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Re: Illustrator CS, make new spot

Subject: Re: Illustrator CS, make new spot
From: Courtney Schwartz <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:40:36 -0500

Yes, weirdness confirmed. Spot does not make a spot color, but a process color.

Can you change the type from process to spot once the swatch is made?

Courtney Schwartz

On Nov 11, 2004, at 4:18 PM, Jake Pietrykowski wrote:

Hi all,
I've beaten my head against the wall on this one. I've come to determine that Illustrator CS can NOT create a new spot color via AppleScript. What I get as a result, is a color swatch that is named correctly, but is set to a process color. If I replace the class 'spot' with class 'swatch' in my script, the only difference I notice is that the 'Global' color option is selected when I use class 'spot' and when I use class 'swatch' I get a process color, without the 'Global' check box selected (in Swatch Options).
<snip>
tell application "Illustrator CS"
    make new document
    -- make a new swatch
    set newSpot to make new spot at the beginning of current document ¬
    with properties ¬
    {name:"testspot", color:{cyan:20, magenta:0, yellow:50, black:0}}
-- set variable to the new swatch set newSpot to spot of color of swatch "testspot" of current document
    -- draw a basic rectangle and fill it with the spot color
    set newRectangle to make new rectangle in current document with ¬
    properties {bounds:{0, 0, 50, 50}, stroked:false, ¬
    fill color:{class:spot color info, spot: newSpot, tint:100.0}}
end tell
<snip>
Can anyone verify this? Or has anyone found a method for successfully creating NEW Spot Swatches in Adobe Illustrator CS (v11) using AppleScript?

Thanks, Jake -- Jake Pietrykowski Pre-Press Department Western States Envelope Company email@hidden

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