Symbol
Symbol
app.activeDocument.symbols[index]
Description
An art item that is stored in the Symbols palette, and can be reused one or more times in the document without duplicating the art data. Symbols are contained in documents.
Instances of Symbol in a document are associated with SymbolItem objects, which store the art object properties.
Properties
Symbol.name
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].name
Description
The symbol’s name
Type
String.
Symbol.parent
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].parent
Description
The object that contains the symbol object.
Type
Object; read-only.
Symbol.typename
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].typename
Description
The class name of the object.
Type
String; read-only.
Methods
Symbol.duplicate()
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].duplicate()
Description
Creates a duplicate of this object.
Returns
Symbol.remove()
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].remove()
Description
Deletes this object.
Returns
Nothing.