Illustrator Scripting
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Scripting
A script is a series of commands that tells Illustrator to perform one or more tasks. Adobe Illustrator CS5 supports scripts written in AppleScript, JavaScript or VBScript. Sample scripts are included in the Adobe Illustrator CS5 installer and get installed with the product. The latest available scripting documentation is provided below:
- Adobe Illustrator CS5 Scripting ReadMe File (TXT, 11k)
- Adobe Illustrator CS5 Scripting Guide (PDF, 788k) English
- Adobe Illustrator CS5 Scripting Guide (PDF, 793k) French
- Adobe Illustrator CS5 Reference: AppleScript (PDF, 2.0M)
- Adobe Illustrator CS5 Reference: JavaScript (PDF, 2.0M)
- Adobe Illustrator CS5 Reference: VB Script (PDF, 2.0M)
Adobe Illustrator CS4 Scripting
A script is a series of commands that tells Illustrator to perform one or more tasks. Adobe Illustrator CS4 supports scripts written in AppleScript, JavaScript or VBScript. Sample scripts are included in the Adobe Illustrator CS4 installer and get installed with the product. The latest available scripting documentation is provided below:
- Adobe Illustrator CS4 Scripting ReadMe File (TXT, 15k)
- Adobe Illustrator CS4 Scripting Guide (PDF, 931k ) English
- Adobe Illustrator CS4 Scripting Guide (PDF, 966k ) French
- Adobe Illustrator CS4 Reference: AppleScript (PDF, 1.9M)
- Adobe Illustrator CS4 Reference: JavaScript (PDF, 2.0M)
- Adobe Illustrator CS4 Reference: VB Script (PDF, 2.0M)
Adobe Illustrator CS3 Scripting
A script is a series of commands that tells Illustrator to perform one or more tasks. Adobe Illustrator CS3 supports scripts written in AppleScript, JavaScript or VBScript. Sample scripts are included in the Adobe Illustrator CS3 installer and get installed with the product. The latest available scripting documentation is provided below:
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 Scripting ReadMe (TXT, 11k )
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 Scripting Guide (PDF, 911k )
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 AppleScript Reference (PDF, 1.5M )
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 JavaScript Reference (PDF, 1.4M )
- Adobe Illustrator CS3 VBScript Reference (PDF, 1.5M )
- Adobe Introduction to Scripting (PDF, 674k )
- Adobe Creative Suite 3 JavaScript Tools Guide (PDF, 3.6M )
Samples
Adobe Illustrator CS3 FlashPanel Sample
The FlashPanel sample for Adobe Illustrator CS3 shows how to script Illustrator from Flash using ScriptUI's FlashPlayer control. The sample illustrates how rich user interfaces created by Flash authoring tools such as Adobe Flex Builder 2 can interact with Illustrator's scripting object model.
Illustrator CS2 Scripting documentation
The following reference and scripting guides are available to assist you with development for Adobe® Illustrator® CS2 software:
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