Place SVG in Illustrator

Question

I'm trying to place an svg in illustrator using extendscript. Here's basically what I'm doing

var doc = app.documents.add();
var p = doc.placedItems.add();
p.file = new File(svgfilepath);

This fails with the error

File is in a format that cannot be placed

I am able to place the same file manually using File > Place. Am I missing some thing? Need help!

Illustrator's Javascript team still has much to learn... Does this same syntax work with other 'placeable' items such as JPEGs or PDFs? — Jongware, Mar 03 '15 at 18:48

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '15 at 10:13

9

By W_J_T on forums.adobe.com:

var doc = app.activeDocument;  
var svgFile = File(Folder.desktop + '/testSVG.svg');  
doc.groupItems.createFromFile(svgFile);

This works!

answered Mar 04 '15 at 10:13

Yawar

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