Scriptographer.org - Help

Shuffling Artboards

Cana — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:40:07 +0200

Is there capability to shuffle artboards. I am working on a single file that has 55 different artboards with a logo on each of them. My website shuffles the logos at random, so I'd like to be able to do that in Ai if possible so that I can resize (if I have to) before posting to the web. Will save time so I do not have to replace images everytime I need to make a change.

Thanks,
Cana

Sketchy Structures too big of a file

Lisa — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:38:40 +0200

I used sketchy structures to create a web-like structure on top of a photo that i imported to illustrator. the file is so big that it takes forever to save and i can't plot it. is there any way i can save it to a smaller file?

Illu CS6?

Sun, 06 May 2012 10:52:31 +0200

it runs nor on illu cs6 (mac) at this time?
is an update planned?

thank you :)

How to ungroup?

alta — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:12:33 +0200

Hi,

Can anyone help me to solve this: how to ungroup the selected grouped items?

Thanks you in advanced
//A

How to specify page to open in multi-page PDF?

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:07:32 +0200

Hi there

I’d like to open each page in a long PDF document, do some things to it, and then save and close. Is there a way to specify which page in the PDF to open?

My code so far looks like this:

var myDirectory = script.file.parent;
var myFile = new File(myDirectory, 'File name.pdf');
var myDoc = new Document(myFile, 'cmyk', 'none');

It’s working fine, but I don’t want to have to manually tell it which page to open each time. So ideally I would change it to something like this:

var myDirectory = script.file.parent;
var myFile = new File(myDirectory, 'ANNUAL REPORT DECEMBER 2011.pdf');
for(i = 0; i
}

I’d appreciate any insights.

Item attributes?

Jordan — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:27:50 +0200

Is it possible to access item attributes from scriptographer? with Adobe scripting this is accessed using pageItem.note (or similar) and this refers to the text you would see in the attributes window in Illustrator.

thanks in advance for any help.
Jordan

working around an object

Julian — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:04:15 +0200

how would i get a script to work around an object without having to code it myself, or how do i convert paths to script?

typeof, constructor etc

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:11:54 +0200

What is used to determine the kind of a selected item?
I need to distinguish a path from a group or a text item.

In my tests, constructor.name gives 'Object' and typeof x is 'undefined'.

The error messages give 'object PointText' etc ... but where is this stored?

After much experimenting I find that
thing.constructor.toString.split(' ')[0]
gives me what I want for some cases ... but it does not seem to give Circle etc.

Any better ideas?

[JScript] How i can counting gradient key's in filled object

Brumel — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:14:21 +0200

(sorry for my bad english)

I have a problem. in the script loop through all objects in the document, was producing some manipulation. so, please tell me how to count the number of nodes (or stops) in the gradient and mesh fills?

I try to use (docRef.pageItems[i].fillColor.gradientStops.length) and the like, but AI write me - (error) undefine.

Downloadable Scripts Error

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:12:09 +0200

Hello all,

I'm not familiar with JS at all so this is all foreign. I love the tool however. I downloaded the tool, installed it, and the preloaded scripts work just fine!

However when I go to download a script from this community, I take the downloaded .js file and drop it in say "My Scripts" or "Tools" (predetermined folder). Then when I go into illustrator, the icon next to the script in the panel is a white document looking icon, not the white pencil icon. There was no additional executable icons shown in the scriptographer panel or in my standard tool panel.

Bottom line is, I select the downloaded script from the panel (white document icon), press the "play" button to execute, choose the pencil button and try to do it, and nothing happens - nothing executes.

I'm not sure if im dropping it in a wrong folder? Or if there's a setting I'm missing? Or if i have to activate it somehow? I just am clueless unfortunately :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

SCREENSHOT: http://cl.ly/2o0x460n2n0i2m2a442A

http://cl.ly/2o0x460n2n0i2m2a442A

(in tutorial videos ive seen, people have had more than just the white pencil icon in their panels...which worries me because I don't have anything more than that...?)