Can I automate the writing of XMP metadata into JPEG and TIFF files?

Paul,
Unfortunately, that gives me an error log as follows:

These documents have not been updated
=================================================================
=================================================================
~/My Documents/Visual Studio 2008/WebSites/SIEWebsite/EntryImages/C3-1261 Moray &REPLACEME Max.jpg ****Does Not Exist****
=================================================================
=================================================================
~/My Documents/Visual Studio 2008/WebSites/SIEWebsite/EntryImages/C4-1261 Lola &REPLACEME the girls.jpg ****Does Not Exist****
=================================================================
/c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Bridge/"C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My Documents/Visual Studio 2008/WebSites/SIEWebsite/EntryImages/C4-1261 Die Nieuwe Kerk ****Does Not Exist****
=================================================================
~/My Documents/Visual Studio 2008/WebSites/SIEWebsite/EntryImages/C1-1261 Moray &REPLACEME Max.jpg ****Does Not Exist****
=================================================================

I'am in the UK as well.
Now I know what the problem was, I checked how CS3 managed & and it changes it to & So the script has now been amended to cope with &
Here is the modified code and all the error line commented out so that the error log should be more readable.
Please could you test this version with some & in David?
There is a problem posting the code.
In the code there is REPLACEME replace this with a mp; but no space between the a and mp;

#target bridge 



   if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) { 



addInfo = MenuElement.create("command", "Update Entry Details", "at the end of Thumbnail");



}



addInfo .onSelect = function () {



     mainTitleAuthor();



}







function mainTitleAuthor(){



var csv = File.openDialog("Please select CSV file.","CSV File:*.csv");



if(csv != null){



var errorlog = new File("~/ErrorLog.txt");



errorlog.open('w');



errorlog.writeln("These documents have not been updated");



csv.open("r");



while(!csv.eof){  



   strInputLine = csv.readln();



   errorlog.writeln("=================================================================");



//   errorlog.writeln("Line From CSV File: " + strInputLine);



   if (strInputLine.length > 3) { // Make sure it isn't a blank line



      strInputLine = strInputLine.replace(/\\/g,'/'); //Change backslash to forward slash.



      strInputLine = strInputLine.replace(/&/g,"&REPLACEME");



   inputArray  = strInputLine.split(",");



   var csvFile = new File(inputArray[0]);



   var title = inputArray[1];



   var author = inputArray[2];



 //    errorlog.writeln("Ok can read file Checking if File Exists : " +decodeURI(csvFile));



if(!csvFile.exists) errorlog.writeln(decodeURI(csvFile) + " ****Does Not Exist****");



if(csvFile.exists){ //Check if file exists



   item = new Thumbnail(csvFile);



   md =item.synchronousMetadata; 



 // errorlog.writeln("File Exists" +decodeURI(csvFile) +inputArray[1]+" - " + inputArray[2]);



   var result =addTitleAuthor(md,inputArray[1],inputArray[2]);



if(!result) errorlog.writeln(decodeURI(csvFile) + " Unable to apply template");



//   errorlog.writeln("Back from creating/apply Template");



         }



      }



   }



}



errorlog.close();



errorlog.execute();



}







function addTitleAuthor(metadata, Title, Author)



{



var strTmpl = "TempTmpl";



var strUser = Folder.userData.absoluteURI;



var filTmpl = new File(strUser + "/Adobe/XMP/Metadata Templates/" + strTmpl + ".xmp"); 



var fResult = false;







if (filTmpl.exists) filTmpl.remove();



try{



fResult = filTmpl.open("w");



}catch(e){



      alert("Unable to create Template " +filTmpl +"\r"+e.message);



      return;



   }



try{



if (fResult){



//CS3



//filTmpl.writeln("<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\" x:xmptk=\"Adobe XMP Core 4.1-c037 46.282696, Mon Apr 02 2007 18:36:42        \">");



//CS2



filTmpl.writeln("<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\" x:xmptk=\"3.1.2-113\">");



filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\">");



filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:Description rdf:about=\"\"    xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">");



filTmpl.writeln("<dc:title>");



filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:Alt>");



filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:li xml:lang=\"x-default\">"+Title+"</rdf:li>");



filTmpl.writeln("</rdf:Alt>");



filTmpl.writeln("</dc:title>");



filTmpl.writeln("<dc:creator>");



filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:Seq>");



filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:li>" + Author + "</rdf:li>");



filTmpl.writeln("</rdf:Seq>");



filTmpl.writeln("</dc:creator>");



filTmpl.writeln("</rdf:Description>");



filTmpl.writeln("</rdf:RDF>");



filTmpl.writeln("</x:xmpmeta>");



fResult = filTmpl.close();



metadata.applyMetadataTemplate(strTmpl, "replace");



} }



catch(e) {



   alert("There was a problem with the Template");



   fResult = false;



   }



return fResult;



};

A quick check shows that Photoshop will let me manually add metadata containing an ampersand, so it must be a scripting issue.

Paul,
I think you've cracked it! All the failing images have an '&' in the metadata. Thanks for sticking with it. It's nearly midnight here in the UK, so it's time for my bed too!

David

David it looks as if the Metadata does NOT like "&" can you amend
"Moray & Max" to "Moray and Max" and see if that works.
Also can you check if the other documents that do not update contain "&".

Its getting late here so will carry on tomorrow.

I don't have a folder called C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ on my PC. However, it doesn't seem to matter, as my previous post shows that I found another way around the problem!

Your use of the name 'ExtendScript' seems to be the source of the confusion. I saved your template finding script and then went to File/Scripts/Browse in Photoshop and opened this file. TempTmpl.xmp is as follows:<br /><br /><x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="3.1.2-113"><br /><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><br /><rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><br /><dc:title><br /><rdf:Alt><br /><rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Moray & Max</rdf:li><br /></rdf:Alt><br /></dc:title><br /><dc:creator><br /><rdf:Seq><br /><rdf:li>David Charles Anderson</rdf:li><br /></rdf:Seq><br /></dc:creator><br /></rdf:Description><br /></rdf:RDF><br /></x:xmpmeta>

It should be in..
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit

Where exactly do I find this ExtendScript Toolkit?

It's not mentioned in the index of the Photoshop CS2 online help. I also checked the two 'Resources and extras' CDs that came with CS2. Do I perhaps have to reinstall Photoshop to get the option to install this feature?

To open the relevant folder you can run the following code from "ExtendScript Toolkit" (This comes with Photoshop).

#target bridge
var filTmpl = new Folder(Folder.userData.absoluteURI + "/Adobe/XMP/Metadata Templates/");
filTmpl.execute();