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Following figure shows what exaclty I want to do.
I have a curve, and textbox as shown in LHS of figure and I want output as RHS of figure.
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* this script will prompt the user for a file name and location and then save the current file as a .pdf with secure save options*/
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#target illustrator
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gpRef = docRef.groupItems[0];
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