executing menu items

Bartram,

There was a late addition to bridge scripting that didn't make the documetnation. Instead of using Thumbnail.metadata, try using

Thumbnail.synchronousMetadata

to get a Metadata objectin scripting.

Thumbnails and Metadata objects are initialized asynchronously. This isn't an issue when browsing in bridge. But scripts execute at a speed that does not allow for that initialization time. If your script is executed while thumbnails are being initialized for a given document, the Metadata object returned might not be ready for use and might fail to read the metadata correctly. Using synchronousMetadata should avoid that possibility.

Bob
Adobe WAS Scripting

I figured it out. There is a Rating property associated with the "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/" namespace, helpful for sorting your picks from your rejects. This works like a charm:

var items = app.document.visibleThumbnails;
for (i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
	var m = items[i].metadata;
	m.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/";
	if (m.Rating > 0) app.document.select(items[i]);
	else app.document.deselect(items[i]);
}

Bartram

Thanks for looking into it. I've been trying to script sorting files by type and rating for so long. It always seemed kinda funny that PS didn't have a way to tell if a file had been flagged or rated using JavaScript- you can see every other piece of metadata but that. If that worked, it would make my life so much easier.

Bartram

Not much difference, really.

Confirmed a problem in that method. It'll get fixed, but not much we can do about it today.

Sorry.

What is the difference between an undocumented feature that doesn't work and a feature that doesn't exist?

Dave

You can always use the reflection object (which is documented). That's how I found chooseMenuItem.

app.document.reflect.methods
app.document.reflect.properties

Bob

Doesn't work for me, either, but it would be awesome if it did. Is there a way to find these undocumented features, if only so I (and others) can experiment?

Thanks

There is an undocumented function, chooseMenuItem( menuID ) that is a part of the Document object.

app.document.chooseMenuItem( "FilterGraphicFiles" );

should work, but doesn't for me. I'm checking on it now.

Bob

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your quick reply, but that wasn't quite my intention. I want to automatically execute the functionality of existing menu items, without the user having to select the menu item. Specifically, I want the script to "Show Graphic Files Only." Is there a way to do this in code, without the user's interaction?

I'd be happy to post the script when I get it working.

Thanks

Bartram,

You have to set up a handler for a menu event.

When you create your menu...

MyNamespaceObject.myMenuHandlerFunction = function( menu ) {
alert( "My Menu was selected" );
}
var myMenu = MenuElement.create( "command", "My Menu", "at the end of Tools", "Tools/MyMenu" );
myMenu.onSelect = MyNamespaceObject.myMenuHandlerFunction;

When the menu is selected by the user, your menu handler function will execute.

I'd like to see the script when you've got it ready!

Bob
Adobe WAS Scripting