Adobe 26001360 Scripting Guide - Page 445

Adobe Illustrator CS Scripting Guide 445 Symbol A Symbol is an ArtObject that is stored in the Symbols Palette, and can be reused one or more times in the document without duplicating the art data. Symbols are contained in documents. Instances of Symbols in a document are SymbolItems. Table 5.149 Symbol - Properties Property R/O Value type What it is Application Name Parent R/O Application object The Illustrator Application object R/W String The name of the Symbol R/O Document object The document that contains this Symbol Table 5.150 Symbol - Methods Method Delete() Duplicate() Returns Nothing Object What it does Delete the object Create a duplicate of the object Note: See Example 81.1 for a sample script which shows the use of the Symbol class. Symbols A collection of symbols in a document. Table 5.151 Symbols - Properties Property R/O Value type What it is Application Count R/O Application object The Illustrator Application object R/O Long The number of objects in the collection 12 Aug 03