Adobe 26001360 Scripting Guide - Page 40

40 Scripting Illustrator In VBScript you must use integer values instead of the enumeration. (See the "Enumerations reference" section in "Visual Basic Reference" on page 287 to find the values that correspond to the various enumerations.) The corresponding VBScript is: Dim appRef Set appRef = CreateObject("Illustrator.Application") appRef.ActiveDocument.Close ( 2 ) Here is an example of Hello World! for VBScript: 'Hello World! script Dim appRef Dim documentRef Dim SampleText 'Create a new document and assign it to a variable Set appRef = CreateObject("Illustrator.Application") Set documentRef = appRef.Documents.Add 'Create a new text frame item and assign it to a variable Set SampleText = documentRef.TextFrameItems.Add 'Set the contents and position of the TextFrameItem SampleText.Position = Array(200, 200) SampleText.Contents = "Hello World!" To run this script create a text file and copy the script into it. Save the file with a "vbs" extension. If you have Windows Scripting Host installed, you can double-click on the file to execute the script. Another way to execute the script is to choose File > Scripts > Browse from the Scripts menu in Illustrator and select the file. Adding features to "Hello World" Next, let's create a new script that makes changes to the Illustrator document you created with your first script. Don't worry if you've closed the Illustrator document without saving it-just run your script to create a new one. Our second script will demonstrate how to: 1. Get the active document. 2. Get the width of the active document. 12 Aug 03