustrator
//@targetengine "main"
function SaveOutputWithNames () {
if (!Object.entries) {
Object.entries = function (obj) {
var ownProps = Object.keys(obj), i = ownProps.length, resArray = new Array(i);
while (i--)
resArray[i] = [ownProps[i], obj[ownProps[i]]];
return resArray;
};
}
if (!String.prototype.endsWith) {
String.prototype.endsWith = function (search, this_len) {
if (this_len === undefined || this_len > this.length) {
this_len = this.length;
}
return this.substring(this_len - search.length, this_len) === search;
};
}
if (!Array.prototype.includes) {
//or use Object.defineProperty
Array.prototype.includes = function (search) {
return !!~this.indexOf(search);
}
}
if (!Array.prototype.indexOf) {
Array.prototype.indexOf = function (searchElement, fromIndex) {
var k;
if (this == null) {
throw new TypeError('"this" is null or not defined');
}
var o = Object(this);
var len = o.length >>> 0;
if (len === 0) {
return -1;
}
var n = +fromIndex || 0;
if (Math.abs(n) === Infinity) {
n = 0;
}
if (n >= len) {
return -1;
}
k = Math.max(n >= 0 ? n : len - Math.abs(n), 0);
while (k < len) {
if (k in o && o[k] === searchElement) {
return k;
}
k++;
}
return -1;
};
};
if (!Array.prototype.filter) {
Array.prototype.filter = function (func, thisArg) {
'use strict';
if ( ! ((typeof func === 'Function' || typeof func === 'function') && this) )
throw new TypeError();
var len = this.length >>> 0,
res = new Array(len), // preallocate array
t = this, c = 0, i = -1;
var kValue;
if (thisArg === undefined) {
while (++i !== len) {
// checks to see if the key was set
if (i in this) {
kValue = t[i]; // in case t is changed in callback
if (func(t[i], i, t)) {
res[c++] = kValue;
}
}
}
} else {
while (++i !== len) {
// checks to see if the key was set
if (i in this) {
kValue = t[i];
if (func.call(thisArg, t[i], i, t)) {
res[c++] = kValue;
}
}
}
}
res.length = c; // shrink down array to proper size
return res;
};
}
// Production steps of ECMA-262, Edition 5, 15.4.4.21
// Reference: https://es5.github.io/#x15.4.4.21
// https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-array.prototype.reduce
if (!Array.prototype.reduce) {
Array.prototype.reduce = function (callback /*, initialValue*/) {
if (this === null) {
throw new TypeError( 'Array.prototype.reduce ' +
'called on null or undefined' );
}
if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
throw new TypeError( callback +
' is not a function');
}
// 1. Let O be ? ToObject(this value).
var o = Object(this);
// 2. Let len be ? ToLength(? Get(O, "length")).
var len = o.length >>> 0;
// Steps 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
var k = 0;
var value;
if (arguments.length >= 2) {
value = arguments[1];
} else {
while (k < len && !(k in o)) {
k++;
}
// 3. If len is 0 and initialValue is not present,
// throw a TypeError exception.
if (k >= len) {
throw new TypeError( 'Reduce of empty array ' +
'with no initial value' );
}
value = o[k++];
}
// 8. Repeat, while k < len
while (k < len) {
// a. Let Pk be ! ToString(k).
// b. Let kPresent be ? HasProperty(O, Pk).
// c. If kPresent is true, then
// i. Let kValue be ? Get(O, Pk).
// ii. Let accumulator be ? Call(
// callbackfn, undefined,
// « accumulator, kValue, k, O »).
if (k in o) {
value = callback(value, o[k], k, o);
}
// d. Increase k by 1.
k++;
}
// 9. Return accumulator.
return value;
}
}
// https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-array.prototype.find
if (!Array.prototype.find) {
Array.prototype.find = function (predicate) {
if (this == null) {
throw TypeError('"this" is null or not defined');
}
var o = Object(this);
var len = o.length >>> 0;
if (typeof predicate !== 'function') {
throw TypeError('predicate must be a function');
}
var thisArg = arguments[1];
var k = 0;
while (k < len) {
var kValue = o[k];
if (predicate.call(thisArg, kValue, k, o)) {
return kValue;
}
k++;
}
return undefined;
}
}
if (!Object.keys) {
Object.keys = (function () {
var hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, hasDontEnumBug = !({ toString: null }).propertyIsEnumerable('toString'), dontEnums = [
'toString',
'toLocaleString',
'valueOf',
'hasOwnProperty',
'isPrototypeOf',
'propertyIsEnumerable',
'constructor'
], dontEnumsLength = dontEnums.length;
return function (obj) {
var wasNull = obj === null;
var errorMessageTypeReadout = (wasNull) ? "input was null" : "input was " + typeof obj;
if (typeof obj !== 'object' && typeof obj !== 'function' || wasNull)
throw new TypeError("Object.keys called on non-object (" + errorMessageTypeReadout + ").");
var result = [];
for (var prop in obj) {
if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop))
result.push(prop);
}
if (hasDontEnumBug) {
for (var i = 0; i < dontEnumsLength; i++) {
if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, dontEnums[i]))
result.push(dontEnums[i]);
}
}
return result;
};
})();
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f, _g;
var settingsPath = "~/Desktop/SaveOutputWithNames_SETTINGS.txt";
var settingsFile = File(settingsPath);
var AppLayerNames;
(function (AppLayerNames) {
AppLayerNames["REGMARK"] = "Regmark";
AppLayerNames["DIMENSIONS"] = "Dimensions";
AppLayerNames["BOUNDING"] = "Bounding";
AppLayerNames["DIELINE"] = "Dieline";
AppLayerNames["ARTWORK"] = "Artwork";
})(AppLayerNames || (AppLayerNames = {}));
var InstructionTypes;
(function (InstructionTypes) {
InstructionTypes["WORKING"] = "_WORKING";
InstructionTypes["PRINT"] = "_PRINT";
InstructionTypes["DIE"] = "_DIE";
})(InstructionTypes || (InstructionTypes = {}));
var getPDFOptions = function (preset) {
var result = new PDFSaveOptions();
var allPresets = app.PDFPresetsList;
if (allPresets.includes(preset)) {
result.pDFPreset = preset;
}
else {
alert("Could not locate the preset '" + preset + "' in the application preset list:\n" + allPresets.join("\n") + "\n\nUsing " + allPresets[0]);
result.pDFPreset = allPresets[0];
}
return result;
};
var InstructionFormats = (_a = {},
_a[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = {
format: ".ai",
saveOptions: function () { return new IllustratorSaveOptions(); },
pdfPreset: null
},
_a[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = {
format: ".pdf",
saveOptions: getPDFOptions,
pdfPreset: "[High Quality Print]"
},
_a[InstructionTypes.DIE] = {
format: ".pdf",
saveOptions: getPDFOptions,
pdfPreset: "[Smallest File Size]"
},
_a);
if (settingsFile.exists) {
settingsFile.open("r");
var contents = settingsFile.read();
settingsFile.close();
var contentsSplit = contents.split(",");
var instructionFormatKeys = [InstructionTypes.PRINT, InstructionTypes.DIE];
if (contentsSplit.length != instructionFormatKeys.length) {
return;
}
var counter = 0;
var validEntries = Object.entries(InstructionFormats).filter(function (m) { return m[1].pdfPreset != null; });
for (var _i = 0, validEntries_1 = validEntries; _i < validEntries_1.length; _i++) {
var _h = validEntries_1[_i], key = _h[0], instructionFormat = _h[1];
var preset = contentsSplit[counter++];
if (app.PDFPresetsList.includes(preset)) {
instructionFormat.pdfPreset = preset;
}
}
}
var Instructions = (_b = {},
_b[AppLayerNames.REGMARK] = (_c = {},
_c[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_c[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_c[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_c),
_b[AppLayerNames.DIMENSIONS] = (_d = {},
_d[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_d[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: false },
_d[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": true, visible: true },
_d),
_b[AppLayerNames.BOUNDING] = (_e = {},
_e[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_e[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_e[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": true, visible: true },
_e),
_b[AppLayerNames.DIELINE] = (_f = {},
_f[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_f[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: false },
_f[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": true, visible: true },
_f),
_b[AppLayerNames.ARTWORK] = (_g = {},
_g[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_g[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_g[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_g),
_b);
var step, doc;
var appLayers = {};
try {
step = "Open-document check.";
doc = app.activeDocument;
step = "Template Layers Check.";
for (var all in AppLayerNames) {
step = "Template Layers Check: '" + AppLayerNames[all] + "'.";
appLayers[all] = doc.layers.getByName(AppLayerNames[all]);
}
}
catch (error) {
alert("There was an error during the '" + step + "' step:\n" + error.message);
return;
}
var w = new Window("dialog", "Save Files");
var g1 = w.add('group');
var btn_chooseDest = g1.add("button", undefined, "Destination");
var e_destFile = g1.add("edittext", undefined, "");
e_destFile.characters = 30;
var g2 = w.add("panel", undefined, "Output PDF Presets");
g2.orientation = "column";
var outputPDFPresets = {};
for (var all in InstructionFormats) {
var instructionType = InstructionFormats[all];
if (instructionType.format == ".ai") {
continue;
}
var newGroup = g2.add("group");
var newLabel = newGroup.add("statictext", undefined, all.replace(/^_/, ""));
newLabel.characters = 10;
var newDropdown = newGroup.add("dropdownlist", undefined, app.PDFPresetsList);
newDropdown.selection = newDropdown.find(instructionType.pdfPreset);
outputPDFPresets[all] = newDropdown;
}
var g_btn = w.add('group');
var btn_ok = g_btn.add("button", undefined, "Ok");
var btn_ccl = g_btn.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
w.onShow = function () {
btn_chooseDest.onClick = function () {
var chosenDest = app.activeDocument.fullName.saveDlg("Choose where to save the file.");
if (chosenDest) {
e_destFile.text = decodeURI(chosenDest.fsName);
e_destFile.notify("onChange");
}
};
e_destFile.onChange = function () {
this.helpTip = this.text;
};
e_destFile.text = decodeURI(File((app.activeDocument.fullName.toString()).replace(/(\..{2,4}$)/, "_Output$1")).fsName);
e_destFile.notify("onChange");
};
if (w.show() == 2) {
return null;
}
else {
if (e_destFile.text != "") {
var settingsObj = Object.entries(outputPDFPresets).reduce(function (a, b) {
a.push(b[1].selection.text);
return a;
}, []);
settingsFile.open("w");
settingsFile.write(settingsObj.join(","));
settingsFile.close();
saveOutputFiles(e_destFile.text, settingsObj);
app.activeDocument.close();
}
}
function saveOutputFiles(destPath, settingsObj) {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var destFolder = File(destPath).parent;
var fileName = destPath.replace(/^.+[\\\/]/, "");
var counter = 0;
for (var all in InstructionTypes) {
var key = all;
var _loop_1 = function (lr) {
var thisInstruction = Instructions[lr][InstructionTypes[all]];
var thisLayer = void 0;
thisLayer = Object.entries(appLayers).find(function (m) {
try {
return m[1].name == lr;
}
catch (e) {
return false;
}
})[1];
if (!thisLayer) {
return "continue";
}
thisLayer.visible = thisInstruction.visible;
if (thisInstruction["delete"]) {
thisLayer.remove();
}
};
for (var lr in Instructions) {
_loop_1(lr);
}
var docName = fileName.replace(/\..{2,4}$/, "");
for (var instructionType in InstructionTypes) {
var key_1 = instructionType;
if (docName.endsWith(InstructionTypes[key_1])) {
docName = docName.substring(0, docName.length - InstructionTypes[key_1].length);
break;
}
}
var outputFormat = InstructionFormats[InstructionTypes[key]];
var outputSaveOptions = outputFormat.saveOptions(outputFormat.format == ".pdf" ? settingsObj[counter++] : null);
var destName = destFolder + "/" + docName + InstructionTypes[key] + outputFormat.format;
doc.saveAs(File(destName), outputSaveOptions);
}
}
};
SaveOutputWithNames();
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‎Feb 13, 2022
02:42 PM
Mmm, yes! The script I have created indeed does not do the line-spacing where users can increase it more than the default setting. Maybe due to removing lines, if vertical spacing is default it looks like there is no difference but when there is, the removal of lines does this. With some editing it may be possible to deal with this too.
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‎Feb 12, 2022
06:40 PM
Hmm, maybe something is going on which may throw a wrench into the whole thing. Do your texts look somewhat like this?
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‎Feb 12, 2022
10:52 AM
3 Upvotes
You can try this script here:
//@target illustrator
//@targetengine "main"
function SaveOutputWithNames () {
if (!Object.entries) {
Object.entries = function (obj) {
var ownProps = Object.keys(obj), i = ownProps.length, resArray = new Array(i);
while (i--)
resArray[i] = [ownProps[i], obj[ownProps[i]]];
return resArray;
};
}
if (!String.prototype.endsWith) {
String.prototype.endsWith = function (search, this_len) {
if (this_len === undefined || this_len > this.length) {
this_len = this.length;
}
return this.substring(this_len - search.length, this_len) === search;
};
}
if (!Array.prototype.includes) {
//or use Object.defineProperty
Array.prototype.includes = function (search) {
return !!~this.indexOf(search);
}
}
if (!Array.prototype.filter) {
Array.prototype.filter = function (func, thisArg) {
'use strict';
if ( ! ((typeof func === 'Function' || typeof func === 'function') && this) )
throw new TypeError();
var len = this.length >>> 0,
res = new Array(len), // preallocate array
t = this, c = 0, i = -1;
var kValue;
if (thisArg === undefined) {
while (++i !== len) {
// checks to see if the key was set
if (i in this) {
kValue = t[i]; // in case t is changed in callback
if (func(t[i], i, t)) {
res[c++] = kValue;
}
}
}
} else {
while (++i !== len) {
// checks to see if the key was set
if (i in this) {
kValue = t[i];
if (func.call(thisArg, t[i], i, t)) {
res[c++] = kValue;
}
}
}
}
res.length = c; // shrink down array to proper size
return res;
};
}
// Production steps of ECMA-262, Edition 5, 15.4.4.21
// Reference: https://es5.github.io/#x15.4.4.21
// https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-array.prototype.reduce
if (!Array.prototype.reduce) {
Array.prototype.reduce = function (callback /*, initialValue*/) {
if (this === null) {
throw new TypeError( 'Array.prototype.reduce ' +
'called on null or undefined' );
}
if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
throw new TypeError( callback +
' is not a function');
}
// 1. Let O be ? ToObject(this value).
var o = Object(this);
// 2. Let len be ? ToLength(? Get(O, "length")).
var len = o.length >>> 0;
// Steps 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
var k = 0;
var value;
if (arguments.length >= 2) {
value = arguments[1];
} else {
while (k < len && !(k in o)) {
k++;
}
// 3. If len is 0 and initialValue is not present,
// throw a TypeError exception.
if (k >= len) {
throw new TypeError( 'Reduce of empty array ' +
'with no initial value' );
}
value = o[k++];
}
// 8. Repeat, while k < len
while (k < len) {
// a. Let Pk be ! ToString(k).
// b. Let kPresent be ? HasProperty(O, Pk).
// c. If kPresent is true, then
// i. Let kValue be ? Get(O, Pk).
// ii. Let accumulator be ? Call(
// callbackfn, undefined,
// « accumulator, kValue, k, O »).
if (k in o) {
value = callback(value, o[k], k, o);
}
// d. Increase k by 1.
k++;
}
// 9. Return accumulator.
return value;
}
}
// https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-array.prototype.find
if (!Array.prototype.find) {
Array.prototype.find = function (predicate) {
if (this == null) {
throw TypeError('"this" is null or not defined');
}
var o = Object(this);
var len = o.length >>> 0;
if (typeof predicate !== 'function') {
throw TypeError('predicate must be a function');
}
var thisArg = arguments[1];
var k = 0;
while (k < len) {
var kValue = o[k];
if (predicate.call(thisArg, kValue, k, o)) {
return kValue;
}
k++;
}
return undefined;
}
}
if (!Object.keys) {
Object.keys = (function () {
var hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, hasDontEnumBug = !({ toString: null }).propertyIsEnumerable('toString'), dontEnums = [
'toString',
'toLocaleString',
'valueOf',
'hasOwnProperty',
'isPrototypeOf',
'propertyIsEnumerable',
'constructor'
], dontEnumsLength = dontEnums.length;
return function (obj) {
var wasNull = obj === null;
var errorMessageTypeReadout = (wasNull) ? "input was null" : "input was " + typeof obj;
if (typeof obj !== 'object' && typeof obj !== 'function' || wasNull)
throw new TypeError("Object.keys called on non-object (" + errorMessageTypeReadout + ").");
var result = [];
for (var prop in obj) {
if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop))
result.push(prop);
}
if (hasDontEnumBug) {
for (var i = 0; i < dontEnumsLength; i++) {
if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, dontEnums[i]))
result.push(dontEnums[i]);
}
}
return result;
};
})();
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f, _g;
var settingsPath = "~/Desktop/SaveOutputWithNames_SETTINGS.txt";
var settingsFile = File(settingsPath);
var AppLayerNames;
(function (AppLayerNames) {
AppLayerNames["REGMARK"] = "Regmark";
AppLayerNames["DIMENSIONS"] = "Dimensions";
AppLayerNames["BOUNDING"] = "Bounding";
AppLayerNames["DIELINE"] = "Dieline";
AppLayerNames["ARTWORK"] = "Artwork";
})(AppLayerNames || (AppLayerNames = {}));
var InstructionTypes;
(function (InstructionTypes) {
InstructionTypes["WORKING"] = "_WORKING";
InstructionTypes["PRINT"] = "_PRINT";
InstructionTypes["DIE"] = "_DIE";
})(InstructionTypes || (InstructionTypes = {}));
var getPDFOptions = function (preset) {
var result = new PDFSaveOptions();
var allPresets = app.PDFPresetsList;
if (allPresets.includes(preset)) {
result.pDFPreset = preset;
}
else {
alert("Could not locate the preset '" + preset + "' in the application preset list:\n" + allPresets.join("\n") + "\n\nUsing " + allPresets[0]);
result.pDFPreset = allPresets[0];
}
return result;
};
var InstructionFormats = (_a = {},
_a[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = {
format: ".ai",
saveOptions: function () { return new IllustratorSaveOptions(); },
pdfPreset: null
},
_a[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = {
format: ".pdf",
saveOptions: getPDFOptions,
pdfPreset: "[High Quality Print]"
},
_a[InstructionTypes.DIE] = {
format: ".pdf",
saveOptions: getPDFOptions,
pdfPreset: "[Smallest File Size]"
},
_a);
if (settingsFile.exists) {
settingsFile.open("r");
var contents = settingsFile.read();
settingsFile.close();
var contentsSplit = contents.split(",");
var instructionFormatKeys = [InstructionTypes.PRINT, InstructionTypes.DIE];
if (contentsSplit.length != instructionFormatKeys.length) {
return;
}
var counter = 0;
var validEntries = Object.entries(InstructionFormats).filter(function (m) { return m[1].pdfPreset != null; });
for (var _i = 0, validEntries_1 = validEntries; _i < validEntries_1.length; _i++) {
var _h = validEntries_1[_i], key = _h[0], instructionFormat = _h[1];
var preset = contentsSplit[counter++];
if (app.PDFPresetsList.includes(preset)) {
instructionFormat.pdfPreset = preset;
}
}
}
var Instructions = (_b = {},
_b[AppLayerNames.REGMARK] = (_c = {},
_c[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_c[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_c[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_c),
_b[AppLayerNames.DIMENSIONS] = (_d = {},
_d[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_d[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: false },
_d[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": true, visible: true },
_d),
_b[AppLayerNames.BOUNDING] = (_e = {},
_e[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_e[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_e[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": true, visible: true },
_e),
_b[AppLayerNames.DIELINE] = (_f = {},
_f[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_f[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: false },
_f[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": true, visible: true },
_f),
_b[AppLayerNames.ARTWORK] = (_g = {},
_g[InstructionTypes.WORKING] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_g[InstructionTypes.PRINT] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_g[InstructionTypes.DIE] = { "delete": false, visible: true },
_g),
_b);
var step, doc;
var appLayers = {};
try {
step = "Open-document check.";
doc = app.activeDocument;
step = "Template Layers Check.";
for (var all in AppLayerNames) {
step = "Template Layers Check: '" + AppLayerNames[all] + "'.";
appLayers[all] = doc.layers.getByName(AppLayerNames[all]);
}
}
catch (error) {
alert("There was an error during the '" + step + "' step:\n" + error.message);
return;
}
var w = new Window("dialog", "Save Files");
var g1 = w.add('group');
var btn_chooseDest = g1.add("button", undefined, "Destination");
var e_destFile = g1.add("edittext", undefined, "");
e_destFile.characters = 30;
var g2 = w.add("panel", undefined, "Output PDF Presets");
g2.orientation = "column";
var outputPDFPresets = {};
for (var all in InstructionFormats) {
var instructionType = InstructionFormats[all];
if (instructionType.format == ".ai") {
continue;
}
var newGroup = g2.add("group");
var newLabel = newGroup.add("statictext", undefined, all.replace(/^_/, ""));
newLabel.characters = 10;
var newDropdown = newGroup.add("dropdownlist", undefined, app.PDFPresetsList);
newDropdown.selection = newDropdown.find(instructionType.pdfPreset);
outputPDFPresets[all] = newDropdown;
}
var g_btn = w.add('group');
var btn_ok = g_btn.add("button", undefined, "Ok");
var btn_ccl = g_btn.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
w.onShow = function () {
btn_chooseDest.onClick = function () {
var chosenDest = app.activeDocument.fullName.saveDlg("Choose where to save the file.");
if (chosenDest) {
e_destFile.text = decodeURI(chosenDest.fsName);
e_destFile.notify("onChange");
}
};
e_destFile.onChange = function () {
this.helpTip = this.text;
};
e_destFile.text = decodeURI(File((app.activeDocument.fullName.toString()).replace(/(\..{2,4}$)/, "_Output$1")).fsName);
e_destFile.notify("onChange");
};
if (w.show() == 2) {
return null;
}
else {
if (e_destFile.text != "") {
var settingsObj = Object.entries(outputPDFPresets).reduce(function (a, b) {
a.push(b[1].selection.text);
return a;
}, []);
settingsFile.open("w");
settingsFile.write(settingsObj.join(","));
settingsFile.close();
saveOutputFiles(e_destFile.text, settingsObj);
app.activeDocument.close();
}
}
function saveOutputFiles(destPath, settingsObj) {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var destFolder = File(destPath).parent;
var fileName = destPath.replace(/^.+[\\\/]/, "");
var counter = 0;
for (var all in InstructionTypes) {
var key = all;
var _loop_1 = function (lr) {
var thisInstruction = Instructions[lr][InstructionTypes[all]];
var thisLayer = void 0;
thisLayer = Object.entries(appLayers).find(function (m) {
try {
return m[1].name == lr;
}
catch (e) {
return false;
}
})[1];
if (!thisLayer) {
return "continue";
}
thisLayer.visible = thisInstruction.visible;
if (thisInstruction["delete"]) {
thisLayer.remove();
}
};
for (var lr in Instructions) {
_loop_1(lr);
}
var docName = fileName.replace(/\..{2,4}$/, "");
for (var instructionType in InstructionTypes) {
var key_1 = instructionType;
if (docName.endsWith(InstructionTypes[key_1])) {
docName = docName.substring(0, docName.length - InstructionTypes[key_1].length);
break;
}
}
var outputFormat = InstructionFormats[InstructionTypes[key]];
var outputSaveOptions = outputFormat.saveOptions(outputFormat.format == ".pdf" ? settingsObj[counter++] : null);
var destName = destFolder + "/" + docName + InstructionTypes[key] + outputFormat.format;
doc.saveAs(File(destName), outputSaveOptions);
}
}
};
SaveOutputWithNames();
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‎Feb 12, 2022
09:48 AM
3 Upvotes
I wanted to take a crack at it testing out a technique to keep the formatting without going through all the characterAttributes properties. It may use commands which have not been around during the time of the Wundes script, I'm not sure, but the method is:
Per line, to actually copy the whole textframe,
blank-out all the lines which aren't the one line being processed,
copy & outline the singled-out text frame to get its coordinates.
using removal of characters & not contents.trim(), trim the non-outlined copied text box which has every line except for 1 as blank, so the content moves up to the very top line.
Get the coordinates of the one-line-only textbox by outlining a copy of it and getting the top/left.
Get a measurement of the dx and dy from the outlined in-place item vs the trimmed one-line textbox (which may be upwards on the artboard due to the trimmed contents operation).
Translate the editable one-line textbox with those dx and dy coordinates to the place it belongs xy-position-wise.
Clean up any work items by removing them.
At first I thought it was working, but then I saw that contents.trim() or any contents-operations on text does away with the formatting. So, in addition to removing lines of text to turn them blank, I had to go through the characters of the text which resulted from that operation to manually remove any nextlines and such. Because the blank lines have been removed, the operation to go through the characters of a duplicated text frame which had all except for 1 line turned into a blank is really fast. However, this script skips the formatting and vertical spacing entirely while preserving them.
//@target illustrator
function test() {
if (!Array.prototype.forEach) {
Array.prototype.forEach = function (callback, thisArg) {
var T, k;
if (this == null) {
throw new TypeError(' this is null or not defined');
}
var O = Object(this);
var len = O.length >>> 0;
if (typeof callback !== "function") {
throw new TypeError(callback + ' is not a function');
}
if (arguments.length > 1) {
T = thisArg;
}
k = 0;
while (k < len) {
var kValue;
if (k in O) {
kValue = O[k];
callback.call(T, kValue, k, O);
}
k++;
}
};
};
if (!Array.from) {
Array.from = function (arrayLikeObject) {
var arr = [];
var thisItem;
for (var i = 0; i < arrayLikeObject.length; i++) {
thisItem = arrayLikeObject[i];
arr.push(thisItem);
}
return arr;
};
};
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
var AppStrings = {
SEPARATED_TEXT: "Separated Text"
};
var step, doc, sel;
try {
step = "Open-document check.";
doc = app.activeDocument;
step = "Selection check";
if (doc.selection.length == 0) {
throw new Error("No Selection");
}
sel = doc.selection[0];
step = "Selection is a text-box check";
if (sel.typename != "TextFrame") {
throw new Error("The 1st selected object is not a text-frame.");
}
}
catch (error) {
alert("There was an error during the '" + step + "' step:\n" + error.message);
return;
}
if (sel.kind != TextType.POINTTEXT) {
sel.convertAreaObjectToPointObject();
app.redraw();
sel = doc.selection[0];
}
var originalUuid = sel.uuid;
sel = doc.getPageItemFromUuid(originalUuid);
doc.selection = null;
var sourceLines = Array.from(sel.lines);
var textLineGroup = doc.groupItems.add();
textLineGroup.name = AppStrings.SEPARATED_TEXT;
Array.from(sourceLines).reverse().forEach(function (thisLine, i) {
var newBox = sel.duplicate(sel, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
Array.from(newBox.lines).reverse().forEach(function (n, j) {
if (j != i) {
n.remove();
}
});
var newBoxCopy = newBox.duplicate(newBox, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
var isolatedLineTextBoxOutlined = newBoxCopy.createOutline();
Array.from(newBox.characters).reverse().forEach(function (n, j) {
if (n.contents == "" || n.contents == "\r" || n.contents == "\n" || n.contents == "\t") {
n.remove();
}
});
var newNewBoxCopy = newBox.duplicate(newBox, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
var isolatedLineTextBoxCopy = newNewBoxCopy.createOutline();
var dX = isolatedLineTextBoxCopy.left - isolatedLineTextBoxOutlined.left;
var dY = isolatedLineTextBoxCopy.top - isolatedLineTextBoxOutlined.top;
newBox.translate(dX, -dY);
newBox.move(textLineGroup, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
isolatedLineTextBoxCopy.remove();
isolatedLineTextBoxOutlined.remove();
});
doc.getPageItemFromUuid(originalUuid).remove();
};
test();
Check out these great results! The text can be totally arbitrary.
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‎Feb 10, 2022
10:47 PM
1 Upvote
I have provided examples with the large library in them. There are numerous problems which could potentially be very bad issues with a non JSON-object approach, but one issue is that as pixxel implied, is that a home-made function that does anything other than produce the same exact result as the JSON object (by doing all the things to all the things that it does), you only will get valid JSON by accident (so you might as well use .txt extension anyway; it's an arbitrary text format of your engineering at this point). It could be very well that you are going to create conditions to enforce this 'accident' 100% of the time, however it is dangerous. So, indeed Ai does not have the JSON object, that's why in my screenshot, in my snippets all over this thread there is the huge library pasted right in, its the 'JSON object'. It's sure scary and ugly, but don't worry: just put it into a separate file called JSON.jsx and use #include "path/path/JSON.jsx" in your scripts to take advantage of this object. Try to paste my last large snippet into your ESTK and view the magic results, it is obvious you have not done this yet and you are missing out indeed.
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‎Feb 10, 2022
06:16 PM
1 Upvote
You can select or draw a rectangle and find a way to make sure that rectangle is on top of the artboard you want. Then convert the rectangle into an artboard so now you have an active artboard in the same location as your desired active artboard. So in essence you have 2 artboards on top of each other. Maybe that could suffice, but you still would need to run some script to delete extra artboards at the end.
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‎Feb 10, 2022
06:13 PM
1 Upvote
The objFromUi is for demonstration, in reality you would just mutate the 'obj', the original object with the new values:
for (var all in uiElements) {
obj[all].value = (uiElements[all] instanceof Checkbox)? uiElements[all].value : uiElements[all].text; // Mutate the value
}
// stuff for writing the file...
file.write(JSON.stringify(obj));
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‎Feb 10, 2022
06:07 PM
1 Upvote
Here is one which writes and reads the JSON from your desktop.
#target illustrator
function test(){
"object"!=typeof JSON&&(JSON={}),function(){"use strict";function f(t){return 10>t?"0"+t:t}function quote(t){
return escapable.lastIndex=0,escapable.test(t)?'"'+t.replace(escapable,function(t){var e=meta[t];
return"string"==typeof e?e:"\\u"+("0000"+t.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4)})+'"':'"'+t+'"'}
function str(t,e){var n,r,o,f,u,i=gap,p=e[t];switch(p&&"object"==typeof p&&"function"==typeof p.toJSON&&(p=p.toJSON(t)),
"function"==typeof rep&&(p=rep.call(e,t,p)),typeof p){case"string":return quote(p);case"number":return isFinite(p)?String(p):"null";
case"boolean":case"null":return String(p);case"object":if(!p)return"null";if(gap+=indent,u=[],"[object Array]"===Object.prototype.toString.apply(p)){
for(f=p.length,n=0;f>n;n+=1)u[n]=str(n,p)||"null";return o=0===u.length?"[]":gap?"[\n"+gap+u.join(",\n"+gap)+"\n"+i+"]":"["+u.join(",")+"]",gap=i,o}
if(rep&&"object"==typeof rep)for(f=rep.length,n=0;f>n;n+=1)"string"==typeof rep[n]&&(r=rep[n],o=str(r,p),o&&u.push(quote(r)+(gap?": ":":")+o));
else for(r in p)Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(p,r)&&(o=str(r,p),o&&u.push(quote(r)+(gap?": ":":")+o));return o=0===u.length?"{}":gap?"{\n"+gap+
u.join(",\n"+gap)+"\n"+i+"}":"{"+u.join(",")+"}",gap=i,o}}"function"!=typeof Date.prototype.toJSON&&(Date.prototype.toJSON=function(){
return isFinite(this.valueOf())?this.getUTCFullYear()+"-"+f(this.getUTCMonth()+1)+"-"+f(this.getUTCDate())+"T"+f(this.getUTCHours())+":"+
f(this.getUTCMinutes())+":"+f(this.getUTCSeconds())+"Z":null},String.prototype.toJSON=Number.prototype.toJSON=Boolean.prototype.toJSON=function(){
return this.valueOf()});var cx,escapable,gap,indent,meta,rep;"function"!=typeof JSON.stringify&&
(escapable=/[\\\"\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,
meta={"\b":"\\b"," ":"\\t","\n":"\\n","\f":"\\f","\r":"\\r",'"':'\\"',"\\":"\\\\"},JSON.stringify=function(t,e,n){var r;
if(gap="",indent="","number"==typeof n)for(r=0;n>r;r+=1)indent+=" ";else"string"==typeof n&&(indent=n);if(rep=e,
e&&"function"!=typeof e&&("object"!=typeof e||"number"!=typeof e.length))throw new Error("JSON.stringify");return str("",{"":t})}),
"function"!=typeof JSON.parse&&(cx=/[\u0000\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,
JSON.parse=function(text,reviver){function walk(t,e){var n,r,o=t[e];if(o&&"object"==typeof o)for(n in o)Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(o,n)&&
(r=walk(o,n),void 0!==r?o[n]=r:delete o[n]);return reviver.call(t,e,o)}var j;if(text=String(text),cx.lastIndex=0,cx.test(text)&&
(text=text.replace(cx,function(t){return"\\u"+("0000"+t.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4)})),
/^[\],:{}\s]*$/.test(text.replace(/\\(?:["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})/g,"@")
.replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g,"]")
.replace(/(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g,"")))return j=eval("("+text+")"),"function"==typeof reviver?walk({"":j},""):j;
throw new SyntaxError("JSON.parse")})}();
// Triple-quotes, a special ExtendScript-only feature.
// Default object.
var inStr = """{
"prop_1" : { "label" : "My Prop #1", "value" : "ABC" },
"prop_2" : { "label" : "My Prop #2", "value" : 123 },
"prop_3" : { "label" : "My Prop #3", "value" : true },
}""";
var savedSettingsFile = File("~/Desktop/mySettings.json"); // You can also save them as .txt which can help on Windows due to not being able to preview JSON in File Explorer
if (!savedSettingsFile.exists) {
savedSettingsFile.open("w");
savedSettingsFile.write(inStr);
savedSettingsFile.close();
} else {
savedSettingsFile.open("r");
inStr = savedSettingsFile.read();
savedSettingsFile.close();
}
var obj = JSON.parse(inStr);
var w = new Window("dialog");
var newGroup, newLabel, newInput, thisItem;
var uiElements = {};
for (var all in obj) {
thisItem = obj[all];
newGroup = w.add("group");
if (typeof thisItem.value == "boolean") { // Because of JSON object, we can correctly assign a checkbox to something we sense is a boolean data type.
newInput = newGroup.add("checkbox", undefined, thisItem.label);
newInput.value = thisItem.value;
} else {
// Assign labels to things other than checkboxes because they have a built-in label feature.
newLabel = newGroup.add("statictext", undefined, thisItem.label);
newInput = newGroup.add("edittext", undefined, thisItem.value);
}
uiElements[all] = newInput;
}
var btn_ok = w.add("button", undefined, "Ok");
if (w.show() == 2) {
return null;
} else {
var objFromUi = {
prop_1 : { label : obj["prop_1"].label, value : uiElements["prop_1"].text },
prop_2 : { label : obj["prop_2"].label, value : uiElements["prop_2"].text },
prop_3 : { label : obj["prop_3"].label, value : uiElements["prop_3"].value },
};
savedSettingsFile.open("w");
savedSettingsFile.write(JSON.stringify(objFromUi, null, 2));
savedSettingsFile.close();
}
};
test();
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‎Feb 10, 2022
05:52 PM
I think OP is not informed of the JSON.parse method. This method works like so: var obj = JSON.parse(inStr);
You can read in the text with a file-read, then use JSON.parse on the text to turn it into a JavaScript object instantly. It has advantages of security and being able to store arbitrary structures with different data types which will preserve their type - such as boolean for checkbox. An advantage of being able to use a structure is that your object does not have to be just linear anymore such as { "prop_1" : "ABC", "prop_2" : 123 }, it can be more complex and allow you to do more things: { "prop_1" : { "label" : "My Prop #1", "value" : "ABC" }, "prop_2" : { "label" : "My Prop #2", "value" : 123 }, }, ^^ With this you can make the display label different from the code-name, .. you can use keys which are not display-names, etc.
That code-cloud of the minified JSON object is all the code needed to transform strings back and forth. Check this code out and you can see the window it can make using this exact code here:
#target illustrator
function test(){
"object"!=typeof JSON&&(JSON={}),function(){"use strict";function f(t){return 10>t?"0"+t:t}function quote(t){
return escapable.lastIndex=0,escapable.test(t)?'"'+t.replace(escapable,function(t){var e=meta[t];
return"string"==typeof e?e:"\\u"+("0000"+t.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4)})+'"':'"'+t+'"'}
function str(t,e){var n,r,o,f,u,i=gap,p=e[t];switch(p&&"object"==typeof p&&"function"==typeof p.toJSON&&(p=p.toJSON(t)),
"function"==typeof rep&&(p=rep.call(e,t,p)),typeof p){case"string":return quote(p);case"number":return isFinite(p)?String(p):"null";
case"boolean":case"null":return String(p);case"object":if(!p)return"null";if(gap+=indent,u=[],"[object Array]"===Object.prototype.toString.apply(p)){
for(f=p.length,n=0;f>n;n+=1)u[n]=str(n,p)||"null";return o=0===u.length?"[]":gap?"[\n"+gap+u.join(",\n"+gap)+"\n"+i+"]":"["+u.join(",")+"]",gap=i,o}
if(rep&&"object"==typeof rep)for(f=rep.length,n=0;f>n;n+=1)"string"==typeof rep[n]&&(r=rep[n],o=str(r,p),o&&u.push(quote(r)+(gap?": ":":")+o));
else for(r in p)Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(p,r)&&(o=str(r,p),o&&u.push(quote(r)+(gap?": ":":")+o));return o=0===u.length?"{}":gap?"{\n"+gap+
u.join(",\n"+gap)+"\n"+i+"}":"{"+u.join(",")+"}",gap=i,o}}"function"!=typeof Date.prototype.toJSON&&(Date.prototype.toJSON=function(){
return isFinite(this.valueOf())?this.getUTCFullYear()+"-"+f(this.getUTCMonth()+1)+"-"+f(this.getUTCDate())+"T"+f(this.getUTCHours())+":"+
f(this.getUTCMinutes())+":"+f(this.getUTCSeconds())+"Z":null},String.prototype.toJSON=Number.prototype.toJSON=Boolean.prototype.toJSON=function(){
return this.valueOf()});var cx,escapable,gap,indent,meta,rep;"function"!=typeof JSON.stringify&&
(escapable=/[\\\"\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,
meta={"\b":"\\b"," ":"\\t","\n":"\\n","\f":"\\f","\r":"\\r",'"':'\\"',"\\":"\\\\"},JSON.stringify=function(t,e,n){var r;
if(gap="",indent="","number"==typeof n)for(r=0;n>r;r+=1)indent+=" ";else"string"==typeof n&&(indent=n);if(rep=e,
e&&"function"!=typeof e&&("object"!=typeof e||"number"!=typeof e.length))throw new Error("JSON.stringify");return str("",{"":t})}),
"function"!=typeof JSON.parse&&(cx=/[\u0000\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,
JSON.parse=function(text,reviver){function walk(t,e){var n,r,o=t[e];if(o&&"object"==typeof o)for(n in o)Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(o,n)&&
(r=walk(o,n),void 0!==r?o[n]=r:delete o[n]);return reviver.call(t,e,o)}var j;if(text=String(text),cx.lastIndex=0,cx.test(text)&&
(text=text.replace(cx,function(t){return"\\u"+("0000"+t.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4)})),
/^[\],:{}\s]*$/.test(text.replace(/\\(?:["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})/g,"@")
.replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g,"]")
.replace(/(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g,"")))return j=eval("("+text+")"),"function"==typeof reviver?walk({"":j},""):j;
throw new SyntaxError("JSON.parse")})}();
// Triple-quotes, a special ExtendScript-only feature.
var inStr = """{
"prop_1" : { "label" : "My Prop #1", "value" : "ABC" },
"prop_2" : { "label" : "My Prop #2", "value" : 123 },
"prop_3" : { "label" : "My Prop #3", "value" : true },
}""";
var obj = JSON.parse(inStr);
alert(obj.prop_1.value); // "ABC"
var objAsJsonString = JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2);
alert(objAsJsonString); // <-- WRITE this to a file.
var w = new Window("dialog");
var newGroup, newLabel, newInput, thisItem;
for (var all in obj) {
thisItem = obj[all];
newGroup = w.add("group");
if (typeof thisItem.value == "boolean") { // Because of JSON object, we can correctly assign a checkbox to something we sense is a boolean data type.
newInput = newGroup.add("checkbox", undefined, thisItem.label);
newInput.value = thisItem.value;
} else {
// Assign labels to things other than checkboxes because they have a built-in label feature.
newLabel = newGroup.add("statictext", undefined, thisItem.label);
newInput = newGroup.add("edittext", undefined, thisItem.value);
}
}
var btn_ok = w.add("button", undefined, "Ok");
w.show();
};
test();
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‎Feb 10, 2022
11:35 AM
I think you should focus on 3 methods which are 1) create the UI, 2) set data to UI, 3) get data from UI. Now assuming there's a javascript object like this: var x = { prop_1 : "ABC",
prop_2 : 123, }; You can create the UI using a loop and push the UI items to a data object to store for reference. var uiItems = {}; for (var all in x) { uiItems[all] = someParentGroup.add("edittext", undefined, ""); uiItems[all].characters = 10; // some default width to the box. } Then you can use another block of code to form another method with that can set the values: for (var all in x) { uiItems[all].text = x[all]; } You can use the uiItems object to create a method which gets the data: var result = {}; for (var all in x) { result[all] = uiItems[all].text; }
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‎Feb 10, 2022
10:36 AM
1 Upvote
There's already a JSON object. Just simply paste this and use it, it's worked for me for years. The JSON object and its methods are an industry standard thing, so its behavior can be relied on for an expected output all the time. I used to not like having this JSON object when we have .toSource(), but really soon as I began to work with other data such as other people's data, it became the only thing that made sense. You use it by taking your object and doing JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2) and it will give you a nice indented printout. You can further manipulate this printout by splitting it by nextlines, slicing all but 1st and last items (the parentheses) to take out the {} enclosing parentheses. And you can format the things anywhich way you wish by going over the split-by-nextlines array of the JSON string printout and doing string-editing on those lines.
"object" != typeof JSON && (JSON = {}), function () {
"use strict";
function f(t) { return 10 > t ? "0" + t : t; }
function quote(t) {
return escapable.lastIndex = 0, escapable.test(t) ? '"' + t.replace(escapable, function (t) {
var e = meta[t];
return "string" == typeof e ? e : "\\u" + ("0000" + t.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
}) + '"' : '"' + t + '"';
}
function str(t, e) {
var n, r, o, f, u, i = gap, p = e[t];
switch ((p && "object" == typeof p && "function" == typeof p.toJSON && (p = p.toJSON(t)),
"function" == typeof rep && (p = rep.call(e, t, p)), typeof p)) {
case "string": return quote(p);
case "number": return isFinite(p) ? String(p) : "null";
case "boolean":
case "null": return String(p);
case "object":
if (!p)
return "null";
if (gap += indent, u = [], "[object Array]" === Object.prototype.toString.apply(p)) {
for (f = p.length, n = 0; f > n; n += 1)
u[n] = str(n, p) || "null";
return o = 0 === u.length ? "[]" : gap ? "[\n" + gap + u.join(",\n" + gap) + "\n" + i + "]" : "[" + u.join(",") + "]", gap = i, o;
}
if (rep && "object" == typeof rep)
for (f = rep.length, n = 0; f > n; n += 1)
"string" == typeof rep[n] && (r = rep[n], o = str(r, p), o && u.push(quote(r) + (gap ? ": " : ":") + o));
else
for (r in p)
Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(p, r) && (o = str(r, p), o && u.push(quote(r) + (gap ? ": " : ":") + o));
return o = 0 === u.length ? "{}" : gap ? "{\n" + gap +
u.join(",\n" + gap) + "\n" + i + "}" : "{" + u.join(",") + "}", gap = i, o;
}
}
"function" != typeof Date.prototype.toJSON && (Date.prototype.toJSON = function () {
return isFinite(this.valueOf()) ? this.getUTCFullYear() + "-" + f(this.getUTCMonth() + 1) + "-" + f(this.getUTCDate()) + "T" + f(this.getUTCHours()) + ":" +
f(this.getUTCMinutes()) + ":" + f(this.getUTCSeconds()) + "Z" : null;
}, String.prototype.toJSON = Number.prototype.toJSON = Boolean.prototype.toJSON = function () {
return this.valueOf();
});
var cx, escapable, gap, indent, meta, rep;
"function" != typeof JSON.stringify &&
(escapable = /[\\\"\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,
meta = { "\b": "\\b", " ": "\\t", "\n": "\\n", "\f": "\\f", "\r": "\\r", '"': '\\"', "\\": "\\\\" }, JSON.stringify = function (t, e, n) {
var r;
if (gap = "", indent = "", "number" == typeof n)
for (r = 0; n > r; r += 1)
indent += " ";
else
"string" == typeof n && (indent = n);
if (rep = e,
e && "function" != typeof e && ("object" != typeof e || "number" != typeof e.length))
throw new Error("JSON.stringify");
return str("", { "": t });
}),
"function" != typeof JSON.parse && (cx = /[\u0000\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,
JSON.parse = function (text, reviver) {
function walk(t, e) {
var n, r, o = t[e];
if (o && "object" == typeof o)
for (n in o)
Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(o, n) &&
(r = walk(o, n), void 0 !== r ? o[n] = r : delete o[n]);
return reviver.call(t, e, o);
}
var j;
if (text = String(text), cx.lastIndex = 0, cx.test(text) &&
(text = text.replace(cx, function (t) { return "\\u" + ("0000" + t.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4); })),
/^[\],:{}\s]*$/.test(text.replace(/\\(?:["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})/g, "@")
.replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g, "]")
.replace(/(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g, "")))
return j = eval("(" + text + ")"), "function" == typeof reviver ? walk({ "": j }, "") : j;
throw new SyntaxError("JSON.parse");
});
}();
This object is something that one can keep in a library jsx file and always include it in other scripts with #include.
Your method unfortunately has the vulnerability despite the "use strict":
var result = fJsonParse("eval(\'alert(\"AAA!\")\')");
Doing same with JSON.parse will throw a JSON.parse Syntax Error.
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‎Feb 10, 2022
07:26 AM
Don't think of it as putting something back into "JSON", it's simply putting all the items into an object. That object can be written as JSON or anything else. So, what you are really after is loops and properties that can assign values from UI widgets to the object. If you have a fJSONtoUI() method with 100 lines of x.text = "ABC", that's a valid way to get to your goal surely.
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‎Feb 10, 2022
07:22 AM
1 Upvote
In order to block, an Illustrator script must be sent from ESTK which forces a targetengine, or to find a way to force a targetengine because when running as normal, Illustrator runs scripts inside the targetengine which is an empty string. You can check by $.engineName == ""; However, you can send your script through with BridgeTalk which is how you can force an targetengine.
if ($.engineName == "") {
var scriptContents;
var scriptFile = File($.fileName);
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "illustrator";
var btMsg = '#targetengine "main"\n';
btMsg += 'var scp = "' +
encodeURI(
"$.evalFile('" + decodeURI(scriptFile.toString()) + "')"
) + '";\n';
btMsg += "var scpDecoded = decodeURI( scp );\n";
btMsg += "res = eval( scpDecoded );";
bt.body = btMsg;
bt.onResult = bt.onError = function () {
resultFinished = true;
}
bt.send();
var timeoutMinutes = 5;
var timeout = timeoutMinutes * 60;
for (var i = 0; i < timeout; i++) {
BridgeTalk.pump(); // process any outstanding messages
if (!resultFinished) {
$.sleep(1000);
} else {
break;
}
}
}
As you see, using $.sleep to wait for a BT result out of a script that has an empty-string targetengine is supposedly going to block the process based on a specified timeout. The bad news is that while there's no issue exiting early, after the timeout is up, the process will unblock. However, between calls to BridgeTalk.pump() (thanks to Fabian Zirfas BT sendSync prototype, it's somewhere) the script can be also reading the filesystem for a text file or some marker to detect completion and potentially leaving the timeout open indefinitely.
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‎Feb 10, 2022
07:01 AM
You can only do something like this:
Create an object literal or class which can be used to help describe each one of the 50 variables. var JsonObjTemplate = {
name : {
name : "name", // helps to locate this object if it ends up being inside an array & not this template for some reason at run-time. type : "string", // This is a fundamental necessary property which helps with what sort of UI control to produce. defaultValue : "ABCD", // a property that helps future operations do something unique. }, age : { name : "age", type : "number", defaultValue : 0, },
}; Create a method or a bunch of methods which can operate on the data template object and show the variables as some sort of UI controls. One way to do this is to have not a lot of separate sections but to have one listbox which can hold an unlimited number of items and then another area such as group or panel which has orientation = "stack" and different UI controls can be hidden or shown based on the selection in the listbox. Another way is to maybe not have a listbox and have any arbitrary UI you please. Here's an example of a method that can output a control based on the data template. If some code isn't working due to a need for a polyfill such as JSON object, please obtain any polyfills you might need: function getUIControl (typeDescObj, parent) { var type = typeDescObj.type;
var name = typeDescObj.name;
var control = null;
switch (key) {
case "string":
control = parent.add("edittext", undefined, typeDescObj.defaultValue);
break;
case "number":
control = parent.add("slider", undefined, typeDescObj.defaultValue); // The typeDescObj would need extra properties for different controls. Such as 'min/max' on a 'slider'.
break;
default:
throw new Error("There wasn't a control-creation block found for '" + name + "' [" + type + "].");
break;
}
return control; } Then you'd make a window, run the variables template through a loop and add all the controls you would need. You may want to create a method for getting all data from the UI into a JSON object and also for setting the data to an existing UI window. It is possible to add your own custom prototypes to ScriptUI widgets such as 'edittext'. EditText.prototype.setValue = function (val) {
this.text = val;
}; With such prototypes you can add additional arguments, or you can add additional properties to instantiated EditText objects which can be used by the prototype getValue/setValue methods to do more than just `this.text = ""`. For example, assuming a second argument of "typeDescObj" is passed in. Before setting a text value, this prototype method could now check for the 'type' property or any other properties and do such manipulations as math rounding or replacing unwanted characters with an underscore '_'. The advantage of using a prototype is that throughout the code you can always rely on your EditText(s) and StaticText(s) being able to get and set values without having to paste a method everywhere. However, it doesn't have to be a prototype, it can be just a regular function that you do paste everywhere and there's nothing wrong with that. It can be a little bit of work, but if you do this then for all future time you'll be able to make verbose UIs for many differents data objects - as long as your code supports those properties. So if you are doing a new script that wants a new data type, all you do is add the new block in your code library and now it's enabled in all of your scripts!
Here is an example of my own code which uses these techniques. I make a settings menu out of this which doesn't use any listbox or dynamic display area per row, it just adds sections to one dialog box. The objective for this was never to have more than 10 or so settings variables. If it were to increase, I would make it into a listbox for sure. One can also go all the way with this 'architecture' by creating nested controls which are also dynamic like so. Your control object isn't an EditText, it's a Group or Panel which has its own "setValue" and "getValue", and those can wrap the same structure meaning it can have nested EditTexts and StaticTexts and other Group or Panel on and on.
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‎Feb 09, 2022
05:06 AM
1 Upvote
Check out the material by Joe Glines at https://www.the-automator.com/
Here is an example which is a script that is only good for one of your dialogs. To do another dialog, another such script has to be created and launched.
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance, Force
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
WinWait, Warp Options ; Set the wait for a window to pop up with the title "Warp Options". (It could be any app, be aware, unless more code is added to filter these things)
If ErrorLevel {
MsgBox, Something went wrong.
Exit
} Else {
MsgBox, Here in Warp dialog!
Sleep, 1000 ; Better make the changes in less than 1 second, or change this number here.
reload
}
; Only ONE WinWait will work at a time, because they block each other. This one will have to be put into a different script.
;
; WinWait, Zig Zag ; Set the wait for a window to pop up with the title "Zig Zag".
; If ErrorLevel {
; MsgBox, Something went wrong.
; Exit
; } Else {
; MsgBox, Here in Zig Zag dialog!
; Sleep, 1000 ; Better make the changes in less than 1 second, or change this number here.
; reload
; }
#ifwinactive, AiEffectDialogs.ahk ; This makes AHK reload this script when it is saved in a code editor.
~^s::
reload
return
#ifwinactive
The next step would be to try and not have multiple scripts, but to implement the solution found here https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/21533-multiple-winwait-at-once/page-2 so that an activation of an application will file some even that some thing can listen and read a window title at that time.. But that's all the time I have for right now for this.
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‎Feb 09, 2022
04:21 AM
Great work! You can get even fancier with the AHK by using an image-search to look for certain dialogs by using a screenshot of a part of those dialogs, or do a loop that checks if the win active title is "Warp Effect" or something - that way the timing would be all automatic.
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‎Feb 09, 2022
04:19 AM
Well yea, that's where the script would have to necessarily apply the style just to the items you need.
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‎Feb 09, 2022
03:47 AM
Try using WindowSpy to see if you can differentiate the Illustrator dialogs by something in their title. Then you would be able to use hard-coded conditional statements or text-based 'data packages' (of text) to get a handle on a set of dialog inputs appropriate for the one at hand, and send any tab & other keys to fill out the dialog dynamically.
Also what do you mean by "Distort"? There's a Free Distort which is a rectangle-based control.
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‎Feb 09, 2022
03:44 AM
How about this: it may be possible to add a new graphic style with an action (I think I have previously done this, it has to be recorded with or without the Alt key or something) so that the new graphic style is coming from some selected art. Its new name will be an Illustrator-generated new default name "Graphic Style 1", etc.
Basically if you can make the new graphic styles appear, a follow-up script ought to be able to rename it to a custom name or take note of its name, record its name in some pathItem's notes, etc. It would also be able to apply it to things, it just all depends on how you wish to have the scripts and actions work together.
An important rule to watch out for is that an action that plays a script which plays an action will cause Illustrator to crash, so either use a script that starts you out and can play actions or is using "actions-first" approach start with such an action that plays scripts and does anything that a script can't do but it can only do it with an action, between the scripts.
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‎Feb 08, 2022
08:09 PM
1 Upvote
@m1b has the scripting answer. To help clear up your original difficulties, the fact of the matter is - yes, the graphic style must be present in the document. It is easy to import a graphic style by opening up a document with a shape that has this style applied to it and copy-pasting it into your work document. The named graphic style will now appear in the document palette. At this point your action will be able to apply this style by name. This process can be automated by recording a file-open action which always opens up the same file which contains your graphic style shape and does the pasting process. (Also maybe delete the pasted path immediately to clean up.)
As long as the action only opens, selects and copies, it can also close that document without changes and not block your batch action processing with a dialog alert.
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‎Feb 07, 2022
10:24 AM
Can confirm :hundred_points:
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‎Feb 02, 2022
05:01 AM
2 Upvotes
Try by changing this
apps.doScript
to
app.doScript
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‎Feb 01, 2022
06:48 AM
I think what they are looking for is "includes", as so:
groups[i2].name.indexOf(flag) > -1
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‎Feb 01, 2022
04:38 AM
2 Upvotes
This dialog may be caused by some strange fact that maybe when the file is assigned a missing file, it produces a missing file 'procedure' right away, possibly blocking the catch(e) {} block (???). So first, try to remove the user interaction level with app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS; But suppose that it still fails and does the problem. You can prevent the issue by checking that your file that is going to be added as a link does indeed exist in the first place with file.exists. This way if it does not exist, make no attempt to add a placed item at all.
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‎Feb 01, 2022
03:31 AM
2 Upvotes
To really do this, a C++ plugin has to be made. Such a plugin can make art inaccessible by regular means by putting the art into a special object of type "PluginItem". If users do not have your plugin installed, they can still see the art but nobody can edit the item without having this C++ plugin on their system. If they do have this plugin, the code of it can be code such that it will only let editing through the means that it provides. One of those means can be a UI that takes in a password before unlocking the next UI that does art manipulation (moving art in and out of this special container). So, while it's a big effort to do C++ compared to scripting, that's a way that is technically possible to lock down any Illustrator artwork through extensibility options that we do have.
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