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Adobe Illustrator SDKs

Adobe Illustrator CS6 SDK

The Adobe Illustrator CS6 SDK allows developers to create plug-ins that extend the functionality of Adobe Illustrator CS6.

Adobe Illustrator CS6 SDK

Adobe Illustrator CS6 SDK

  1. Adobe Illustrator CS6 SDK ReadMe
  2. Adobe Illustrator CS6 Programmers Guidefile
  3. Adobe Illustrator CS6 Porting Guidefile
  4. Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator CS6 Developmentfile
  5. Using the Adobe Text Enginefile

What's new in the Illustrator CS6 SDK?

New features:

  • See details in "Adobe Illustrator CS6 Porting Guide ".

API changes:
For complete details of API changes, see "Adobe Illustrator CS6 Porting Guide" and "API Advisor"

ADM removed:
Plug-ins must be ported to some other UI framework to run in Illustrator CS6. Note that in Mac OS, ADM used the older Carbon framework, while the UI now uses the newer Cocoa framework.

For more information about how to make this transition, see: https://developer.apple.com/technologies/mac/cocoa.html

Sample code changes:

  • SnippetRunner Code Snippets: To demonstrate new features, added new functionality to snpPattern
  • A new sample plugin, Empty Panel, demonstrates the usage of new APIs for accessing the empty panel. The empty panel is intended to be used by developers wishing to create a plugin UI using third party UI frameworks.
  • Removal of ADM from the SDK. This includes the conversion of existing CS5 SDK samples to use a Flash-based UI, which is a possible alternative for ADM. For details, see "Creating a Flash UI for Plug-ins" in "Adobe Illustrator CS6 Programmer's Guide".
  • All samples support 64bit

Archived Illustrator SDKs

Adobe Illustrator CS6 SDK

Adobe Illustrator CS5 SDK

  1. Adobe Illustrator CS5 SDK ReadMe (TXT, 9k)
  2. Adobe Illustrator CS5 Porting Guidefile
  3. Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator CS5 Developmentfile
  4. Using the Adobe Text Enginefile
Adobe Illustrator CS4 SDK

Adobe Illustrator CS4 SDK

  1. Adobe Illustrator CS4 SDK ReadMe  (TXT, 14k)
  • Adobe Dialog Manager Programmer's Guidefile
  • Adobe Illustrator CS4 Porting Guidefile
  • Adobe Illustrator CS4 Programmer's Guide file
  • Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator CS4 Developmentfile
  • Using the Adobe Text Enginefile
Adobe Illustrator CS3 SDK

Adobe Illustrator CS3 SDK

  1. Readme  (TXT)
  2. FAQ  (TXT) (November 2007)
  3. FAQ (TXT) (November 2007)
Adobe Illustrator CS2 SDK

Adobe Illustrator CS2 SDK

  1. Illustrator CS2 SDK for Macintosh  (ZIP, 7.3M)
  2. Illustrator CS2 SDK for Windows  (ZIP, 6.97M)
Adobe Illustrator CS SDK

Adobe Illustrator CS SDK

  1. Illustrator CS SDK for Macintosh  (HQX, 7.3M)
  2. Illustrator CS SDK for Windows (ZIP, 6.9M)

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