Welcome to the Adobe Illustrator Scripting Guide!

Introduction

• What is Scripting?
• Changelog
• Scripting language support in Adobe Illustrator CC
• Viewing Sample Scripts
• Viewing the object model
• Executing Scripts

Illustrator Scripting Object Model

• The Illustrator Scripting Object Model
• Object Naming Conventions
• Top-Level (containing) Objects
• The Artwork Tree
• Text Objects
• Dynamic Objects
• Symbols
• Transformations

Scripting Illustrator

• Launching and quitting Illustrator from a script
• Working with objects
• Measurement Units
• Page-item positioning and dimensions
• Paths and shapes
• User-interaction levels
• Printing Illustrator documents

Scripting with AppleScript

• For more information
• Your first Illustrator script
• Object references
• Working with text frames
• Creating paths and shapes
• Working with the perspective grid

Scripting with JavaScript

• For more information
• Your first Illustrator script
• Working with methods in JavaScript
• Accessing and referencing objects
• Working with text frames
• Creating paths and shapes
• Working with the perspective grid

Scripting with VBScript

• For more information
• Your first Illustrator script
• Accessing and referencing objects
• Working with text frames
• Creating paths and shapes
• Working with enumeration values
• Working with the perspective grid

Javascript Object Reference

• Scripting Constants
• JavaScript Object Reference
• Application
• Artboard
• Artboards
• Brush
• Brushes
• CharacterAttributes
• Characters
• CharacterStyle
• CharacterStyles
• CMYKColor
• Color
• CompoundPathItem
• CompoundPathItems
• Dataset
• Datasets
• Document
• DocumentPreset
• Documents
• EPSSaveOptions
• ExportOptionsAutoCAD
• ExportOptionsFlash
• ExportOptionsGIF
• ExportOptionsJPEG
• ExportOptionsPhotoshop
• ExportOptionsPNG24
• ExportOptionsPNG8
• ExportOptionsSVG
• ExportOptionsTIFF
• FXGSaveOptions
• Gradient
• GradientColor
• Gradients
• GradientStop
• GradientStops
• GraphicStyle
• GraphicStyles
• GraphItem
• GraphItems
• GrayColor
• GroupItem
• GroupItems
• IllustratorSaveOptions
• ImageCaptureOptions
• Ink
• InkInfo
• InsertionPoint
• InsertionPoints
• LabColor
• Layer
• Layers
• LegacyTextItem
• LegacyTextItems
• Lines
• Matrix
• MeshItem
• MeshItems
• NoColor
• NonNativeItem
• NonNativeItems
• OpenOptions
• OpenOptionsAutoCAD
• OpenOptionsFreeHand
• OpenOptionsPhotoshop
• PageItem
• PageItems
• Paper
• PaperInfo
• ParagraphAttributes
• Paragraphs
• ParagraphStyle
• ParagraphStyles
• PathItem
• PathItems
• PathPoint
• PathPoints
• Pattern
• Patterns
• PatternColor
• PDFFileOptions
• PDFSaveOptions
• PhotoshopFileOptions
• PlacedItem
• PlacedItems
• PluginItem
• PluginItems
• PPDFile
• PPDFileInfo
• Preferences
• PrintColorManagementOptions
• PrintColorSeparationOptions
• PrintCoordinateOptions
• Printer
• PrinterInfo
• PrintFlattenerOptions
• PrintFontOptions
• PrintJobOptions
• PrintOptions
• PrintPageMarksOptions
• PrintPaperOptions
• PrintPostScriptOptions
• RasterEffectOptions
• RasterItem
• RasterItems
• RasterizeOptions
• RGBColor
• Screen
• ScreenInfo
• ScreenSpotFunction
• Spot
• SpotColor
• Spots
• Story
• Stories
• Swatch
• Swatches
• SwatchGroup
• SwatchGroups
• SymbolItem
• SymbolItems
• Symbol
• Symbols
• TabStopInfo
• Tag
• Tags
• TextFont
• TextFonts
• TextFrameItem
• TextFrameItems
• TextPath
• TextRange
• TextRanges
• TracingObject
• TracingOptions
• Variable
• Variables
• View
• Views
• Words