Read .ai files from C# winforms

Question

Hi All, Please any one tell me how to read .ai files from C# and what are all the reference files needs to be added.

Kanimozhi Shivakumar · Answer

Hi Raja Rethinam, I don't have idea to read the dataset.. First time I don't know how to read the .ai files at initial stage and i raised the same in this forum.. But everyone was reading my post not replying.. I already tried with coreldraw files(.cdr files) and completed that R&D successfully. the same way i started .ai files by changing corel draw references and objects.. I spent one day for debugging.. Finally I acheived what output I have assigned for.. Only the way is debugging and looking for the object properties you can achieve the same

Raja Rethinam · Answer

Hi, This is good article how to read ai file at first place. Do you have an idea how to read further more information from an illustrator file, ForExample : How can i read the dataset from an illustrator file if it has a graph data on it. Thanks Raja

Kanimozhi Shivakumar · Answer

Hi All, Finally I got the solution to read the .ai files. First we need to add Adobe illustrator through references as mention in below fig. then we need to include adobe illustrator in our project file. using Illustrator; Th below method I have written for reading .ai files , find Text box Co ordinates and converting the .ai files into different type of image formats private void readAIFiles() { try { ofdCorel.InitialDirectory = "C." ; ofdCorel.Title = "Open a Adobe Illustrator file" ; ofdCorel.Filter = "Adobe Illustrator files|*.ai" ; ofdCorel.Multiselect = true ; if (ofdCorel.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.Cancel) { MessageBox.Show( "File selection cancelled" ); } else { foreach (String file in ofdCorel.FileNames) { string strActivedoc = string .Empty; selectedFile = file; strFilePath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(selectedFile); strFileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(selectedFile); Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor; txtFilePath.Text = selectedFile; strFilePath = strFilePath + "\Output" ; CheckAndCreateFolder(strFilePath); strExpFileName = strFilePath + "\" + strFileName; Illustrator.Application adobe = new Illustrator.Application(); adobe.Open(selectedFile); adobe.ActiveDocument.Activate(); strActivedoc = adobe.ActiveDocument.Name.ToString(); strTextNames = "Ruler Unit :" + adobe.ActiveDocument.RulerUnits + Environment.NewLine; for ( int intI = 1; intI { strTextNames = strTextNames + " Text Value : " + adobe.ActiveDocument.TextFrames[intI].Contents.ToString() + "|Left :" + adobe.ActiveDocument.TextFrames[intI].Left + "|Top :" + adobe.ActiveDocument.TextFrames[intI].Top + Environment.NewLine; } //-----------------Export to tif,png,jpeg ------------------------- strFiltType = strExpFileName + ".tif" ; if (blnIsSaveFile(strFiltType)) { blnExpFlag = true ; dobe.ActiveDocument.Export(strFiltType, AiExportType.aiTIFF); } strFiltType = strExpFileName + ".png" ; if (blnIsSaveFile(strFiltType)) { blnExpFlag = true ; adobe.ActiveDocument.Export(strFiltType, AiExportType.aiPNG24); } strFiltType = strExpFileName + ".jpeg" ; if (blnIsSaveFile(strFiltType)) { blnExpFlag = true ; adobe.ActiveDocument.Export(strFiltType, AiExportType.aiJPEG); } //---Writing tText box coordinates to txt file-- strFiltType = strExpFileName + ".txt" ; if (blnIsSaveFile(strFiltType)) { blnExpFlag = true ; System.IO.StreamWriter txtfile = new System.IO.StreamWriter(strFiltType); txtfile.WriteLine(strTextNames); txtfile.Close(); } adobe.Quit(); txtFilePath.Text = "" ; } if (blnExpFlag) { Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default; MessageBox.Show( "Files exported sucessfully" , "Adobe Illustrator" , MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information); } } } catch (Exception ex) { Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default; MessageBox.Show(ex.HResult + " - " + ex.Message, "Adobe Illustrator" , MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error); } } Note : This code will work only if the Adobe illustrator software is installed. I installed trial version to try this. Here I am able to get only the Top and left of the Text boxes . But What I want exactly is I need to find X,Y coordinates i.e center position of the text box..If any one find the way please share with me

Raja Rethinam · Answer

Hi, Thanks for the post. Managed to read an illustrator file using adobe.illustrator com library but that instance is not working on server. (for example : its throwing an security exception on IIS instance). I am trying with other options. Fingers Crossed :) Thanks