Error 21 (change of color on text)

http://forums.Adobe.com/message/5580527#5580527

Carlos wrote a script in response to the above thread. He replaces CMYK black and grey black a shade called "black point". It's great, but it seeks only to paths. I made a few adjustments to keep it to make white objects and unpainted. I'll need to work on the text and degraded. Right now I'm working on the text.

I tried to use the same logic that runs on the paths on the text, but I'm missing something. Help help.

Screen Shot 2013-08-13 at 9.39.43 AM.png

It is the last version to work, do it not text or gradients.

// script.name = cmykBlackNgrayscaleToSpotBlack.jsx; 
// script.description = changes art color from standard CMYK Black and Grayscale tones to an EXISTING Spot swatch named "spot black";
// script.requirements = an opened document;
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 08/08/13;
// script.elegant = false;

// reference http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1267562?tstart=0

// Note: color values get rounded to the nearest integer, to avoid values like black = 99.99999999999999
//            Hidden and/or Locked Objects will be ignored, as well as objects in Hidden and/or Locked Layers

#target Illustrator

var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var pi = idoc.pathItems;
var sw = idoc.swatches["spot black"];
var fcounter = 0;
var scounter = 0;

for (j=0; j<pi.length; j++) {
    var ipath = pi[j];
    if (ipath.layer.visible==true && ipath.layer.locked==false && ipath.hidden==false && ipath.locked==false) {
        var fillColor = ipath.fillColor;
        if (fillColor.typename == "CMYKColor") {
            if (isColorBlack (fillColor)) {
                var fillk = Math.round(fillColor.black);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, true, false, fillk);
                fcounter++;
            }
        }
        else if (fillColor.typename == "GrayColor") {
            if (grayNotWhiteOrClear (fillColor)) {
                var fillk = Math.round(fillColor.gray);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, true, false, fillk);
                fcounter++;
            }
        }

        var strokeColor = ipath.strokeColor;
        if (strokeColor.typename == "CMYKColor") {
            if (isColorBlack (strokeColor)) {
                var strokek = Math.round(strokeColor.black);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, false, true, strokek);
                scounter++;
            }
        }
        else if (strokeColor.typename == "GrayColor") {
            if (grayNotWhiteOrClear (strokeColor)) {
                var strokek = Math.round(strokeColor.gray);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, false, true, strokek);
                scounter++;
            }
        }
    }
}
alert(fcounter + ' Fill(s) & ' + scounter + ' stroke(s) processed');

function cmykBlackToSpot (path, fill, stroke, k) {
    if (fill) {
        path.fillColor = sw.color;
        path.fillColor.tint = k;
    }
    if (stroke) {
        path.strokeColor = sw.color;
        path.strokeColor.tint = k;
    }
}

function isColorBlack (cmykColor) {
    var c = Math.round(cmykColor.cyan);
    var m = Math.round(cmykColor.magenta);
    var y = Math.round(cmykColor.yellow);
    var k = Math.round(cmykColor.black);

    if (c==0 && m==0 && y==0 && k != 0)
        return true
    else
        return false
}
function grayNotWhiteOrClear (GrayColor) {
    var pct = Math.round(GrayColor.gray);

    if (pct != 0)
        return true
    else
        return false
}

It is the version I'm working now where I am trying to include the text.

// script.name = cmykBlackNgrayscaleToSpotBlack.jsx; 
// script.description = changes art color from standard CMYK Black and Grayscale tones to an EXISTING Spot swatch named "spot black";
// script.requirements = an opened document;
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 08/08/13;
// script.elegant = false;

// reference http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1267562?tstart=0

// Note: color values get rounded to the nearest integer, to avoid values like black = 99.99999999999999
//            Hidden and/or Locked Objects will be ignored, as well as objects in Hidden and/or Locked Layers

#target Illustrator

var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var pi = idoc.pathItems;
var sw = idoc.swatches["spot black"];
var ch = idoc.textFrames[0].characters[0];
var fcounter = 0;
var scounter = 0;

for (j=0; j<pi.length; j++) {
    var ipath = pi[j];
    if (ipath.layer.visible==true && ipath.layer.locked==false && ipath.hidden==false && ipath.locked==false) {
        var fillColor = ipath.fillColor;
        if (fillColor.typename == "CMYKColor") {
            if (isColorBlack (fillColor)) {
                var fillk = Math.round(fillColor.black);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, true, false, fillk);
                fcounter++;
            }
        }
        else if (fillColor.typename == "GrayColor") {
            if (grayNotWhiteOrClear (fillColor)) {
                var fillk = Math.round(fillColor.gray);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, true, false, fillk);
                fcounter++;
            }
        }

        var strokeColor = ipath.strokeColor;
        if (strokeColor.typename == "CMYKColor") {
            if (isColorBlack (strokeColor)) {
                var strokek = Math.round(strokeColor.black);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, false, true, strokek);
                scounter++;
            }
        }
        else if (strokeColor.typename == "GrayColor") {
            if (grayNotWhiteOrClear (strokeColor)) {
                var strokek = Math.round(strokeColor.gray);
                cmykBlackToSpot (ipath, false, true, strokek);
                scounter++;
            }
        }
    }
}

for (t=0; t<ch.length; t++) {
    var txt = ch[t];
    if (txt.layer.visible==true && txt.layer.locked==false && txt.hidden==false && txt.locked==false) {
        var fillColor = txt.fillColor;
        if (fillColor.typename == "CMYKColor") {
            if (isColorBlack (fillColor)) {
                var fillk = Math.round(fillColor.black);
                cmykBlackToSpot (txt, true, false, fillk);
                fcounter++;
            }
        }
        else if (fillColor.typename == "GrayColor") {
            if (grayNotWhiteOrClear (fillColor)) {
                var fillk = Math.round(fillColor.gray);
                cmykBlackToSpot (txt, true, false, fillk);
                fcounter++;
            }
        }

        var strokeColor = txt.strokeColor;
        if (strokeColor.typename == "CMYKColor") {
            if (isColorBlack (strokeColor)) {
                var strokek = Math.round(strokeColor.black);
                cmykBlackToSpot (txt, false, true, strokek);
                scounter++;
            }
        }
        else if (strokeColor.typename == "GrayColor") {
            if (grayNotWhiteOrClear (strokeColor)) {
                var strokek = Math.round(strokeColor.gray);
                cmykBlackToSpot (txt, false, true, strokek);
                scounter++;
            }
        }
    }
}
alert(fcounter + ' Fill(s) & ' + scounter + ' stroke(s) processed');

function cmykBlackToSpot (path, fill, stroke, k) {
    if (fill) {
        path.fillColor = sw.color;
        path.fillColor.tint = k;
    }
    if (stroke) {
        path.strokeColor = sw.color;
        path.strokeColor.tint = k;
    }
}

function isColorBlack (cmykColor) {
    var c = Math.round(cmykColor.cyan);
    var m = Math.round(cmykColor.magenta);
    var y = Math.round(cmykColor.yellow);
    var k = Math.round(cmykColor.black);

    if (c==0 && m==0 && y==0 && k != 0)
        return true
    else
        return false
}
function grayNotWhiteOrClear (GrayColor) {
    var pct = Math.round(GrayColor.gray);

    if (pct != 0)
        return true
    else
        return false
}

This is a test file

https://docs.Google.com/file/d/0BzEoJSYDhH_WdENjc092SF9GN0U/edit?USP=sharing

Thanks for playing.

Carlos, you are right about that. I had a knot of logic that it impossible to work on the text in groups AND directly on the layers at the same time. I ended up using a version that did not use your difficulty, even if it was viable.

Here's my final script. Works like a charm. Thanks for all the help.

// script.name = BlackToSpotBlack.jsx;
// script.description = changes art color from standard CMYK Black and Grayscale tones to a Spot swatch named "spot black";
// script.requirements = an opened document;
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 08/08/13;
// script.elegant = false;

// reference http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1267562?tstart=0 && http://forums.adobe.com/message/5610447#5610447

// Note: color values get rounded to the nearest integer, to avoid values like black = 99.99999999999999
//              Hidden and/or Locked Objects will be ignored, as well as objects in Hidden and/or Locked Layers

#target Illustrator

var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var pi = idoc.pathItems;
var tf = idoc.textFrames;
createSpotBlack();
var sw = idoc.swatches["spot black"];
var fcounter = 0;
var scounter = 0;
var gcounter = 0;

//apply spot to paths and gradient stops
for (j=0; j 
         
 
         
 
 
		 
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