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How to check for version of illustrator that script is running on, and branch script based off that?

I have quite a problem as my team works on different versions of Adobe Illustrator, or have multiple versions of the software installed.

Is there a way to check for version of the adobe app that is running the script? Especially knowing if it is 32 or 64 bit?

I need to properly define #target and BridgeTalk.target so the script runs in the current opened application. (Script is running directly from script file)

I can't seem to find any solid documentation on that topic. Does anyone had similar issue and found and solutions or workarounds? (Updating all the adobe software to single version is out of question sadly)

Solution

  • you can find the app version by calling app.version 

    $.writeln(app.version)

    But there seems to be no way to find out if it is 32 or 64 bit

    maybe the Extendscript helper object can give you some more infos. e.g. 

    $.writeln($.os)