Illustrator Scripting Guide
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Introduction

  • What is Scripting?
  • Changelog
    • Illustrator 24.0 (CC 2020) <>
    • Illustrator XX.X (CC 2017) <>
    • Illustrator XX.X (CC) <>
  • 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
Illustrator Scripting Guide
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Changelog¶

What’s new and changed for scripting?

Illustrator 24.0 (CC 2020) <>¶

  • Added: Document.getPageItemFromUuid()

  • Added: PageItem.uuid

Illustrator XX.X (CC 2017) <>¶

  • Added: Application.getIsFileOpen()

Illustrator XX.X (CC) <>¶

  • ?

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