Skip navigation

Illustrator Scripting

Seb_C_Bien12345 Calculating status...

Currently Being Moderated

RasterItem .file property with broken link

Jul 11, 2012 3:09 AM

Tags: #illustrator_scripts #rasteritem

Hi,

I want to get the "file.displayName" property of a RasterItem from a file where links are broken.

the script :

myItem = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
myItem.file.displayName;

works fine if the RasterItem source file is where the link points at.

In my case, the link points to the local drive of another computer, so the "file" property of the RasterItem doesn't exists !!!

I don't understand why, because all the informations are in the Links pannel of illustrator.

Can anyone help me with that ?

Thanks

508 Views 5 Replies Latest reply: Muppet Mark, Jul 11, 2012 6:06 AM

Replies

Currently Being Moderated

1. Muppet Mark,

Jul 11, 2012 3:30 AM in reply to Seb_C_Bien12345

Report

AI is storing the data that is visible in the GUI in the file's XMP ( may be else where in file too ). Script only has access to the linked file if it exists… For embedded rasters where the original is no longer available parse the XMP string?

|
Mark as:
Currently Being Moderated

2. Seb_C_Bien12345,

Jul 11, 2012 4:03 AM in reply to Muppet Mark

Report

damned...
indeed XMP string contain the information, but parsing the file then linking to the right object...
I'll probably try to work with linked file on a server drive !

|
Mark as:
Currently Being Moderated

3. Muppet Mark,

Jul 11, 2012 4:33 AM in reply to Seb_C_Bien12345

Report

What are you trying to do with the file do you need it?

|
Mark as:
Currently Being Moderated

4. Seb_C_Bien12345,

Jul 11, 2012 5:12 AM in reply to Muppet Mark

Report

I don't need the linked file, I juste want its name to export informations into a XML file.

|
Mark as:
Currently Being Moderated

5. Muppet Mark,

Jul 11, 2012 6:06 AM in reply to Seb_C_Bien12345

Report

Once I embed an image in my file and chuck the link away… AI says I have a group a named raster ( no file extension ) But the parent frame is named ( with ext )…
So…
#target illustrator var doc = app.activeDocument; $.writeln( doc.groupItems.length ); // Returns 1 $.writeln( doc.rasterItems[0].parent.name ); // Returns full name

|
Mark as:

Forum guidelines

Answers + Points = Status

10 points awarded for Correct Answers
5 points awarded for Helpful Answers
10,000+ points
1,001-10,000 points
501-1,000 points
5-500 points