Adobe 26001360 Scripting Guide - Page 48

48 Scripting Illustrator Dim rectPath As Illustrator.PathItem Dim starPath As Illustrator.PathItem Set pathItemsRef = appRef.ActiveDocument.ActiveLayer.PathItems Set rectPath = pathItemsRef.Rectangle(50, 70, 100, 200) Set starPath = pathItemsRef.Star(40, 70, 200, 110, 5, False) Dim pathSelection(1) As Variant Set pathSelection(0) = rectPath Set pathSelection(1) = starPath appRef.Selection = pathSelection End Sub Object containment: document vs. layer In Illustrator, all artwork objects are contained in layers, groups or compound paths that are themselves contained in a document. The index of an object in a layer or group indicates the object's position in the stacking order of the layer or group. This means that page item 1 of layer 1, or Layers(1).PageItems(1) in Visual Basic, is the frontmost object in a document, while page item 2 of layer 1, or Layers(1).PageItems(2) in Visual Basic, lies directly behind in the stacking order. Note that if you delete all the layers in a document, the document is left with the default empty layer called Layer 1. When you refer to an object in your document, you can reference it directly as part of the document or by its complete containment hierarchy, including layers and any group or compound path if valid. When you refer to objects contained by the document directly, you can access the entire flattened contents of the document, without regard to the containment of objects within layers, groups, or compound paths. All objects, whether or not they are contained in groups or compound paths, are returned as individual objects contained by the document. The following scripts demonstrate how to reference an object as part of a document. In AppleScript: -- Get reference for first page item of document 1 tell application "Adobe Illustrator CS" set pageItemRef to page item 1 of document 1 end tell 12 Aug 03