jsfl for exporting symbols from library to PNG

Question

Hello,

I've been searching in this community for a while to to what I described in the title, I have a library full of icons which i gave a proper name. It would be great if I can export a batch with one click of a button.

I found the following script (at the bottom of this post) which I turned into a command.

Found in this topic: https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/exporting-graphics-from-the-library/m-p/10870471

I select my library items --> then click the command --> select a specific folder --> save.

Then I get the message 0 image(s) exported.

Is this because the jsfl was made for an older version? Or is there something wrong with the code?

Thanks for reading!

Erik

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function exportLibraryImagesToFiles() {

var doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();

if (!doc) return;

var selectedItems = doc.library.getSelectedItems();

if (!selectedItems.length) return;

var folder = fl.browseForFolderURL("Choose an output directory.");

if (!folder) return;

var i, t, sym, bmpName;

var count = 0;

for (i = 0; i < selectedItems.length; i++) {

sym = selectedItems[i];

if (sym.itemType != "bitmap") {

continue;

}

bmpName = sym.name.split("/").pop();

// strip original extension

t = bmpName.lastIndexOf(".");

if (t != -1 && ["jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif", "bmp", "psd"].indexOf(bmpName.substr(t + 1).toLowerCase()) != -1) {

bmpName = bmpName.substr(0, t);

}

// do the thing

sym.exportToFile(folder + "/" + bmpName + "." + (sym.compressionType == "photo" ? "jpg" : "png"));

count++;

}

alert(count + " image(s) exported.");

}

exportLibraryImagesToFiles();

Vladin M. Mitov · Accepted Answer

Here is the revised code. Since there is no method for exporting selected library items, we have to temporarily place them on the stage, export them, and then delete them.

function exportLibraryImagesToFiles() {
	
	if( parseInt( fl.version.split(" ")[1].split(",")[0] ) < 12 ){
		alert( "This command works with Flash CS6 and above." )
		return;
	}
	
	var doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();
	
	if ( !doc ) return;

	var selectedItems = doc.library.getSelectedItems();
	if ( !selectedItems.length ) return;

	var folder = fl.browseForFolderURL( "Choose an output directory." );
	if ( !folder ) return;

	var i, t, sym, bmpName, xPath, count = 0;

	for( i = 0; i < selectedItems.length; i++ ){
		
		sym = selectedItems[ i ];
		
		if ( sym.itemType === "bitmap" ) {
			
			bmpName = sym.name.split("/").pop();
			// strip original extension
			t = bmpName.lastIndexOf(".");
			if (t != -1 && ["jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif", "bmp", "psd"].indexOf(bmpName.substr(t + 1).toLowerCase()) != -1) {
				bmpName = bmpName.substr(0, t);
			}
			// do the thing
			sym.exportToFile( folder + "/" + bmpName + "." + ( sym.compressionType == "photo" ? "jpg" : "png" ) );
			
			count++;
			
		}else{
			
			if( sym.itemType === "graphic" || sym.itemType === "movie clip" ){
			
				doc.library.addItemToDocument( {x:0, y:0}, sym.name );
				xPath = folder + "/" + sym.name.split( "/" ).pop() + ".png";
				doc.exportInstanceToPNGSequence( xPath, 0, sym.timeline.frameCount );
				doc.deleteSelection();
				
				count += sym.timeline.frameCount;
			}
		}
		
	}
	
	alert( count + " image(s) exported." );
}

exportLibraryImagesToFiles();

Vladin M. Mitov · Answer

From what I can see, this code only exports library items of type "bitmap". Perhaps your icons are symbols?

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