Script for Document Setup size...

Question

Hello All,
     I have a request for a script, not sure how one would go about it but here we go.
An AI CS4 user selects a shape, they then execute a script that...
Resizes the Document Setup Art Board to one inch larger (length width) than the selected shape.
Then a rectangle is drawn in the document and is sized the same as the art board.
Any help would be great!!!
Thanks in advanced.
Anton

Answer 1

All,
     I am tweaking this script again and have run into a road block that you may have a simple answer for.  When I execute this script when selecting a single object it works perfect, if I execute it while selecting a group of objects the script will not apply the spot color to the selection.  The script will however do everything but apply the spot color.  Here is the latest edit. Thanks for any input.
Anton
#target illustrator
function main() {
     if (app.documents.length == 0) {
          alert('Open a document before running this script');
          return; // Stop script here no doc open…
     } else {
          var docRef = app.activeDocument;
          with (docRef) {
               if (selection.length == 0) {
                    alert('No items are selected…');
                    return; // Stop script here with no selection…
               if (selection.length > 1) {
                    alert('Too many items are selected…');
                    return; // Stop script here with selection Array…
               } else {
                    var ccSpotColor = cmykColor(0, 100, 0, 0);
                    var ccCol = spots.add()
                    ccCol.name = 'CC';
                    ccCol.color = ccSpotColor;
                    ccCol.tint = 100;
                    ccCol.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;
                    var cc = new SpotColor();
                    cc.spot = ccCol;
                    var selVB = selection[0].visibleBounds;
                    var rectTop = selVB[1] + 36;
                    var rectLeft = selVB[0] - 36;
                    var rectWidth = (selVB[2] - selVB[0]) + 72;
                    var rectHeight = (selVB[1] - selVB[3]) + 72;
                    selection[0].parent.name = 'ARTWORK';
                    selection[0].filled = false;
                    selection[0].stroked = true;
                    selection[0].strokeColor = cc;
                    selection[0].strokeWidth = 1;
                    var regLayer = layers.add(); // Creates Regmark Layer
                    regLayer.name = 'Regmark';
                    var tcLayer = layers.add(); // Creates TC Layer
                    tcLayer.name = 'Through Cut';
                    var ccLayer = layers.add(); // Creates CC Layer
                    ccLayer.name = 'CC';
                         var Cutline = selection[0]
                         Cutline.move(ccLayer, ElementPlacement.INSIDE);
                         var ThroughCutBox = tcLayer.pathItems.rectangle(rectTop, rectLeft, rectWidth, rectHeight, false); //This is TC box
                    ThroughCutBox.stroked = false;
                    ThroughCutBox.filled = true;
                    var tcSpotColor = cmykColor(0, 100, 90, 0);
                    var tcCol = spots.add()
                    tcCol.name = 'TC';
                    tcCol.color = tcSpotColor;
                    tcCol.tint = 100;
                    tcCol.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;
                    var tc = new SpotColor();
                    tc.spot = tcCol;
                    ThroughCutBox.fillColor = tc;
                         tcLayer.visible = false;// Make TC Layer Invisable     Here
                    artboards[0].artboardRect = (ThroughCutBox.visibleBounds);
                    redraw();
                    rectWidth = (rectWidth-72)/72;
                    rectWidth = roundToDP(rectWidth,1);
                    rectHeight = (rectHeight-72)/72;
                    rectHeight = roundToDP(rectHeight,1);
                    var textString = rectWidth + ' x ' + rectHeight;
                    prompt('Copy Me', textString);
main();
function roundToDP(nbr, dP) {
     dpNbr = Math.round(nbr*Math.pow(10,dP))/Math.pow(10,dP);
     return dpNbr;
function cmykColor(c, m, y, k) {
     var newCMYK = new CMYKColor();
     newCMYK.cyan = c;
     newCMYK.magenta = m;
     newCMYK.yellow = y;
     newCMYK.black = k;
     return newCMYK;