Duplicate object into multiple selected frame

Question

I’m looking for a script that will duplicate the selected object or the content of the clipboard into multiple selected layers inside a document.
I have not find any discussions around this, but I’m asking if anyone have already seen such script.
Thanks
Jean-Claude

Answer 1

Jean-Claude try the following one:
1. Should work with a single object, multiple objects, group
2. Should alert a warning, if you select nothing or select some text
3. Will not honor, if layers are hidden or locked
Does it work for you?
// duplicate on different layers _b02
// by Kai Rübsamen, credits to Hans Haesler
// vorbeugenderweise das Anzeigen von Dialogen aktivieren
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
// prüfen, ob ein Dokument geöffnet ist
if ( app.documents.length == 0 ) {
    alert ( "Warning\rOpen a document!" );
    exit();
// die Auswahl speichern ...
var allSel = app.selection;
var nItems = allSel.length;
// und prüfen
if ( !nItems ) {
    alert ( "Warning\rSelect something!" );
    exit();
if ( nItems == 1 && app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("baseline") ) {
    alert ( "Warning\rDoes not work with text. Select only frames!" );
    exit();
var curDoc = app.activeDocument;
var allLayers = curDoc.layers;
var nLayers = allLayers.length;
// eventuell vorhandene Dialoge entfernen
try {
    app.dialogs.everyItem().destroy();
catch (e) {
var layerNames = new Array();
for ( var i = 0; i < nLayers; i++ ) {
    layerNames.push( allLayers[i].name );
// eventuell vorhandene Dialoge entfernen
try {
    app.dialogs.everyItem().destroy();
catch (e) {
// den Dialog vorbereiten ...
var dlogCheckList = new Array();
var aDialog = app.dialogs.add({ name: "Duplicate object to selected layers", canCancel: true });
with ( aDialog ) {
    with ( dialogColumns.add() ) {
        with ( dialogRows.add() ) {
            staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "active = duplicate"} );
            for ( var n = 0; n < nLayers; n++ ) {
                with (dialogRows.add()) {
                    dlogCheckList.push( checkboxControls.add({ staticLabel: layerNames[n] }));
// ... anzeigen und die Wahl des Anwenders anwenden
if ( aDialog.show() == true ) {
    for ( var k = 0; k < dlogCheckList.length; k++ ) {
        var curCheckBox = dlogCheckList[k];
        if ( curCheckBox.checkedState ) {
            var curLayer = curDoc.layers.itemByName( layerNames[k] );
            for ( var i = nItems-1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
                var curSel = allSel[i];
                curSel.duplicate( curLayer );
    aDialog.destroy();
else {
    aDialog.destroy();
–Kai