Replace Text Color to Pantone

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi everyone,

I try to make a script, that change the color of my text in my Illustrator File. The new color should be a PANTONE Color.


tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
	activate
	
	set the selection to every text frame of document 1

set fill color of every word of every text frame of current document to {spot:spot "PANTONE 300U"}
	
end tell

Can somebody help me?

Thank you very much!

Cheers
Marth

#2

You need to set the fill colour of the text to the ‘colour’ of the spot.

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
	tell document 1
		if exists spot "PANTONE 300 U" then
			set My_Spot_Colour to color of spot "PANTONE 300 U"
			set fill color of every text of every text frame to My_Spot_Colour
		else
			display dialog "Spot NOT found?" giving up after 2
		end if
	end tell
end tell

What a load of old rubbish. Got my syntax mixed up trying to convert something I now do in JavaScript back to AppleScript. This should be closer.

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
	tell document 1
		if exists spot "PANTONE 300 U" then
			set My_Spot_Colour to spot "PANTONE 300 U"
			set fill color of every text of every text frame to {class:spot color info, tint:100.0, spot:My_Spot_Colour}
		else
			display dialog "Spot NOT found?" giving up after 2
		end if
	end tell
end tell

Sorry about that.

#3

Hi Mark67,

Thank you very very much! It works great!

Have a nice Day!

Cheers
Marth