Thank you Yarnin,
I really appreciate all that you have done so far.
I could be wrong, but this change may have solved what I was after. After looking at the event log I noticed that it was repeating the stroke weight to single compound path items.
So I changed this line: repeat with x from 1 to ItemsinSelection
to read:
if ItemsinSelection > 1 then repeat with x from 1 to ItemsinSelection
There is still a parameter I cannot seem to change the strokes for. This is for when two or more compound paths are grouped.
The entire script now looks like this below.
I am still going to test this a lot more.
Thanks again for all of your help, and thanks to everyone else who worked on this script as well.
-jeff
tell application "Illustrator CS"
(* Check for selection Objects *)
if number of items in selection is 0 then
display dialog "No item is selected." & return & "Please select an item and try again." buttons {"OK"} default button 1
error number -128
end if
(* set stoke width increment *)
tell document 1
--display dialog "set stoke width increment" default answer "0.5" --buttons {"OK", "Cancel"} default button 1
--copy the result as list to {text_returned, button_pressed}
--if button_pressed is "Cancel" then
--error number -128
--else
set Add_2_Width to 0.5 --as number
--end if
(* plugin item *)
if class of selection is plugin item then
activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Illustrator CS" to tell menu bar 1 to tell menu bar item "Object" to tell menu "Object" to click menu item "Expand Appearance"
set selection to selection
try
set tt to every group item of selection
delete last item of tt
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "g" using command down & shift down
keystroke "g" using command down & shift down
end tell
end try
end if
try
(* text box converted to outline *)
set ItemsinSelection to number of every compound path item of selection
if ItemsinSelection > 1 then repeat with x from 1 to ItemsinSelection
set theItem to path item 1 of compound path item x of selection
if stroke width of theItem > 0 then set (stroke width of theItem) to (stroke width of theItem) + Add_2_Width
end repeat
end try
if class of selection is compound path item then
set theItem to first path item of selection
if stroke width of theItem > 0 then set (stroke width of theItem) to (stroke width of theItem) + Add_2_Width --end try
end if
set sel to selection
if class of sel is list then
repeat with thisPath in sel
try
if class of thisPath is not text frame and class of thisPath is not group item then
if stroked of thisPath then set stroke width of thisPath to (stroke width of thisPath) + Add_2_Width
else if class of thisPath is text frame then
if class of stroke color of (text of story of thisPath) is not no color info then
tell text of story of thisPath to set stroke weight to stroke weight + Add_2_Width
end if
else if class of thisPath is group item then
try
set pathItemList to count every path item of compound path items of selection
if pathItemList > 0 then
set pathWidth to stroke width of (path item 1 of compound path items of selection) as number
if pathWidth > 0 then set stroke width of (path item 1 of compound path items of selection) to (pathWidth + Add_2_Width)
end if
end try
set tmp to every path item of thisPath
repeat with thisGroupItem in tmp
if stroked of thisGroupItem then set stroke width of thisGroupItem to (stroke width of thisGroupItem) + Add_2_Width
end repeat
end if
end try
end repeat
else if class of sel is text then
if class of stroke color of sel is not no color info then
tell sel to set stroke weight to stroke weight + Add_2_Width
end if
end if
end tell
end tell
without Jeromes way for now but you can try and implement it your self and see if it works
tell application "Illustrator CS"
(* Check for selection Objects *)
if number of items in selection is 0 then
display dialog "No item is selected." & return & "Please select an item and try again." buttons {"OK"} default button 1
error number -128
end if
(* set stoke width increment *)
tell document 1
set Add_2_Width to 0.5 as number
(* plugin item *)
if class of selection is plugin item then
activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "1" using command down & shift down
end tell
set selection to selection
try
set tt to every group item of selection
delete last item of tt
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "g" using command down & shift down
keystroke "g" using command down & shift down
end tell
end try
end if
(* text box converted to outline and Other Cumpounds *)
try
set ItemsinSelection to number of every compound path item of selection
repeat with x from 1 to ItemsinSelection
set theItem to path item 1 of compound path item x of selection
if stroke width of theItem > 0 then set (stroke width of theItem) to (stroke width of theItem) + Add_2_Width
end repeat
end try
if class of selection is compound path item then
set theItem to first path item of selection
if stroke width of theItem > 0 then set (stroke width of theItem) to (stroke width of theItem) + Add_2_Width --end try
end if
set sel to selection
if class of sel is list then
repeat with thisPath in sel
try
if class of thisPath is not text frame and class of thisPath is not group item then
if stroked of thisPath then set stroke width of thisPath to (stroke width of thisPath) + Add_2_Width
else if class of thisPath is text frame then
if class of stroke color of (text of story of thisPath) is not no color info then
tell text of story of thisPath to set stroke weight to stroke weight + Add_2_Width
end if
else if class of thisPath is group item then
set tmp to every path item of thisPath
repeat with thisGroupItem in tmp
if stroked of thisGroupItem then set stroke width of thisGroupItem to (stroke width of thisGroupItem) + Add_2_Width
end repeat
end if
end try
end repeat
else if class of sel is text then
if class of stroke color of sel is not no color info then
tell sel to set stroke weight to stroke weight + Add_2_Width
end if
end if
end tell
end tell
Yarnin,
This is working very well. Upon further glances I didn’t realize all the parameters that need to be accounted for.
Most of the issues fall into the range of multiple selected grouped objects that are compounded. This is not a big concern since it wouldn’t relate to the simple shapes that such a script will be used on.
On the average a few operators would use this script when recreating simple logos, trying to match a font, etc. For such instances it would be nice to be able to hit a keyboard shortcut a few times to tweak the stroke weight.
There is one instance that I didn’t notice before that I will have to work on, and I may be able to do this myself. It relates to those plugin items that must have the appearances expanded: After those items are expanded they lose their fill color they once had. This could be dangerous since the effects are not noticed if the object was filled with white and it was on top of a white background. (the stroke is increasing correctly) It would actually be preferred that if such items couldn’t retain their fill color that a warning box came up prompting the user that the script will not work on such an object until its appearance is expanded and its fill and stroke is set.
The other instance that isn’t working is when I select two objects that both contain compound paths. For instance, if I took the letter “e” converted it to outlines, then duplicated that letter. If I select both letter e’s (now outlined) the script will not increase the stroke weight.
But other than those two snafus this script is amazing. I am very impressed and very excited about this.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work.
For the last 2 matters I will live it to you.
for the fill thing - before you do what you want to do store the fill in to a verible - aplay the stroke width and then set the fill back.
as for the multiple selection try to find the number of object selected and the set it in to a repeat loop.
