Hello!

It would be great to be able to assign a keyboard shortcut to a custom script. We use custom scripts in AI for a large variety of tasks at my job and we currently have to use a third party program on Mac (Quicksilver) in order to "assign" a shortcut to run them. This causes the scripts to run a bit slower and requires more development and support.

Additionally, it would be helpful to run custom scripts as a step within an action. This is currently possible to setup, but the action will "forget" the script the next time you start AI.

Thanks!
David

Adobe Illustrator Scripting VERY slow - C#
Hello,

i'm developting a small library to access PathObjects in Illustrator (works fine for CS2, CS5) - but i have massive performance problems with CC2019. I am using VS2017.

Code looks like:

Type AIType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID(AIAppName);
dynamic illuApp = Activator.CreateInstance(AIType);

if (illuApp == null)
{
return;
}

if (illuApp.Documents.Count < 1)
{
return;
}

System.Array lll = illuApp.ActiveDocument.selection;
if (lll != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < lll.Length; i++)
{
dynamic path = lll.GetValue(i);
if (path != null)
{
var lll2 = path.PathPoints;
Application.DoEvents();
int iSelCount = lll2.Count;
if (iSelCount >= 4)
{
string sss = path.typename;
float dH = (float)(path.Height / dScale);
float dW = (float)(path.Width / dScale);
float dL = (float)(path.Left / dScale);
float dT = (float)Math.Abs(path.Top / dScale);
dynamic obCol = path.FillColor;
sss = obCol.typename;
Color col = Color.Black;
if (sss.Contains("CMYK"))
{
var r = (int)(255 * (1 - obCol.Cyan / 100) * (1 - obCol.Black / 100));
var g = (int)(255 * (1 - obCol.Magenta / 100) * (1 - obCol.Black / 100));
var b = (int)(255 * (1 - obCol.Yellow / 100) * (1 - obCol.Black / 100));
col = Color.FromArgb(r, g, b);
}
else if (sss.Contains("RGB"))
{
int r = (int)(obCol.Red);
int g = (int)(obCol.Green);
int b = (int)(obCol.Blue);
col = Color.FromArgb(r, g, b);
}

            Data.Add(NewInfo (dL, dT, dW, dH, col);
        }
    }
}

}

Until CS5, processing 1000 selected rectangles need a couple of seconds, but on newer CC Versions it needs MINUTES.

I use exactly the same code - is there something i am missing?

Mainly accessing "path.PathPoints" (needs ~ 15 msec.) and "path.FillColor" (needs ~ 20 msec.) are time consuming.

Thanks in advance for any hint! I have the performance issues on Win 7 and on Win 10.

Leopold

Please, pretty pleas with sugar on top add SaveAsCopy function to illustrator script. All i need to be happy is to bind a script that allows me to save a copy of specific AI art board(s) as PDF with presets. it is impossible to save copy of document without closing current AI file.
I work in print and that is the thing illustrator lack for me, one script command... saveCopyAs.
Why does it matters? because i have tons of print layouts with ton of PDF's to link on aforementioned plates, and i need to sometime go for 3 different export as pdf to get to last print layout... i save a lot of PDFs. Not to even mention small size pdf's that i need to send to clients. There are days that i make the same PDF 7 times before i end with client, and then i do like 2-3 more to have flexo print layout. And after that i have 8 more projects to do. Don't even get mi started on moving something 2mm left and going once after 9 projects and 9 layouts...
So when i have the change done, I want to be able hit saveAsCopy keybind script, then illustrator will nicely ask me if i want to update linked file on layout, i say yes, hit another saveascopy and he will ask me if i want to make an update on final layout for anilox roller, I say yes, hit save as copy, and I AM DONE. Now 9 more.
All that this will give mi is Save of time from saving all this files manually by clicking file->Save as Copy. And that is all i really want, the save in time on repeatable tedious action