Need help cleaning a recursive loop, please.
Hello again,
I'm on another quest to write a function completely fool proof to a very specific task in Illustrator. The task is to create a new work plan in the target document (determined by a guest of small script user interface) which is a certain distance from the existing chart with the highest index Board (so I'm still putting the new plan of work at the end). After I created the work plan, I want to activate the source document and duplicate all the layers (a few layers are empty but will be used later) and work in the doc of the target and place them on the newly created artboard.
With the help and advice of Silly-V , I wrote a recursive loop to handle the situation of nested layer. This brings me to the first part of my question. Please take a look at recursion and let me know if there is anything I can do to clean it up and simplify as much as possible. (I know it looks really messy. I've learned how do on the fly and I changed a lot of variables and loops after the fact, just trying to make it work). I hope also that somehow slightly more efficient to work this will improve stability as well. As it is, I can only run this script 3 or 4 times (if I'm lucky), before I get persistent errors of MRAP on trivial things such as: layers.getByName("Information").visible = false; At this point, the only recourse is to stop illustrator and reopen files. So I'm usually good for a few runs more...
Part 2 of my question is the following. Is there a way to reproduce the work from one document to the other, and place it on the new artboard rather than the artboard [0]? Currently, art is duplication of artboard [0] the doc from the source to the artboard [0] the doc of the target and then I manually manipulate the implementation by defining: this.left this.left = + (artboards.length * 2100). First, it is just steps adding too much to the script and slow things down I'm sure. The second problem that is after 4 work plans, I need down another line (to keep from spilling onto the pasteboard). That adds another layer of complexity and a lot more if statements to determine how far from move it and in what direction.
Here's the script in its entirety. Please do not hesitate to rip it and ask me WTH I thought. According to carloscanto, script.elegant is definitely fake.
var copyToMaster = function(){
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
var layers = docRef.layers;
var masterFile = getTargetDoc();
if(masterFile == null){
return;
}
var master = app.documents.getByName(masterFile);
var sourceDoc = app.activeDocument;
var move;
var myLayer;
var targetLayer;
var innerTargetLayer;
var outerTargetLayer;
//Logic Container//
function outerRecursive(layer){
var name = layer.name;
try{
outerTargetLayer = targetLayer.layers.getByName(layer.name);
}
catch(e){
outerTargetLayer = targetLayer.layers.add(ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
outerTargetLayer.name = name;
}
if(layer.pageItems.length>0){
for(var b=layer.pageItems.length-1;b>-1;b--){
var curItem = layer.pageItems[b];
var copyCurItem = curItem.duplicate(outerTargetLayer,ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
copyCurItem.left = curItem.left+move;
}
}
if(layer.layers.length>0){
for(var e=layer.layers.length-1;e>-1;e--){
var subSubLayer = layer.layers[e];
innerRecursive(subSubLayer);
}
}
}
function innerRecursive(subLayer){
try{
innerTargetLayer = outerTargetLayer.layers.getByName(subLayer.name);
}
catch(e){
innerTargetLayer = outerTargetLayer.layers.add();
innerTargetLayer.name = subLayer.name;
}
if(subLayer.pageItems.length>0){
for(var g=subLayer.pageItems.length-1;g>-1;g--){
var curItem = subLayer.pageItems[g];
var copyCurItem = curItem.duplicate(innerTargetLayer,ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
copyCurItem.left = copyCurItem.left + move;
}
}
if(subLayer.layers.length>0){
for(var h=subLayer.layers.length-1;h>-1;h--){
innerRecursive(subLayer.layers[h]);
}
if(name == "Information"){
layer.locked = true;
layer.visible = true;
}
else if(name == "Prepress"){
layer.locked = false;
layer.visible = false;
}
}
if(subLayer.name == "Information"){
subLayer.locked = true;
subLayer.visible = true;
}
else if(subLayer.name == "Prepress"){
subLayer.locked = false;
subLayer.visible = false;
}
}
function getTargetDoc(){
var docs = [];
for(var a=0;a<app.documents.length;a++){
docs.push(app.documents[a].name);
}
var targetIndex = new Window("dialog", "Which is Master");
var newTextGroup = targetIndex.add("group");
newTextGroup.text = targetIndex.add("statictext",undefined,"Which file do you want to merge to?");
newTextGroup.align = "center";
var radioGroup = targetIndex.add("group");
radioGroup.alignChildren = "left";
radioGroup.orientation = "column";
for(var a=0;a<docs.length;a++){
radioGroup.add("radiobutton",undefined,docs[a]);
}
radioGroup.children[0].value = true;
var buttonGroup = targetIndex.add("group");
var ok = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK");
var can = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
function selected(which){
for(var c=0;c<which.children.length;c++){
if(which.children[c].value == true){
return which.children[c].text;
}
}
}
if(targetIndex.show() == 1){
return (selected(radioGroup));
}
else{
return;
}
targetIndex.show();
}
function createNewArtboard(){
master.activate();
move = ((master.artboards.length) * 2100)
var aBcount = master.artboards.length;
var lastAB = master.artboards[master.artboards.length-1];
var aB = lastAB.artboardRect;
var left = aB[0];
var top = aB[1];
var right = aB[2];
var bot = aB[3];
var moveRight = 2100;
var moveDown = 2100;
if(aBcount != 5 && aBcount != 10){
var newLeft = left + moveRight;
var newRight = right + moveRight;
var rect = [newLeft,top,newRight,bot];
var newAb = master.artboards.add(rect);
}
else{
var originAb = master.artboards[0].artboardRect;
var oLeft = originAb[0];
var oTop = originAb[1];
var oRight = originAb[2];
var oBot = originAb[3];
oTop = oTop - moveDown;
oBot = oBot - moveDown;
var rect = [oLeft,oTop,oRight,oBot];
var newAb = master.artboards.add(rect);
}
sourceDoc.activate();
}
//Function Calls
createNewArtboard();
for(var a=0;a<layers.length;a++){
layers[a].locked = false;
layers[a].visible = true;
}
for(var a=0;a<master.layers.length;a++){
master.layers[a].locked = false;
master.layers[a].visible = true;
}
for(var a=layers.length-1;a>-1;a--){
var curLayer = layers[a];
try{
targetLayer = master.layers.getByName(curLayer.name);
}
catch(e){
targetLayer = master.layers.add();
targetLayer.name = curLayer.name;
}
if(curLayer.pageItems.length>0){
for(var k=curLayer.pageItems.length-1;k>-1;k--){
var curItem = curLayer.pageItems[k];
var copyCurItem = curItem.duplicate(targetLayer,ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
copyCurItem.left = copyCurItem.left + move;
}
}
if(curLayer.layers.length>0){
for(var f=curLayer.layers.length-1;f>-1;f--){
var curSubLayer = curLayer.layers[f];
outerRecursive(curSubLayer);
}
}
}
//re-lock/hide layers;
for(var a=0;a<master.layers.length;a++){
if(master.layers[a].name == "Guides" || master.layers[a].name == "BKGRD, do not unlock"){
master.layers[a].locked = true;
}
else{
for(var b=0;b<master.layers[a].layers.length;b++){
var level2 = master.layers[a].layers[b];
if(level2.name == "Prepress"){
level2.locked = false;
level2.visible = false;
}
else if(level2.name == "Information"){
level2.locked = true;
level2.visible = true;
}
}
}
}
}
copyToMaster();
copyToMaster = null;
How is that?
function duplicateToMaster(){
function pasteInMaster(){
if(app.pasteRemembersLayers === false){
app.pasteRemembersLayers = true;
app.executeMenuCommand('pasteInPlace');
app.pasteRemembersLayers = false;
}else{
app.executeMenuCommand('pasteInPlace');
}
}
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.executeMenuCommand('selectall');
app.executeMenuCommand('copy');
var bDoc = app.documents[1];
bDoc.activate();
pasteInMaster();
}
duplicateToMaster();
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