[JS CS3] Can't add a swatch to some documents

Question

Hello,
I have the following script:
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
colorIt(myDoc, "lime",cmykRatios =[40,0,80,0]);
function colorIt(docRef,colorName,cmykRatios){
    docRef.colors.add({colorValue:cmykRatios, colorModel:ColorModel.process, colorSpace:ColorSpace.cmyk,name:colorName});
    }//end colorIt
For some documents this script works as it should. But for others I get the error message in ESTK "An incorrect number of color values was given."
The error message is telling me that I cannot add CMYK swatches. If I change the colorSpace to ColorSpace.rgb and have only three values in the array cmykRatios, then the script works in the document that before would not accept it.
But then trying to add an RGB swatch to the documents that previously accepted the new CMYK swatch gives me the very same error message:  "An incorrect number of color values was given."
Obviously there is some difference between these documents but I cannot see one. Why would one ID file accept CMYK colors but not RGB colors and vice versa? Any clues as to what might be wrong here?
Thanks,
Tom

Answer 1

Hey Tom!
I just tested your script, and it's working fine on new documents. Then, I created swatch with same name but in RGB space, and received same error. Are you sure that you don't have swatch with same name already in document? But, on the other side, why would it work after you change script to RGB. I added one row into your script, so you can test it.
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
colorIt(myDoc, "lime",cmykRatios =[40,0,80,0]);
function colorIt(docRef,colorName,cmykRatios){
    if(app.activeDocument.swatches.itemByName(colorName).isValid != true){
        docRef.colors.add({colorValue:cmykRatios, colorModel:ColorModel.process, colorSpace:ColorSpace.cmyk,name:colorName});
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