Placing symbols by name with applescript...
I need to place a series of symbols in a document in Illustrator CS3... some symbols have multiple instances, some have only one... i need to be able to refer to them by name... right now, i can only seem to place them using this syntax...
make new symbol item in document 1 with properties {symbol:symbol 1 of document 1}
i'd like to use something like this...
make new symbol item in document 1 with properties {symbol:{name:"Text Tag"}
i've tried different syntax after the "symbol" property, but i can't seem to find what works, if there's anything that actually works...
any suggestions?..
I don't understand this corrospondence. I'm having the exact same problem, but I can not figure out from Larry's post how I can find the answer in the scripting forum. Any help please? I tried searching the forums for Larry's posts with keywords, but no luck.
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Import swatches, styles, symbols, character styles with applescript
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This works for me. It is set to work with what items i know are available to my test doc.
{1 symbol of >2 path items, 2 gradients swatches}
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
activate
set Doc_Ref to the current document
tell Doc_Ref
set x to width / 2
set y to height / 2
set ruler origin to {x, y}
-- Make new layer to trash later
make new layer at beginning with properties ¬
{name:"Opened Symbol", visible:true}
-- Place the symbol item you want to open
make new symbol item at beginning of layer "Opened Symbol" with properties ¬
{symbol:symbol 1, position:{0, 0}}
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set selection to symbol item 1
-- Use system events to drive the GUI
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Adobe Illustrator"
tell menu bar 1
click menu item "Expand..." of menu "Object"
delay 0.1
keystroke return
delay 0.1
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end tell
end tell
-- List your items to edit
set Symbol_Items to every page item of layer "Opened Symbol"
-- Edit what ever you have here
set fill color of path item 1 of layer "Opened Symbol" to {gradient:gradient 1}
set fill color of path item 2 of layer "Opened Symbol" to {gradient:gradient 2}
-- New group
set New_Group to make new group item at beginning of layer "Opened Symbol"
-- Move edited items into new group
repeat with i from (count of Symbol_Items) to 1 by -1
move (item i of Symbol_Items) to beginning of New_Group
end repeat
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make new symbol at end with properties ¬
{name:"My New Symbol", source art:New_Group}
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If I create new document using the GUI (New document) I can place the cursor within any table-cell, type "=" (equal sign) and f.e. "2+2" which will result in a cell showing a "4".
If I create a document with Applescript, I can not add new functions (neither by typing = nor by using Insert >> Function (may be different, I have German version here). Already existing functions (which already were in the template) can still be used and work as expected but can not be altered.
Any idea?
I use Pages '08, Version 3.03
Code I used to create the document:
tell application "Pages"
launch
make new document at front with properties {template name:templateName}
# Angebotsnummer ins Dokument schreiben
tell body text of front document
make new paragraph at after paragraph 1 with data angebotsNr
set paragraph style of paragraph 2 to "Überschrift"
end tell
# Datei abspeichern
set dateiName to missing value
repeat until dateiName is not equal to missing value
set dateiName to text returned of (display dialog "Datei Name:" default answer angebotsNr & "_" & kundenName) as text
end repeat
save front document in angebotsOrdner & dateiName
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The variable templateName is undefined.
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It's always striking in Pages '09.
Here is the report which I filed :
Bug ID# 8704270
Summary:
+Odd behavior of tables in Pages documents created by a script+
+Steps to Reproduce:+
+Run this huge script+
+tell application "Pages"+
+make new document at front with properties {template name:"Blank"} (* "Vierge" on French systems *)+
+end tell+
+Insert a table+
+try to insert a formula+
+Expected Results:+
+I assumed that I will get the formula editor which I get when the document is created by hand+
+Actual Results:+
+There is no way to get the editor, no way to insert the equal character.+
+This odd behavior strike in all versions of Pages '09 and Pages '08+
Regression:
+None to my knowledge+
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 28 novembre 2010 11:30:29 -
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Hello-
I am attempting to PDF a spreadsheet from Dropbox, and email it to a set list of recipients with AppleScript. Much of this I have been able to figure out, but I am having some issues with the PDF conversion. As you can see below, I am still working on sending the xls file, and have not yet been able to get AppleScript to convert a specific tab of the file to aPDF. I expect scheduling to be handled theough crontab.
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tell theNewMessage
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set sender to theSender
make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theAddress}
try
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set message_attachment to 0
on error errmess -- oops
log errmess -- log the error
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end tell
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Reference
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FILE NAME WITH FILE EXTENTIONS
HI EXPERTS!!
I WANT TO GET THE FULL FILE NAME STRORED IN THE SERVER FOLDER. I USED FM RZL_READ_DIR_LOCAL BUT I AM GETTING ONLY 32 DIGITS OF NAME NOT FULL NAME AND ALSO SIZE PARAMETER IS CONCATENATING WITH NAME.
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PLZ SUGGEST ME HOW TO GET THE SAME..
PLZ REPLYE ME..
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DATA:
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LV_SIZE(15), " Size
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RETURN_CODE TYPE I. " Return code
DATA:
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STATUS TYPE EXTCMDEXEX-STATUS. " Status
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FIELD-SYMBOLS: <CMD_OUTPUT_LINE> LIKE LINE OF CMD_OUTPUT.
CMD_PARAMS = PV_DIRECTORY.
CLEAR CMD_OUTPUT.
CALL FUNCTION 'SXPG_CALL_SYSTEM'
EXPORTING
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TABLES
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EXCEPTIONS
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COMMAND_NOT_FOUND = 2
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X_ERROR = 8
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ILLEGAL_COMMAND = 11
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Check Status first then check sy-subrc
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WHEN 0.
CASE STATUS.
WHEN 'F'.
MESSAGE I057(YS) WITH 'SXPG_CALL_SYSTEM'(002).
GF_EXIT = GC_TRUE.
WHEN 'E'.
MESSAGE I058(YS) WITH 'SXPG_CALL_SYSTEM'(002).
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WHEN 'S'.
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WHEN 'C'.
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Here is what I go so far...
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
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I'm very new with working with Applescript, so at this point I have been piecing together code snippets.
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tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
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Problem: I was hoping that the Adobe PDF Preset "somePreset" would be selected in the first pull-down menu of the Export Adobe PDF window when this window is opened by the script. Unfortunately the last used preset is always selected by default. Anyone suggestions or help?
Kind regards,
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Here is an example:
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I have tons of documents open on MSoft Word and wish to close some of them. Luckily, those that I wish to close all start with the word "book", so I was thinking I could actually automate that with AppleScript hence avoid closing them one by one.
I wrote the following code:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
count (document)
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To my surprise, it didn't work!
I got the following under "Replies", which showed that AppleScript did indeed try to close the document that starts with "book":
tell application "Microsoft Word"
count every document of current application
--> 6
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--> "book_mac_OS_X_and_iOS_internals.htm"
activate
close document
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--> "applicable books.htm"
get name of document 3
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get name of document 4
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get name of document 5
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get name of document 6
--> "SYNTHESIS - History a Step Back.docx"
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But when I went back to Word, I still saw the document there!
I actually added an additional line (I didn't include the code in that which I pasted here) asking to count the number of documents in Word AFTER the so-called "close", and the number remains 6.
Can anyone enlighten me on this?
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The quickest way to do this (tested with OS 10.8.2, MS Word 2011) is in one line:
tell application "Microsoft Word" to close every document whose name begins with "book"
The reason why your script doesn't work is that you aren't specifying to Word which document you want it to close.
So, changing one line ought to do it:
close document incrementvalue -- instead of "close document"
But... when you close a document, you change the document count. Document 2 becomes document 1, document 3 becomes document 2 etc. So eventually you'd get a message saying "The object you are trying to access doesn't exist".
Because of this, if you want to do it in a repeat loop, you have to work backwards:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set doc_count to count documents
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I'm having some trouble with a piece of code. The error that I'm getting is:
program.java:17: cannot find symbol
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location: class program
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^
My Code is shown here:
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
class program{
public static void main(String[] args){
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program name = new program ();
name.sortArrayStr(names);
//name.CTI(names[0].charAt(0));
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name.CTI(names[0].charAt(0));
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I'm trying to create and open a folder with applescript, but my script gives an error...
This is what i've written but can't figure out what i'm doing wrong. I hope you can help me!
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now I have found a script that works (Download jpeg image to folder with AppleScript from URL).
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When I convert the downloaded JPEG into a HTML by simply changing the extension, quick look displays the webpage's 401 unauthorized error page...
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The first (easy) way is that the username and password can be submitted with the request. This is the original model and is easy to script - if you're using the curl model then it's just a matter of adding the -user switch to the command line:
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This model is a little less secure, though, but might still be used on internal sites since it's easy to implement.
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