Create adobe illustrator rectangle script?

Question

hi, this is a vba script that works in corel draw. I want it to work in illustrator instead but I don't know how to ammend it into javascript and adobe scripting language! Can anybody help??
what it does:
with an object selected
I run script
it creates around the selected object a thin rectangle with a margin from the object of 0.05cm
then groups the object and rectangle togeather
thats it
Martin
Sub makeRect()
    Dim s As Shape, sRect As Shape
    Dim x As Double, y#, h#, w#
    Dim dMarg#
    Dim sr As New ShapeRange
    dMarg = 0.05
    ActiveDocument.Unit = cdrCentimeter
    Set s = ActiveShape
    If s Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    s.GetBoundingBox x, y, w, h
    Set sRect = ActiveLayer.CreateRectangle2(x - dMarg, y - dMarg, w + (dMarg * 2), h + (dMarg * 2))
    sRect.Outline.Width = 0.001
    sRect.CreateSelection
    sr.Add sRect
    sr.Add s
    sr.Group
End Sub

Answer 1

ok, good, the options for you are
- if you have Excel or other Office application, and if you don't mind having Excel open and running your scripts from there then I can show you how to translate the corel script to illustrator using VBA, since you're more familiar with it.
- or start from scratch and translate the script to Javascript and run it directly from within Illustrator...it will need more effort on your part to understand the new language....
but either way at the end more beneficial to you, better yet if you learn both languages.