Fireworks Automation: Applying a Stroke (Brush) to a Path That Doesn't Have One

Question

I've tried setting various brush properties to apply a stroke
to an existing path that doesn't have one, but so far nothing
works. My code looks like this (it's contained within a while
loop):
currentselection[0].pathAttributes.brush.feedback="brush"
or:
currentselection[0].pathAttributes.brush.diameter=1
Everything I've tried produces an error. Can anyone point me
in the right direction?
Bill Gregg

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I've solved my problem
using the setBrushNColor method.
I'm relying heavily on the sample scripts that accompany
Fireworks. I've put 'em all into one text file and I search it. And
sometimes I google a method or property name and see what turns up
(usually not much). So if I can't turn up a specific example of how
a method is used, sometimes I can't figure out how to use it. I
think I tried using setBrush, but couldn't get the parameters
right. So finally I fell back on using the "Copy Steps" command in
the history palette. Using that, I got:
fw.getDocumentDOM().setBrushNColor({alphaRemap:"none",
angle:0, antiAliased:true, aspect:100, blackness:0,
category:"bc_Pencil", concentration:100, dashOffSize1:2,
dashOffSize2:2, dashOffSize3:2, dashOnSize1:8, dashOnSize2:1,
dashOnSize3:1, diameter:1, feedback:"brush", flowRate:0,
maxCount:15, minSize:1, name:"bn_1-Pixel Anti-Aliased",
numDashes:0, shape:"circle", softenMode:"bell curve", softness:0,
spacing:15, textureBlend:0, textureEdge:0,
tipColoringMode:"random", tipCount:1, tipSpacing:0,
tipSpacingMode:"random", type:"simple" }, "#000000");
Apparently none of the parameters are optional--it gives an
error if I try to pare down the list. Not very elegant, but it gets
the job done.
And after a while I figured out that some of the commands I
wanted to use could not be targeted to anything but the selection,
so I've started filling arrays with lists of items I want to
change, then applying the command--just like you're doing in the
sample you sent. That technique is working well so far.
As for the multiple-paragraph text boxes, I've just kicked
that problem down the road a bit. I realized that that in the files
we'll be dealing with, there probably won't be that many
multiple-paragraph text boxes. I'll have to work on it eventually,
but it's dropped down the to-do list for now. Thanks for the
suggestion--it'll be my starting point when I get back to that
problem.
What kinds of things are you trying to do with JavaScript in
Fireworks?
Bill Gregg