Script to update legacy text

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2 total messages Started by Jim_Daggett Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:29

#15

Author: Jim_Daggett
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:29

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I am trying to use a variation of this script from the "Adobe Illustrator CS Scripting Guide" in a longer script.

tell me
	activate
	set theFile to choose file with prompt "Choose file with Legacy Text:"
end tell
tell application "Illustrator CS"
	activate
	open theFile with options {update legacy text:true}
end tell

My impression is after choosing the file with legacy text, the file should open with no further user interaction. Instead, after choosing the file from the prompt, it brings up the open dialog box where I again have to choose the file and then brings up the update legacy text dialog where I have to choose "Update".

If I set user interaction to never, it doesn't bring up any dialogs, but it doesn't update legacy text and brings up the warning that I haven't updated.

I also tried use the force command to no avail, but I'm not sure I was scripting it correctly.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jim Daggett

Re: Script to update legacy text

#19

Author: Shane_Stanley
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:45

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In article <3bb5a51b.-1@webx.la2eafNXanI>, Jim_Daggett@adobeforums.com 
wrote:

> I am trying to use a variation of this script from the "Adobe Illustrator CS 
> Scripting Guide" in a longer script.
> 
> tell me
> 	activate
> 	set theFile to choose file with prompt "Choose file with Legacy Text:"
> end tell
> tell application "Illustrator CS"
> 	activate
> 	open theFile with options {update legacy text:true}
> end tell
> 
> My impression is after choosing the file with legacy text, the file should 
> open with no further user interaction.


There's another parameter to the open command, "dialogs", that defaults 
to true. Set it to false:

   open theFile with options {update legacy text:true} without dialogs

-- 
Shane Stanley

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