Hi @árpádp3188668    By one of those obscure whims that belong only to the Adobe dev team, the method app.colorTransform(…) expects and returns numbers in 0…1 — except for the LAB color space which still uses the original colorValue ranges (L: 0…100, a: -100..100, b: -100..100). So you need to properly downscale (then upscale) the values found in your Swatch/Color objects, as dictated by the specific color spaces under consideration.   Best is to have in your toolbox an adapter routine, like this:     function colorTransform(/*num[]*/vals,/*str|ColorSpace*/from,/*str|ColorSpace*/to,/*int=0*/dec, a,k,i) //---------------------------------- // vals :: array of numbers *as processed by Color.colorValue*, that is // - [0..255, 0..255, 0..255] in RGB space // - [0..100, 0..100, 0..100, 0..100] in CMYK space // - [0..100, -128..127, -128..127] in LAB space // - [0..360, 0..100, 0..100] in HSB space // (Rem: MixedInk is not supported by app.colorTransform.) // from :: source ColorSpace or key string ('RGB'|'CMYK'|'HSB'|'LAB') // to :: dest. ColorSpace or key string ('RGB'|'CMYK'|'HSB'|'LAB') // dec :: rounding decimal digits (use -1 to bypass rounding); // default is 0, i.e. rounding to the nearest integer. // Returns the converted values as a new array of 3 or 4 numbers in // the expected ranges (i.e. as processed by Color.colorValue). // => num[] { from = from.toString().toUpperCase(); to = to.toString().toUpperCase(); if( from==to ) return vals.slice(); switch( from ) { case 'RGB': // app.colorTransform() expects r,g,b values in 0..1 (!) // -> divide by 255 a = [ vals[0]/255, vals[1]/255, vals[2]/255 ]; break; case 'CMYK': // app.colorTransform() expects c,m,y,k values in 0..1 (!) // -> divide by 100 a = [ .01*vals[0], .01*vals[1], .01*vals[2], .01*vals[3] ]; break; case 'HSB': // app.colorTransform() expects h,s,b values in 0..1 (!) // -> divide h by 360 and s,b by 100 a = [ vals[0]/360, .01*vals[1], .01*vals[2] ]; break; case 'LAB': // app.colorTransform() expects L,a,b values as given in original range, // that is, L:0..100, a:-100..100, b:-100..100 a = vals.slice(); break; default: throw "Unsupported color space " + from; } try { a = app.colorTransform(a, ColorSpace[from], ColorSpace[to]); } catch(e) { throw "Unable to convert " + a + " from " + from + " to " + to + " [" + e + "]"; } switch( to ) { case 'RGB': // app.colorTransform() returns r,g,b values in 0..1 (!) // -> multiply by 255 a[0]*=255; a[1]*=255; a[2]*=255; break; case 'CMYK': // app.colorTransform() returns c,m,y,k values in 0..1 (!) // -> multiply by 100 a[0]*=100; a[1]*=100; a[2]*=100; a[3]*=100; break; case 'HSB': // app.colorTransform() returns h,s,b values in 0..1 (!) // -> multiply h by 360 and s,b by 100 a[0]*=360; a[1]*=100; a[2]*=100; break; case 'LAB': // app.colorTransform() returns L,a,b values in original range, // that is, L:0..100, a:-100..100, b:-100..100 default:; } if( 0 <= (dec|=0) ) { k = Math.pow(10,dec); for(i=a.length ; i-- ; a[i]=Math.round(k*a[i])/k ); } return a; } // TEST: Transform the CMYK color [41,46,56,36] to RGB // --- var res = colorTransform( [41,46,56,36], 'CMYK', 'RGB' ); alert( res ); // => 113,97,82     Best, Marc ... View more

Hi @Mauro Acciarri    I don't know of any clean method to remove a nested PageItem from its container. The code below is just a stopgap solution based on Select/Cut/PasteInPlace.   (function( doc,a,t,z) { doc = app.properties.activeDocument; if( !doc ) return; const REPL = +SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH; app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false; // --- for( z=0, a=doc.allPageItems ; t=a.pop() ; ) { if( 'TextFrame' != t.constructor.name ) continue; if( !t.parent.hasOwnProperty('paths') ) continue; t.select(REPL); // May fail due to locked items, etc app.selection.length && ( app.cut(), app.pasteInPlace(), ++z ); } // --- app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = true; alert( z + ' text frames have been removed from hierarchy.') })();   We obviously need a better approach… Maybe others will find it.   Best, Marc ... View more

Fun exercise! Here's one approach:     function addCircles(/*(num|str)=auto*/diameter,/*uint=auto*/count, pg,DX,DY,dm,pp,shft,dx,dy,k,t) //---------------------------------- // Add masking circles on the active page, that is, [Paper]-filled ovals. // - diameter [opt] : diameter of each circle, either as a number in default // measurement unit, or as a val-unit string e.g. "1.5mm" or "28pt". If not // supplied, some diameter is automatically determined. // - count [opt] : number of circles. If not supplied, a huge count is taken. // => undef { pg = 'LayoutWindow'==(t=app.properties.activeWindow||0).constructor.name && (t.properties.activePage); if( !(pg||0).isValid ){ alert("Please, make a page active."); return; }; // [REM] Assumes DX,DY have the same MU. t = pg.bounds; DX = t[3]-t[1]; DY = t[2]-t[0]; // Diameter if( 'string' == typeof diameter && isFinite(t=parseFloat(diameter||'0')) && 0 < t ) { dm = '?' != UnitValue(diameter).type && diameter; } else { t = +(diameter||0); dm = 0 <= t && t < (DX>>>1) && t < (DY>>>1) && t; } dm || (dm=Math.min(DX,DY)/10); // Fallback? // Oval props pp = { transparencySettings:null, strokeTransparencySettings:null, fillTransparencySettings:null, contentTransparencySettings:null, textWrapPreferences:{textWrapMode:+TextWrapModes.NONE}, contentType:+ContentType.UNASSIGNED, geometricBounds:[0, 0, dm, dm], fillColor:'Paper', fillTint:-1, strokeWeight:0, }; // Optimal count? (count>>>=0) || (t=parseFloat(dm), count=Math.round(DX*DY/(t*t))); // Create a set of sparse [dx,dy] shifts. // (Reduces the number of close circles.) const MR = Math.random; const SQ = 1.2*Math.sqrt(count); // must be > √count and < 0xFFFE const CHR = String.fromCharCode; for( shft={} ; shft.__count__ < count ; shft[k]=[ DX*dx, DY*dy ] ) { do{ dx=MR(), dy=MR(), k=CHR( 1+(SQ*dx)>>>0, 1+(SQ*dy)>>>0) } while( shft.hasOwnProperty(k) ); } // Generate the circles. with( Window.splash=new Window('palette','',void 0,{borderless:true}) ) { margins=50; add('statictext',void 0,"Generating "+count+" circles..."); show(); update(); } app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false; for each( t in shft ) pg.ovals.add(pp).move(t); app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = true; Window.splash.hide(); }; app.doScript ( "addCircles( '25px', 200 )", void 0, void 0, +UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Add Circles" );         Best, Marc ... View more

Hi @immijp49056642    Welcome to the club, you are entering the ExtendScript XML Nightmare 😉   I am not skilled enough in this area—Dirk and/or Loïc could probably help you, should they come across this discussion— but I strongly suspect that the biggest part of your problem is that your XML has all its elements namespaced due to the xmlns instruction at the root node:       <xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" …>   This means that in expressions like xmlData.xpath("//field/value"), ‘field’ and ‘value’ are not the actual node names (only their local names I guess), but xpath is so poorly implemented in ExtendScript that you risk spending entire nights before finding a syntax (if any!) that could get around this difficulty.   Maybe the best option would be to remove the whole xmlns stuff before entering the XML constructor (it's easy to detect and remove it at the string level), then to re-insert that very namespace if you need to output some XML file at the end of your process (?)   There are certainly syntactic shortcuts to still access namespaced nodes, but I don't know them. If you can't bypass xmlns, the only solution I can see is the explicit and formal use of QName patches through the following scheme:   // Get the ns and create a dedicated QName function. var ns = '' + myXML.namespace(); var f = function(nme){ return QName(ns,nme) }; // Then use f('nodeName') wherever needed. // Boring? I know!   Now here are some tests you can run based on the above method:   // Content of your XML file var xmlFile = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" xml:space="preserve"> <f href="Automation Form Test 1.pdf"/> <fields> <field name="File_1"><value>ABCDEF</value></field> <field name="File_2"><value>Some Text</value></field> <field name="File_3"><value>Some more text</value></field> </fields> <ids original="00054952DF51F14FB50D88332A014639" modified="B16CF70A22E4F341A0F65B6E7D370758"/> </xfdf>''' ; var xmlData = XML(xmlFile); // Create your dedicated QName function. var ns = ''+xmlData.namespace(); var f = function(nme){ return QName(ns,nme) }; var x; // Get the <value> from all fields x = xmlData.descendants( f('value') ); alert( x.toXMLString() ); // show nodes alert( x.text().toXMLString() ); // show inner texts // Get the <value> node of the 2nd <field> i.e. index 1. x = xmlData.descendants( f('field') )[1].descendants( f('value') ); alert( x.toXMLString() ); // show node alert( x.text().toXMLString() ); // show inner text // Select the <field> whose @name is 'File_3' and gets its <value>. x = xmlData.descendants( f('field') ).xpath("node()[@name='File_3']").descendants( f('value') ); alert( x.toXMLString() ); // show node alert( x.text() ); // show inner text   No doubt much better approaches exist. Hopefully our colleagues will outline them below.   Best, Marc ... View more