Adobe 65010248 Scripting Guide - Page 4

Contents 4 3 Scripting Illustrator 25 Launching and quitting Illustrator from a script 25 Launching and activating Illustrator 25 Quitting Illustrator 26 Working with objects 26 Getting the frontmost document or layer 26 Creating new objects 26 Collection objects 27 Selected objects 28 Notes on renaming objects stored in the application's panels 28 Measurement units 29 Em space units 29 Page-item positioning and dimensions 29 Art item bounds 30 Paths and shapes 31 User-interaction levels 31 Printing Illustrator documents 32 4 Scripting with AppleScript 33 For more information 33 Your first Illustrator script 33 Adding features to "Hello World 34 Object references 34 Obtaining objects from documents and layers 35 Creating new objects 35 Working with selections 35 Working with text frames 36 Threaded frames 36 Creating paths and shapes 37 Paths 37 Shapes 38 5 Scripting with JavaScript 40 For more information 40 Your first Illustrator script 40 Adding features to "Hello World 41 Working with methods in JavaScript 41 Accessing and referencing objects 42 Referencing the application object 42 Accessing objects in collections 42 Creating new objects 43 Working with selections 44 Working with text frames 44 Threaded frames 44