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CHAPTER 1: Introduction Changes in CS5 12

For details, see JavaScript Tools Guide.

Changes in CS5

This section lists changes made to the scripting object model to support features in Illustrator CS5.

Ruler origin

In previous releases, the artboard origin, the position with coordinates (0,0), was in the bottom left corner,

with positive X increments going left to right, and positive Y increments going bottom to top.

In Illustrator CS5, the artboard origin is defined to be the top left corner of the artboard. Positive X

increments still go left to right, but positive Y increments now go top to bottom.

To show rulers, choose View > Rulers > Show Rulers. Use the Info panel (Windows > Info) to inspect the

X/Y coordinates of a position.

To avoid breaking existing scripts, Illustrator scripting still uses the legacy coordinate system; that is, all

documents created through scripts use the legacy coordinate system. Documents that you create directly

in the UI use the new coordinate system. If your script operates on such a document, then in order for the

script to behave as it did in CS4, the script must translate the Y coordinate value for any position to -Y, and

the reverse when interpreting coordinate values from the document.

Enumeration

X A new enumeration for coordinate system used by Illustrator:

Z AppleScript — artboard coordinate system/document coordinate system

JavaScript — CoordinateSystem

VBScript — AiCoordinateSystem

A new enumeration for registration points for symbols:

Z AppleScript — N/A

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