Changing clipping paths

Question

Hello all,
I have an idea for a script that bases on modifying the clipping path of an image. Basically what I try to achieve is that the image is visible only inside a selected path with some offset.
Given a document with one polygon and one image with applied clipping path I would expect this to work:
var aDoc = app.documents[0];
var aGrap = aDoc.allGraphics[0];
var aPol = aDoc.polygons[0];
var ePath = aPol.paths[0];
var aClip = aGrap.clippingPath;
ePath = aPol.paths[0].entirePath;
aClip.paths[0].entirePath = ePath;
aClip.insetFrame = -2;
ePath = aClip.paths[0].entirePath;
aPol.paths[0].entirePath = ePath;
But these lines
aClip.paths[0].entirePath = ePath;
aClip.insetFrame = -2;
seem to exclude each other. The insetFrame works fine as long as I didn't touch the path. And the changing of the path works fine but the insetFrame doesn't do anything except showing the spinning ball, that spins until I click somewhere on the pasteboard.
Am I thinking wrongly or is there a bug that makes my idea impossible?
Thank you
Gerald

Answer 1

The VB.NET project file has the .vbproj extension and is an XML text file. Therefore you can make a backup, then edit it using an editor, such as Notepad. Find the old references by path (probably in
<Reference> elements) and adjust them (perhaps using ‘Replace All’).
To avoid such situations if similar changes are expected again, then maybe consider mapping a drive letter, such as ‘S:’, to the server. (Ask IT Department). When server is changed, then the mapping will be adjusted, but the paths and references
will remain unchanged.