Hello all , I want to to rename the Artboard name in Apple Script , but still error
Can anyone help?
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set docRef to the current document
set x to artboards of docRef
set the artboards of x with properties{name:"123"}
end tell
First off, Illustrator scripting support is terrible, so it’s not surprising this doesn’t work.
However, I am surprised by some failure modes here that I didn’t expect, and maybe some more senior scripters can shed some light on.
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set firstArtboard to the first artboard
set artBoardProps to the properties of firstArtboard
end tell
end tell
return artBoardProps
Result:
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set firstArtboard to the first artboard
set artBoardProps to the properties of firstArtboard
set artBoardName to the name of artBoardProps
end tell
end tell
Result:
error message
I tried all the rest of the items from the record, and they can be retrieved except “name” and “ruler origin.”
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set firstArtboard to the first artboard
set artBoardProps to the properties of firstArtboard
set artBoardIndex to the index of artBoardProps
end tell
end tell
return artBoardIndex
Result:
1
I’m pretty sure this must be an Illustrator bug, and I’m guessing it’s going to be hard to set the artboard names given this difficulty in retrieving them.
If you just needed to find artboard names, there are ways around this bug by coercing the record to a list - or hacky-ways to coerce it to text. But I’m not thinking of a way to set it when Applescript errors if you attempt to address the item at all.
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set docRef to the current document
set x to first artboard of docRef
set (properties of x) to {«class bAl9»:"123"}
end tell
When you hit return, the “«class bAl9»” statement will wanish and turn to “name” but the compiler will consider the right “name” item, and the script will run like a charm.
Put this somewhere in your script as you will need to copy/paste before each compilation :
-- reminder : artboard's name property = «class bAl9»
[edit:] FYI the ruler origin code is “«class bAl8»”
Well, that’s good to know. Thanks!
Still an ugly bug in Illustrator scripting, but nice work-around.