Finding duplicate path(object) without selecting

Question

Hi all,
Is it possible to find the duplicate pathitem in the document without selecting those pathitems.It is possible to find the duplicate path items by selecting all the objects in the ducument,but i m not getting any clue to find the same without selecting.
If it is possible then please give some suggestion on how to achive this ?
Thanks,
Sanat

Answer 1

i might've misunderstood your question first time ... probably you`re looking to check if 2 objects are duplicates without creating the duplicate programatically. if so this might give you an inside look. test it by creating a shape, selecting it, copying it and pasting it in place ... you can play with the ignoreProperties string to make the comparison more general:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = app.activeDocument.selection;
var ignoreProperties = "|name||width||height|";
function AreDuplicates(o1, o2) {
    for(prop in sel[0]) {
        try {
            if(sel[0][prop] != sel[1][prop] && ignoreProperties.indexOf("|" + prop + "|") > -1) return false;
         } catch(er) {}
         finally { continue; }
    return true;
if(AreDuplicates(sel[0], sel[1])) alert("Wheeee, they are sooooooooo duplicated!");
else alert("Damn and i really hoped that ... never mind!");
hope it helps;
cheers;