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AI CS3.<br /><br />I'm fixing someone else's file. I've got a circle (filled with a gradient) into which an irregular shape (basically a square which was curved on the edge where it met the circle) was cut. The square had to be deleted (it contained a graphic we didn't want) which left me with a big white squarish space cut into the circle.<br /><br />I can move the two corner points that formed the square out to the edge of the circle, but I can't figure out how to make them curve points. Right now I've got a circle with some straight line segments that ruin the circular path.<br /><br />I knew how to do this in FreeHand. <grumble><br /><br />If someone can tell me how to do a Paste Into in Illustrator, I might be able to go back to my original file and paste the gradient into the irregular shape and match it up with the gradient in the circle.<br /><br />TIA,<br /><br />Marlene

Marlene
Are you sure you do not have a Compound Path that you can release?

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dlg.number.value = dlg.number.add('edittext', [12,12,60,32], "30", {multiline:false});
dlg.number.value.onChange = posNumberKeystrokeFilter2;
dlg.number.value.text = "12";
// buttons for ok, and cancel;
dlg.buttons = dlg.add('panel', [15,80,325,130], '');
dlg.buttons.buildBtn = dlg.buttons.add('button', [13,13,145,35], 'OK', {name:'ok'});
dlg.buttons.cancelBtn = dlg.buttons.add('button', [155,13,290,35], 'Cancel', {name:'cancel'});
// show the dialog;
dlg.center();
var myReturn = dlg.show ();
if (myReturn == true) {
// the layer;
          var theLayer = smartify(myDocument.activeLayer);
          app.togglePalettes();
// get layer;
          var theName = myDocument.activeLayer.name;
          var theBounds = theLayer.bounds;
          var theWidth = theBounds[2] - theBounds[0];
          var theHeight = theBounds[3] - theBounds[1];
          var theOriginal = myDocument.activeLayer;
          var theHorCenter = (theBounds[0] + ((theBounds[2] - theBounds[0])/2));
          var theVerCenter = (theBounds[1] + ((theBounds[3] - theBounds[1])/2));
// create layerset;
          var myLayerSet = myDocument.layerSets.add();
          theOriginal.visible = false;
          myLayerSet.name = theName + "_rotation";
// create copies;
          var theNumber = dlg.number.value.text;
          var theLayers = new Array;
          for (var o = 0; o < theNumber; o++) {
                    var theCopy = theLayer.duplicate(myLayerSet, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
                    theLayers.push(theCopy);
// calculate the radius in pixels;
          var theRadius = Number(dlg.radius.number.text) / 10 * myResolution / 2.54;
          myDocument.selection.deselect();
// get the angle;
          theAngle = 360 / theNumber;
// work through the layers;
          for (var d = 0; d < theNumber; d++) {
                    var thisAngle = theAngle * d ;
                    var theLayer = theLayers[d];
// determine the offset for outer or inner radius;
                    var theMeasure = theRadius + theHeight/2;
//                    var theMeasure = theRadius + theWidth/2;
                    var theHorTarget = Math.cos(radiansOf(thisAngle)) * theMeasure;
                    var theVerTarget = Math.sin(radiansOf(thisAngle)) * theMeasure;
// do the transformations;
                    rotateAndMove(myDocument, theLayer, thisAngle + 90, - theHorCenter + theHorTarget + (myDocument.width / 2), - theVerCenter + theVerTarget + (myDocument.height / 2));
// reset;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalUnits;
app.togglePalettes()
////// function to determine if open document is eligible for operations //////
function photoshopCheck () {
var checksOut = true;
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
          alert ("no open document");
          checksOut = false
else {
          if (app.activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer == true) {
                    alert ("please select a non background layer");
                    checksOut = false
          else {}
return checksOut
////// function to smartify if not //////
function smartify (theLayer) {
// make layers smart objects if they are not already;
          if (theLayer.kind != LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT) {
                    myDocument.activeLayer = theLayer;
                    var id557 = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
                    var desc108 = new ActionDescriptor();
                    var id558 = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
                    var ref77 = new ActionReference();
                    var id559 = charIDToTypeID( "Mn " );
                    var id560 = charIDToTypeID( "MnIt" );
                    var id561 = stringIDToTypeID( "newPlacedLayer" );
                    ref77.putEnumerated( id559, id560, id561 );
                    desc108.putReference( id558, ref77 );
                    executeAction( id557, desc108, DialogModes.NO );
                    return myDocument.activeLayer
          else {return theLayer}
////// radians //////
function radiansOf (theAngle) {
          return theAngle * Math.PI / 180
////// rotate and move //////
function rotateAndMove (myDocument, theLayer, thisAngle, horizontalOffset, verticalOffset) {
// do the transformations;
myDocument.activeLayer = theLayer;
// =======================================================
var idTrnf = charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" );
    var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idFTcs = charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" );
    var idQCSt = charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" );
    var idQcsa = charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" );
    desc3.putEnumerated( idFTcs, idQCSt, idQcsa );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
        var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc4.putUnitDouble( idHrzn, idPxl, horizontalOffset );
        var idVrtc = charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc4.putUnitDouble( idVrtc, idPxl, verticalOffset );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
    desc3.putObject( idOfst, idOfst, desc4 );
    var idAngl = charIDToTypeID( "Angl" );
    var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );
    desc3.putUnitDouble( idAngl, idAng, Number(thisAngle) );
executeAction( idTrnf, desc3, DialogModes.NO );

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