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English | 2007-02-27 | ISBN: 978-0-321-49200-5 | 55 pages | PDF | 6.8 MB

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Scripting Guide

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Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe ® Illustrator ® CS3 Scripting Guide for Windows ® and Mac OS ®. NOTICE: All information contained herein is the … Adobe Systems Incorporated. No part of this publication (whether in hardcopy or electronic form) may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adobe Systems Incorporated. The software described in this document is furnished …

1 Introduction This guide describes the scripting interface to Adobe® Illustrator®CS3. It contains the following sections: ? This introduction, which describes scripting support in Adobe Illustrator CS3, and lists changes to the scripting interface since the previous release. ? “The Illustrator Scripting Object Model” on page 15 , which describes the Illustrator document object model. ? “Scripting Illustrator” on page 23 , which provides an overview of how to use scripts to program Adobe Illustrator CS3. ? “Scripting with JavaScript” on page 31 , which provides information about scripting Illustrator using JavaScript. ? “Scripting with AppleScript” on page 40 , which provides information about scripting Illustrator using AppleScript. ? “Scripting with VBScript” on page 47 , which provides information about scripting Illustrator using VBScript. If you are new to scripting or would like basic information about scripting and how to use the different scripting languages, see Adobe Introduction to Scripting . What is scripting? A script is a series of commands that tells Illustrator to perform one or more tasks. These tasks can be simple, and affect only a single object in the current document; or complex, and affect objects in all of your Illustrator documents. The tasks might even involve other applications, such as word processors, spreadsheets, and database management programs. The building blocks of scripting correspond for the most part to the Illustrator tools, menus, palettes, and dialog boxes with which you are already an expert. If you know what you’d like Illustrator to do, you can write a script to do it. Why use scripting? Graphic design is a field characterized by creativity, but aspects of the actual work are anything but creative. In fact, you’ll probably notice that the time you spend placing and replacing images, correcting errors in text, and preparing files for printing at an image setting service provider often reduce the time you have available for doing creative work. With a small investment of time and effort—perhaps no more than you’d spend training an assistant—you can learn to write short, simple scripts that perform repetitive tasks for you. As your scripting skills grow, you can move on to more complex scripts that work all night while you’re sleeping. Scripting can also enhance your creativity by quickly performing tasks you might not have time to try. For example, you could write a script to systematically create a series of objects, modifying the new objects’ position, stroke, and fill properties along the way…

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