Dynamic Objects

By creating dynamic objects, you can create data-driven graphics.

In the Illustrator application, you use the Variables panel to create or edit variables like graph data, linked file, text string, and visibility, or variables whose type is not specified.

In scripting, you use the variable object to represent this type of variable.

The variable object’s kind property indicates the type of dynamic data that a variable object holds. Variable objects are document-level objects; you create them in a document object.

Note

Do not confuse variable objects with scripting variables. For details on Illustrator variables, dynamic objects, and data-driven graphics, see Illustrator Help.

Datasets, which collect variables and their associated dynamic data into one object, are represented in scripting by the dataset object.

The dataset object provides methods to update and delete dataset objects in your scripts.