Change color of compoundPathItems created by converting Text to Paths using createOutline()

Question

I used createOutline() to convert Text to Paths. However, the return is a GroupItem and I had difficulty in changing its stroke and fill colors.
Here is my script:
var docActive = app.documents.add();
var textFrame = docActive.pathItems.rectangle( 0, 0, 200, 20);
var areaText = docActive.textFrames.areaText(textFrame);
areaText.contents = "Hello My Friend";
areaText.textRange.characterAttributes.size = Math.round(20*0.85);
var textOutline = areaText.createOutline();
// Trying to change stroke and fill colors of textOutline but got stuck here...

Answer 1

try this, I added comments next to each line
var docActive = app.documents.add();
var textFrame = docActive.pathItems.rectangle( 0, 0, 200, 20);
var areaText = docActive.textFrames.areaText(textFrame);
areaText.contents = "Hello My Friend";
areaText.textRange.characterAttributes.size = Math.round(20*0.85);
var textOutline = areaText.createOutline(); // this is a group
var compoundPaths = textOutline.compoundPathItems; // each letter is a compound path
for (i=0; i<compoundPaths.length; i++) {    // loop thru all letters
    var compoundPath = compoundPaths[i];    // this holds one letter at a time
    var pathItems = compoundPath.pathItems; // all pieces (pathItems) of the compound path make up each letter
    for (j=0; j< pathItems.length; j++) {   // loop thru all letter parts
        var pathItem = pathItems[j];            // this holds one letter piece at a time
        pathItem.fillColor = docActive.swatches[5].color;       // fill it with the 5th swatch
        pathItem.strokeColor = docActive.swatches[4].color; // stroke it with the 4th swatch