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Adobe Illustrator CS Scripting Guide
-- Move the 2nd layer to the top of the stacking order
tell application "Illustrator CS"
if (count layers of current document) > 1 then
move layer 2 of document 1 to before layer 1 of document 1
end if
end tell
Example 27.2
Commands that deal with changes to an object's reference, including the creation of new
objects with the make command, return a reference to the new or modified object in their
result. This example takes makes use of this situation by storing the reference returned for a
newly created layer and then creating a new path item in the layer using the reference.
-- Make a new layer at the top of the layer stack
-- then create a new path in the layer
tell application "Illustrator CS"
set layerRef to make layer at document 1 with properties{name: "Our Layer"}
make new rectangle at beginning of layerRef
end tell
Example 27.3
This example demonstrates the power of constructing simple tests (with the whose clause) to
selectively delete layers in a document based on their names. In this case, the script deletes all
layers in the current document that have names starting with the word "Temporary".
-- Delete layers that have a name which begin with a particular string
set partialName to "Temp"
tell application "Illustrator CS"
delete (every layer of document 1 whose name starts with partialName)
end tell
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