documents[i].artboards.length not working (illustrator scripting)

[sajidk54358625]

Hi there!

I'm working on an illustrator extendscript where I have to get number of artboards for each opened document. The code may look like this

for (  var i=0  ;  i<app.documents.length  ;  i++  ) {

              alert(app.documents.artboards.length);

     }

But each time I run this script, it returns the number of artboards for active document (only) each time.

for example if I've 3 documents opened ie. doc1 , doc2 , doc3

the number of artboards in doc1 is 1, doc2 is 4, and in doc3 is 2

and I'm currently working with doc2 ( doc2 is active)

then the script alerts 3 times saying: 4, 4 and 4 each time.

please help me

Also tell me if this code is correct or not

thanks in advance

update: I also tried alert( app.documents[1].artboards.length ); , It doesn't work either. having the same problem with this too (shows no: of artboards for active doc)

Tell me if I'm doing wrong

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Hi sajidk54358625​,

does this helps you on your way?

for ( var i=0; i<app.documents.length; i++ ) {
    app.documents.activate();
    alert(app.activeDocument.name);
    alert(app.activeDocument.artboards.length);
    }

Have fun

[Silly-V]

Interesting, it makes me think that artboards are indeed treated apart from other kinds of items in Illustrator documents. In the following lines, the only problematic item is the artboard count.

  for (  var i=0 ;  i < app.documents.length ;  i++  ) {

    alert("Name: " + app.documents.name + ". PathItems: " + app.documents.pathItems.length + ". Layers: " + app.documents.layers.length + ". Artboards: " + app.documents.artboards.length + ".");

  }

[pixxxelschubser]

IMHO artboards are only available in the active document. That's why activeDocument.artboards.length is possible - but not documents.artboards.length

for ( var i=0; i<app.documents.length; i++ ) {
    app.documents.activate();
    var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
    alert("Name: " + aDoc.name + ". PathItems: " + aDoc.pathItems.length + ". Layers: " + aDoc.layers.length + ". Artboards: " + aDoc.artboards.length + ".");
}

[sajidk54358625]

thanks for your ideas! it really helped me

[Omid236228649byk]

You can follow this post which discusses the same issue. And there is a bug report you can vote on.