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 // script.name = scaleStrokes.jsx;
 // script.description = scales selected objects strokes only;
 // script.required = one or more selected objects
 // script.parent = CarlosCanto // 5/7/12;
 // script.elegant = false;
 // script.updates = preview ON by default // 5/7/12
 #target Illustrator
 #targetengine 'main'
 
 var unscale = 0;
-var idoc = activeDocument;
+
-var sel = idoc.selection;
+var win = new Window("palette", "Scale Strokes");
 var pnlScale = win.add("panel");
-if (sel.length>0) {
+pnlScale.orientation = "row";
-	var win = new Window("dialog", "Scale Strokes");
+var lblScale = pnlScale.add("statictext", undefined, "Scale");
-	var pnlScale = win.add("panel");
+var editScale = pnlScale.add("edittext", undefined, "100");
-	pnlScale.orientation = "row";
+editScale.characters = 5;
-	var lblScale = pnlScale.add("statictext",undefined,"Scale");
+var lblScale = pnlScale.add("statictext", undefined, "%");
-	var editScale = pnlScale.add("edittext",undefined,"100");
+
-	editScale.characters = 5;
+var grpScroll = win.add("group");
-	var lblScale = pnlScale.add("statictext",undefined,"%");
+var scrlScale = grpScroll.add("scrollbar", undefined, 100, 1, 1000); // 1 min scaling to avoid division by zero
 var btnReset = win.add("button", undefined, "Reset");
-	var grpScroll = win.add("group");
+btnReset.helpTip = "unscale or reset value to 100%"
-	var scrlScale = grpScroll.add("scrollbar", undefined,100, 1, 1000); // 1 min scaling to avoid division by zero
+win.helpTip = "\u00A9 2012 Carlos Canto";
 
-	var grpBottom = win.add("group");
+scrlScale.onChange = function() {
-	grpBottom.alignChildren = "top";
+	editScale.text = this.value; // update edit box with scroll value
-	var chkpreview = grpBottom.add("checkbox", undefined, "Preview");
+	editScale.notify("onChange") // call the onchange event handler
-	chkpreview.value = 1;
+
-	var grpButtons = grpBottom.add("group");
+
-	grpButtons.orientation = "column";
+editScale.onChange = function() {
-	var btnOk = grpButtons.add("button", undefined, "Ok");
+	if (this.text < 1) // if value entered by hand is less than 1, make it 1 to avoid division by zero
-	var btnCancel = grpButtons.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
+	this.text = 1;
-
+	scrlScale.value = this.text; // update edit box with scroll value
-	win.helpTip = grpBottom.helpTip = "\u00A9 2012 Carlos Canto";
+	btMsg(scaleStrokes.toString() + "\n scaleStrokes(activeDocument.selection," + editScale.text + ")");
 }
-	scrlScale.onChanging = function() {
+
-		editScale.text = this.value; // update edit box with scroll value
+// unscale (back to 100%) on reset, except no scaling has applied
-		scaleStrokes (sel,editScale.text); // and do the scaling as the scroll changes
+btnReset.onClick = function() {
 	editScale.text = 100;
 	editScale.notify("onChange")
-	editScale.onChange = function() {
+
-		if (this.text<1) // if value entered by hand is less than 1, make it 1 to avoid division by zero
+
-			this.text = 1;
+// Deal with selection changed, reset values onActivate
-		scrlScale.value = this.text; // update edit box with scroll value
+var sel, newsel;
-		scaleStrokes (sel,editScale.text); // and do the scaling after the edit box changes (manually entering values)
+
 win.onDeactivate = function() {
 	btMsg('sel = activeDocument.selection')
-	chkpreview.onClick = function () {
+
-		if (chkpreview.value)
+
-			app.redraw();
+win.onActivate = function() {
 	btMsg('newsel = activeDocument.selection')
-
+	if (!isSelEqual(sel, newsel) && editScale.text != 100) {
-	// unscale (back to 100%) on cancel, except no scaling has applied
+		editScale.text = scrlScale.value = 100, unscale = 0;
-	btnCancel.onClick = function() {
+
-		if (unscale != 0) {
+
-			unscaleStrokes (sel, unscale);
+
-		}
+win.center();
-		win.close();
+win.show();
 
 function scaleStrokes(sel, scale) {
-	win.center();
+
-	win.show();
+
 		unscaleStrokes(sel, unscale);
-else {
+
-	alert("select at least one object before running");
+	for (i = 0; i < sel.length; i++) {
 		var pgitem = sel[i];
 		pgitem.resize(100, 100, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, scale, Transformation.CENTER);
-function scaleStrokes (sel,scale) {
+
 	unscale = 10000 / scale;
 }
-		unscaleStrokes (sel, unscale);
+
 // unscale or bring back selection to 100%
-	for (i=0; i<sel.length; i++) {
+function unscaleStrokes(sel, unscale) {
 	for (j = 0; j < sel.length; j++) {
-		pgitem.resize(100, 100, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, scale, Transformation.CENTER);
+
 		pgitem.resize(100, 100, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, unscale, Transformation.CENTER);
-	if (chkpreview.value)
+
-		app.redraw();
+
-	unscale = 10000/scale;
+
 function BridgeTalkErrorHandler(a) {
 	alert(a.body + "(" + a.headers["Error-Code"] + ")")
 }
-function unscaleStrokes (sel,unscale) {
+
-	for (j=0; j<sel.length; j++) {
+// use BridgeTalk to call function, this is needed because the use of "palette" panel
 function btMsg(a) {
-		pgitem.resize(100, 100, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, unscale, Transformation.CENTER);
+	var b = new BridgeTalk;
 	b.target = "illustrator", b.body = a, b.onError = BridgeTalkErrorHandler, b.send()
-	if (chkpreview.value)
+
-		app.redraw();
+
 // check whether selection changed or not
 function isSelEqual(a, b) {
 	if (!a || !b) return false
 	if (a.length != b.length) return false
 	for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
 		if (a[i] != b[i]) return false
 	}
 	return true
 }